Daniel Walton
Principal Software Engineer at NVIDIA
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolDaniel Walton is a Principal Software Engineer with 15 years of deep systems and networking experience, now focused on high-performance software at NVIDIA from Raleigh, NC. He blends low-level C and Python expertise—building routing stacks, NIC diagnostics, and test frameworks—with practical ML tooling and performance profiling for large models. His background spans Cisco BGP internals to FPGA NIC testing and gRPC device control, reflecting a rare combination of networking, embedded/IoT, and ML systems skills. An active open-source maintainer, he authored core Python bindings for LEGO Mindstorms ev3dev and implemented a unique NxNxN Rubik’s cube solver, showing both hardware integration and algorithmic creativity. Colleagues rely on him for tooling that speeds bringup and debugging, and for making complex hardware easier to program. He holds a BS in Computer Engineering from NC State and favors pragmatic, reproducible engineering solutions that bridge chip-to-cloud workflows.
15 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Engineering, BS Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (11)
embedded10
robotics10
sys10
python10
pylint6
nosetests6
nose6
generator6
jquery6
pointer6
mysql6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
ev3dev/ev3dev-lang-python
Jan 2016 - Mar 2020
Pure python bindings for ev3dev
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:114 commits, 196 PRs, 99 pushes in 4 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Daniel implemented core Python bindings for the ev3dev platform, enhancing its functionality with motor and sensor control. Their work included creating motor classes, such as LargeMotor and MediumMotor, and defining the Tank and RemoteControlledTank classes. They also introduced supporting classes for wheels, rims, and related methods. The contributions focused on integrating these hardware components and improving usability, providing a foundation for building various robot projects.
pythonmindstormslegopython-bindingsev3dev
dwalton76/ev3dev-lang-python
Oct 2018 - Jan 2022
Pure python bindings for ev3dev
Contributions:243 pushes, 107 branches in 3 years 2 months
python310pythonpython-bindingsev3devpure-python
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