D K
Software Engineer
Washington DC-Baltimore Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolD K is a software engineer with 11 years of hands-on engineering experience and a deep research pedigree, holding a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Northwestern and earlier degrees in physics and mathematics. He has blended roles across data science, cyber engineering, and applied mathematics at organizations including MITRE, Leidos, and the DoD, bringing rigorous analytic thinking to production systems. On GitHub he contributes to notable open-source CI/CD infrastructure like screwdriver-cd, improving security, rate limiting, and maintainability—work that reflects a practical focus on resilient tooling. Based in the Washington DC–Baltimore area, he pairs systems-level engineering with a curiosity-driven approach to building reliable, secure pipelines, often treating engineering as both a profession and a craft.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Mathematics, Master of Science (M.S.), Mathematics at University of Michigan - Rackham Graduate SchoolCalifornia Institute of TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Applied Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Applied Mathematics at Northwestern UniversityUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Github Skills (12)
javascript10
continuous-delivery10
continuous-integration10
cicd10
api9
nodejs9
hapi8
testing8
dockers7
kubernetes-pods7
kubernetes7
docker7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
screwdriver-cd/screwdriver
Dec 2018 - Apr 2022
An open source build platform designed for continuous delivery.
Role in this project:
Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:24 reviews, 12 commits, 28 PRs in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:D contributed to enhancing the functionality and maintainability of the `screwdriver-cd/screwdriver` project, a CI/CD platform. Their work involved implementing new features, such as adding compact queries to templates and commands. They also focused on improving error handling and security, particularly by modifying endpoints to return 403 errors in the appropriate scenarios. Furthermore, they added rate limiting capabilities, improving the platform's stability and protecting it from abuse.
apidevopsjavascriptcontinuousdocker
screwdriver-cd-test/dind-template
Apr 2022 - Jun 2024
Template for Docker In Docker
Contributions:1 review, 2 PRs, 23 pushes in 2 years 2 months
dockerfiledocker-in-dockerdockertemplatesmakefile
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