Ivar Lazzaro
Principal Engineer at DoorDash
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolIvar Lazzaro is a Principal Engineer based in Seattle with 12 years of experience building fast, scalable distributed systems and cloud-native networking solutions. Currently leading engineering efforts at DoorDash, he has deep expertise in SDN, OpenStack Neutron, and intent-based networking from prior technical leadership roles at Cisco and Embrane. He was a top contributor to Group Based Policy and the Cisco APIC mechanism driver, designing policy distribution frameworks and agents that bridge orchestration platforms with dataplane implementations. Ivar combines hands-on backend development and high test coverage practices with a knack for translating complex network intent into reliable, production-grade integrations. Uncommonly for an engineer at his level, he continues to contribute substantive open-source refactors that improve transactional reliability and synchronization in core cloud networking projects.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Computer Engineering, 110, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Computer Engineering, 110 at Università degli Studi di MessinaMaster of Engineering (M.Eng.), Computer Engineering, 110, Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Computer Engineering, 110 at Politecnico di Torino
English, Italian
Github Skills (13)
openstack10
api10
python10
apidoc10
networking10
cisco9
configuration-management9
database-api8
databases8
database8
testing7
service-provider6
service-design6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
openstack/neutron
Aug 2014 - Aug 2015
OpenStack Networking (Neutron). Mirror of code maintained at opendev.org.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 commits in 1 year
Contributions summary:Ivar contributed to enhancements and refactoring of the OpenStack Neutron networking project, specifically focusing on the Cisco APIC mechanism driver. Their work involved moving backend-facing modules into a library, refactoring the code to utilize the client's transactional capabilities, and improving the driver's reliability. The contributions included the creation and modification of core functionality related to network and port operations, including the integration of the APIC API. Further contributions show refactoring and synchronization improvements.
ospfopenflownetwork-automationnetworkingsdn
openstack/group-based-policy
Sep 2014 - Jul 2018
Contributions:464 commits in 3 years 10 months
policypolicy-based
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