Danny Thorpe
Fullmetal Looker Staff Engineer At Looker at Google
California, United States
Summary
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SeniorDanny Thorpe is a veteran staff engineer specializing in compilers, language design, and scalable platform infrastructure, currently leading technical efforts on Looker within Google Cloud. Over a 12+ year span in senior engineering and architect roles, he has driven adoption of new platforms and designed secure, stateless REST/ODATA services, XACML-based authorization, and client-side cross-domain security. He brings deep domain expertise from building Delphi compilers to architecting cloud tooling at Microsoft and authorization at Dell, paired with startup experience as a CTO and co-founder. Danny is an active open-source contributor, notably improving NBitcoin for .NET and enhancing Looker's SDK codegen to simplify API spec fetching and type resolution. Known for blending low-level systems thinking with product-focused delivery, he often surfaces novel approaches to execution analysis and secure low-trust exchanges. Based in California, he balances long-term language/compiler craftsmanship with pragmatic engineering for cloud-scale analytics platforms.
12 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
English
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Github Skills (57)
paypal10
open-api-v310
transaction10
javascript10
multithreading10
delphi10
typescript10
bitcoin10
bitcoins10
api-specification10
code-generation10
modal-dialog10
sdk10
dotnet-core10
typescript-types10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
MetacoSA/NBitcoin
Nov 2014 - Dec 2014
Comprehensive Bitcoin library for the .NET framework.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:24 commits, 2 comments, 2 issues in 26 days
Contributions summary:Danny contributed significantly to the NBitcoin library, primarily by implementing and modifying core Bitcoin-related functionalities. Their work includes fixing bugs, adding new features like asset sending capabilities, and optimizing existing code related to colored coins and transaction building. The user's commits demonstrate a focus on improving the library's usability and functionality for developers building Bitcoin-related applications. They also implemented helper methods and contributed to improving performance.
dotnetnet-frameworkc-sharpcryptocurrencycsharp
looker-open-source/sdk-codegen
Jun 2019 - Mar 2020
One SDK to rule them all, and in the codegen bind them
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:11 commits, 11 PRs, 10 pushes in 9 months
Contributions summary:Danny primarily worked on improving the SDK code generation process. Their contributions focused on enhancing the `fetchSpec` functionality by allowing the tool to retrieve API specifications without requiring authentication, streamlining the initial setup for users. The user also implemented generator classes for type-script and refactored parts of the SDK to improve the type resolution. Furthermore, the user added method and type resolution functionality.
code-generationpythonlooker-sdkopenapi-specificationswift5
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