Connor Kerns
Software Engineer at Google
Irvine, California, United States
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Top SchoolConnor Kerns is a software engineer with 10 years of experience at Google, blending computer science and electrical engineering to build RPC servers, databases, and scalable infrastructure for massive user bases. Based in Irvine, CA, he brings a systems-first mindset to problems, favoring reliable, production-grade solutions that span networking, storage, and runtime services. He contributes to open-source projects across platforms—recently enhancing the Rust-based Bevy game engine with new gizmo features and state transition events—illustrating a willingness to improve developer ergonomics and code organization. Connor’s background (BS/MS from USC) and habit of keeping personal work on GitLab hint at a preference for deliberate, self-hosted workflows and thoughtful experimentation beyond his day job.
11 years of coding experience
Master's Degree, Master's Degree at University of Southern California
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (8)
bevy10
rust10
game-development10
game-engine10
game-dev10
open-source9
data-structure5
data-structures5
Programming languages (26)
Github contributions (5)
bevyengine/bevy
Oct 2023 - Aug 2024
A refreshingly simple data-driven game engine built in Rust
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 5 PRs, 22 comments in 10 months
Contributions summary:Connor primarily contributed to the Bevy game engine by adding new gizmo features, specifically the arrow gizmo and moving existing gizmo components into their own files for better organization. They also addressed a documentation typo and improved code readability by using tree syntax for file structure explanation. Additionally, they introduced a `StateTransitionEvent` for reacting to arbitrary state changes within the application.
game-enginerustbevygamedevgame-development
SIGSTACKFAULT/bevy-website
Oct 2023 - Jul 2024
The source files for the official Bevy website
Contributions:112 pushes, 20 branches in 8 months
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