Summary
Connor Baker is a NixOS software engineer with 12 years of experience, currently maintaining the Nixpkgs CUDA ecosystem at Anduril Industries. He specializes in integrating CUDA into Nix/NixOS, and his work underpins many users’ GPU workflows in the Nix community. Previously a Nix engineer and data engineer at Modus Create and Tweag, he brings production experience across data pipelines, embedded/cyber projects, and software engineering at Raytheon. Connor pairs practical engineering with deep academic interests—formal methods, Haskell, Lean, and category theory—which inform his careful, correctness-minded approach to package and systems maintenance. Based in Costa Mesa, CA, he also has a background tutoring advanced mathematics, reflecting strong foundations in both theory and applied engineering.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Associates of Science Mathematics and Computer Science, Associates of Science Mathematics and Computer Science at Northern Virginia Community College
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at George Mason University