David Irvine
David.irvine Maidsafe.net at maidsafe.net limited
Kilmarnock, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolDavid Irvine is a seasoned engineer with 16+ years driving privacy- and security-first distributed systems at MaidSafe, where he has been deeply involved in the SAFE project and its mission to give users control of their data. Based in Kilmarnock, Scotland, he combines hands-on backend development—contributing to Rust p2p networking libraries like crust—with decades of leadership experience founding and running startups and consulting teams. His background spans large-scale network design and project management in international settings as well as embedded and systems engineering from early apprenticeship through postgraduate studies. Known for an honest, human approach to engineering, he brings a rare blend of technical depth in decentralized architectures and practical product-building experience.
16 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh CampusHND Electrical and Electronic Engineering, HND Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Kilmarnock technical CollegeMasters Digital Techniques, Masters Digital Techniques at Heriot WattHND Electrical and Electronic Engineering, HND Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Kilmarnock College
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Github contributions (5)
maidsafe-archive/crust
Apr 2015 - May 2019
Reliable p2p network connections in Rust with NAT traversal. One of the most needed libraries for any server-less / decentralised projects
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:236 commits, 156 PRs, 389 pushes in 4 years 2 months
Contributions summary:David primarily focused on the `src/lib.rs` file, making initial documentation and setup changes. The user's commits include adding documentation, and performing version bumps. Furthermore, the commits suggest basic setup for use with crates.io.
ipfsrustp2pserver-lessp2p-network
dirvine/sandbox
Jul 2010 - Sep 2017
Contributions:15 commits, 2 pushes in 7 years 2 months
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