Hudson Shykowski
Software Engineer - Embedded Sensors at Apple
Cupertino, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHudson Shykowski is an embedded sensors software engineer with eight years of experience building firmware and sensor controller software for consumer devices, currently making the sensors in iPhones work at Apple in Cupertino. He progressed from internships at Garmin and Apple—where he prototyped future sensor controller hardware/software—to a full-time role shipping production embedded systems. Comfortable across firmware, test automation, and backend fixes, he also contributes to open-source projects that focus on stability and performance, such as improving reconnect and packet-logging behavior in game client tooling. A University of Alberta software engineering student with practical, hands-on experience, Hudson blends low-level device expertise with a knack for refactoring and pragmatic tooling improvements that improve reliability.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Software Engineering at University of AlbertaHigh School, High School at École Secondaire Sainte Marguerite d'Youville
Github Skills (8)
kotlin10
javas10
debug10
packet10
java10
networking9
modx9
performance-optimization8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
kami-blue/client
Oct 2020 - Jan 2021
ARCHIVED - KAMI Blue: a continuation of 1.12.2 KAMI
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:13 reviews, 6 commits, 6 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Hudson primarily focused on fixing bugs and improving the functionality of the client-side application. They addressed issues related to auto-reconnect and anti-AFK mechanisms, demonstrating a focus on gameplay stability. Their contributions also involved refactoring and optimization, specifically related to BaritoneUtils, and implementing CSV logging for network packets. They modified code related to modules such as AutoReconnect and PacketLogger, as well as refactoring and cleanup tasks.
minecraftbluecontinuationkamijava
CMPUT301F20T15/BookwormAdventuresDeluxe2
Sep 2020 - Nov 2020
Contributions:5 releases, 146 reviews, 41 PRs in 2 months
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