Damon Sweeney
Software Engineer at Ansys
Tunbridge Wells, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolDamon Sweeney is a software engineer with nine years of experience building reliable backend systems, currently contributing at Ansys from Tunbridge Wells. A University of Kent computer science graduate, he has hands-on experience in blockchain-related infrastructure through his work on Arweave’s node backend, where he improved transaction handling, reward processing, and fork recovery. Damon combines practical bug-fixing and test-driven fixes with designing HTTP APIs that favor flat, consumable responses—skills that translate well to enterprise-grade engineering. He previously supported academic computing at the University of Kent, giving him a foundation in mentoring and collaborative development. Known for pragmatic problem solving, he often focuses on edge-case validation and operational resilience rather than flashy features.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelors, Computer Science, Bachelors, Computer Science at University of Kent
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Github Skills (11)
api10
erlang10
apidoc10
blockchain10
serialization9
testing9
data-serialization9
http8
cryptography8
android-intent6
android6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
ArweaveTeam/arweave
Jan 2018 - Jun 2018
The Arweave server and App Developer Toolkit.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:57 commits, 1 PR, 55 pushes in 4 months
Contributions summary:Damon primarily contributed to the Arweave server backend, focusing on enhancing the core functionality of the node. Their work involved fixing bugs in the last_tx response, returning presale balances in winston, and modifying the HTTP endpoints to return flat data instead of JSON structures. They also added reward functionality to the tx signature process, along with tests, and addressed various issues related to block validation and fork recovery.
developer-toolkitarweaveapp-developer
DamonSweeney/hangman-js
Feb 2020 - Feb 2020
Contributions:7 commits in 1 day
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