Derek Sonnenberg
Senior Software Engineer at Pixel Pajama Studios
Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDerek Sonnenberg is a Senior Software Engineer based in Minnesota with six years of experience building scalable Node.js backend microservices and AWS-hosted systems. At PDS he has led design and delivery of TypeScript-driven core libraries and tooling for the ArDrive ecosystem, helped onboard enterprise clients, and mentors junior engineers within agile teams. He also co-founded Pixel Pajama Studios, where he shipped indie games and built the studio’s community and web presence, bringing a product-minded perspective to engineering. Practical and hands-on, Derek pairs backend architecture and performance tuning with strong code review and collaboration skills, and has a track record of turning early feature ideas into production-ready tools.
6 years of coding experience
Computer Network Security, Computer Network Security at Minnesota State Community and Technical CollegeHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Detroit Lakes Senior High School
Github Skills (78)
command-line-interface10
cryptocurrency10
command-line-tool10
wallet10
file-management10
turbo10
cli10
arweave10
sqlite10
log-in10
nodejs10
blockchain10
calculator9
dart9
apollo9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ardriveapp/ardrive-core-js
Jun 2021 - Dec 2022
ArDrive Core contains the essential back end application features to support the ArDrive CLI and Desktop apps, such as file management, Permaweb upload/download, wallet management and other common functions.
Contributions:28 releases, 475 reviews, 921 commits in 1 year 6 months
wallet-managementfile-managementpermawebwalletessential
ardriveapp/turbo-sdk
Aug 2023 - Mar 2025
The first SDK on Arweave to bring you programmable fiat top ups, Turbo-powered upload reliability, and fast data and indexing finality for TypeScript based Web and Node projects.
Contributions:171 reviews, 238 PRs, 444 pushes in 1 year 7 months
ardrivearweavecommonjsesmnodejs
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