Harrison Clarke
Lead Software Engineer at MotionHall
Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolHarrison Clarke is a Lead Software Engineer with 11 years of experience, currently driving reliability, developer productivity, and architecture at MotionHall, a Vertical AI startup in BioTech/Pharma dealmaking. He specializes in rearchitecting legacy systems, cutting latency from hours to minutes, hardening data pipelines for disaster resilience, and introducing lightweight tests that catch bugs without slowing development. Harrison mentors engineers across seniority levels in system design and algorithmic problem solving, and has repeatedly simplified codebases—once removing over 300,000 lines without breaking features. His background spans secure systems and real-time graphics: he helped port Signal’s cryptographic ratchet to Rust, built multiplayer prototyping engines and VR visual effects, and led fast-turnaround game ports that enabled new product monetization. Based in Canada with a BSc in Mathematics and Computer Science from Dalhousie, he combines pragmatic engineering with a knack for finding long-term technical leverage that isn’t obvious from day-to-day metrics.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Mathematics and Computer Science at Dalhousie University
Github Skills (70)
rust-lang10
compiler10
rust10
browser9
torrent9
specification9
streaming9
garbage-collection9
rust-language9
standard-library9
traits9
webrtc9
crate9
nodejs9
allocator9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
mjewkes/Axolotl-Rust
Apr 2015 - Jul 2015
Axolotl protocol written in Rust
Contributions:94 commits, 27 PRs, 48 pushes in 2 months
rustaxolotl
hclarke/blog
May 2018 - Aug 2020
Contributions:55 pushes in 2 years 2 months
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