Principal Software Engineer at Fidelity Investments
New York, New York, United States
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Daniel Bokser is a Principal Software Engineer with 14 years of experience building robust backend and systems software across finance and cloud infrastructure, most recently contributing to Fidelity’s Consolidated Audit Trail team after an SDE II role on AWS EC2. He holds an MS in Computer Science and combines deep systems knowledge—from z/VM mainframe tooling at IBM to large-scale cloud services at AWS—with hands-on delivery in Java, Linux, and distributed systems. Daniel is comfortable across the stack and has a track record of improving compatibility and tooling, including notable open-source work modernizing input handling for the Reicast Dreamcast emulator to support contemporary game controllers. Known for pragmatic refactors and diagnostic tooling, he excels at stabilizing complex platforms and shipping measurable improvements in reliability and user experience. Based in New York, he brings a research-informed mindset (co-author on graph-processing and testing papers) to production engineering and operationalization.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS) Computer Science, Master of Science (MS) Computer Science at University at Albany
Reicast was a multiplatform Sega Dreamcast emulator
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:8 commits, 4 PRs, 5 comments in 15 days
Contributions summary:Daniel primarily focused on implementing and refactoring input handling for emulated controllers within the reicast-emulator project. They added support for Xbox One, PS4, and other macOS game controllers by integrating the Game Controller framework. They also refactored the Mac input code, addressing controller type selection and mapping keyboard keys to analog stick inputs. These changes improved controller compatibility and provided more flexible input options for users.
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Daniel Bokser - Principal Software Engineer at Fidelity Investments