Damian Rivas
Software Engineer at OpenSesame
Irvine, California, United States
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Top SchoolDamian Rivas is a software engineer with nine years of experience building full‑stack TypeScript applications and AWS-backed web systems, currently contributing at OpenSesame from Irvine, CA. He brings a strong engineering foundation shaped by aerospace studies and hands-on work at NASA JPL, where he designed ontological IDE features and a new graphical notation for systems modeling. Damian pairs corporate experience in PHP, Java, Redis, and Terraform with a passion for teaching—having coached and mentored many students as a technical expert at Chegg. Comfortable across front-end, back-end, and cloud, he focuses on delivering performant, user-centered web experiences. An entrepreneurial streak shows in launching a local recycling business, reflecting his ability to translate ideas into operational outcomes.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
University of California, IrvineAerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at Long Beach City CollegeAerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Senior, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Senior at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityComputer Science, Computer Science at Bloc
English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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4answers
4questions
Github Skills (191)
minecraft10
python10
windows10
certification10
bash10
multiple-languages10
netcore10
youtube-channels10
oh-my-zsh10
javascript10
linux10
editor10
powershell10
js10
shell10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
repl-cli/REPL
Dec 2018 - Oct 2022
REPL- Simple bash script for creating and running REPLs locally, offline, and out of the browser
Contributions:5 releases, 9 reviews, 89 commits in 3 years 11 months
browserlocallybashreplutility
DamianRivas/tacos-lupe
Jul 2021 - May 2022
Contributions:53 pushes, 3 branches in 9 months
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