Clifford Crouch
Software Engineer at Visa
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolClifford Crouch is a software engineer with nine years of experience, currently working on Clearing and Settlement in Network Processing at Visa. He holds a BS in Computer Science from UT Austin and combines a strong foundation in algorithms and systems with practical payments infrastructure expertise. Clifford has interned at Facebook, Samsung, and State Street, bringing exposure to large-scale systems, performance architecture, and research-driven engineering. He contributes to notable open-source work on Facebook's watchman, focusing on backend journal management for the Eden filesystem to improve reliability and error handling. Based in Austin, he blends low-level systems thinking with production-grade backend development, making him effective at diagnosing and hardening critical transaction pipelines.
9 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin
Github Skills (10)
c-language10
backend10
cprogramming-language10
thrift10
back-end-development10
filesystem9
file-management9
error-handling9
debug8
debugging8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
facebook/watchman
Jun 2019 - Jul 2019
Watches files and records, or triggers actions, when they change.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:9 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Clifford primarily contributed to the backend aspects of the `facebook/watchman` repository, focusing on features related to the Eden file system. They implemented and modified Thrift interfaces for journal management, including setting memory limits and flushing the journal. Their work involved enhancing journal information display, handling journal truncation errors, and adjusting subscription behavior in response to those errors. This indicates a focus on improving the reliability and control of the Eden file system's journal within the broader Watchman project.
triggersrecordswatches
flamefire333/arcade-website
Feb 2021 - Mar 2021
Contributions:52 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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