Ikey Doherty
Senior Software Engineer at intel
Summary
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SeniorIkey Doherty is an open source software engineer and project architect with over a decade of experience building and leading Linux distributions and infrastructure projects. He founded and led Solus and now architects Serpent OS, designing a next-generation multi-architecture OS and a D-language package manager focused on sysadmin-grade reliability and performance. His career includes impactful roles at Intel (Clear Linux, clr-boot-manager, cve-check-tool) and a staff engineering stint at Mozilla modernizing Thunderbird with Rust, demonstrating rare full-stack fluency from kernel and hypervisor work to desktop UX and installers. Comfortable across C, D, C++, Go, Python and Vala, he combines hands-on implementation with strong architectural judgment and mentorship. Known for pragmatic creativity, he repeatedly turns ambitious open-source ideas into production-grade systems and toolchains. Based in Brighton, he balances distribution-level engineering with indie game engine and studio work, keeping a broad, experimental edge.
7 years of coding experience
Github Skills (47)
specfile7
steam7
distro7
manjaro6
installer6
clearlinux6
software-update6
linux-distribution6
luks5
linux5
chroot4
java4
python4
ubuntu4
debian3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
clearlinux/linux-steam-integration
Dec 2018 - Mar 2019
Helper for enabling better Steam integration on Linux
Contributions:1 release, 24 commits, 22 pushes in 3 months
steamlinuxlinux-distributiondistro
ikeyd/clr-installer
Nov 2018 - Jan 2019
ClearLinux OS Installer
Contributions:114 pushes, 3 branches in 2 months
installerlinuxclearlinux
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