David Puglielli
Software Engineer at Electronic Arts (EA)
Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area Canada
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Top SchoolDavid Puglielli is a software engineer with nine years of experience blending quantitative analysis and systems engineering, currently building backend systems at Electronic Arts in Greater Vancouver. He has deep expertise in database driver development and cross-platform C++ work—demonstrated by contributions to Microsoft’s msphpsql driver where he unified PDO_SQLSRV behavior across Linux and Windows. Earlier roles span financial quant engineering at FINCAD and academic research in astrophysics, giving him a strong analytical foundation and comfort with complex numerical and date-handling logic. David is comfortable shipping production-grade code, porting legacy systems to new platforms, and turning subtle domain requirements into robust implementations. He brings an uncommon combination of scientific rigor and pragmatic software craftsmanship to data-driven engineering challenges.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ph.D, Astronomy and Astrophysics at Queen's UniversityB.Sc., Joint Honours, Mathematics and Physics, 3.84/4.00, B.Sc., Joint Honours, Mathematics and Physics, 3.84/4.00 at McGill University
English, French
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Github Skills (7)
c-language10
database-driver10
cprogramming-language10
multiplatform9
cross-platform9
sql8
pdo7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/msphpsql
Jul 2016 - Feb 2020
Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 releases, 404 commits, 153 PRs in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:David's contributions involve merging code related to the `PDO_SQLSRV` functionality, specifically focusing on unifying the codebase across Linux and Windows platforms. The commits include changes to various C++ files, indicating work on core database driver logic for connecting to SQL Server databases. The user's changes encompass internal variables, constructor modifications, and SQL parameter parsing, indicating they are likely involved in maintaining and improving the driver's compatibility and functionality.
driverssqlserversql-serverphp-driverphp
david-puglielli/msphpsql
Jan 2017 - Dec 2019
Microsoft PHP drivers for SQL Server
Contributions:14 PRs, 348 pushes, 62 branches in 2 years 11 months
driverssql-servermysqlphpsql
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