Jeremy Kolb
Principal Software Engineer at ARA
Woodstock, Vermont, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJeremy Kolb is a Principal Software Engineer with 12+ years building high-performance C++ systems across Windows and Linux, from kernel-level video/graphics pipelines to Android mapping and mission-planning applications. He brings deep graphics expertise (DirectX/OpenGL) and a track record of optimizing UI rendering and memory in real-world products, plus experience integrating hardware video I/O and GIS toolchains. A prolific open-source contributor, Jeremy has improved tooling and IDE features in prominent Rust and .NET projects (rust-analyzer, vscode-rust, MvvmCross) and added full-stack functionality to the widely used ArduPilot Mission Planner. Comfortable across languages including C, C++, C#, Python and Rust, he pairs systems-level rigor with pragmatic cross-platform app development. Based in Woodstock, VT, he’s uniquely fluent at turning low-level performance work into usable fielded systems for robotics, mapping, and weather visualization.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
MA, Computer Science, MA, Computer Science at Brandeis University
Github Skills (30)
nuget10
missionplanner10
net10
packaging10
dotnet10
language-server-protocol10
ui-design10
vscode-extension10
gcp10
asp-net10
uid10
language-server10
front-end-development10
dotnet-core10
rust10
Programming languages (25)
Github contributions (5)
rust-lang/vscode-rust
Oct 2018 - Jun 2020
Rust extension for Visual Studio Code
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:35 commits, 6 comments, 2 issues in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Jeremy primarily focused on enhancing the functionality of the Rust extension for Visual Studio Code. They implemented code lens support for running tests, integrated new commands for execution, and refactored code related to runnables. Furthermore, the user addressed bugs and improved the extension's overall stability by resolving issues. The user also worked on semantic highlighting.
visual-studio-coderustvscode-extensionvscodeintellisense
rust-lang/rust-analyzer
Sep 2018 - May 2022
A Rust compiler front-end for IDEs
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:38 reviews, 454 PRs, 1389 comments in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Jeremy primarily worked on implementing features for the Rust Analyzer IDE. Their contributions include supporting LSP 3.13, implementing folding ranges, and adding a mechanism for function signature help. They also made changes to improve code completion, and implemented the find all references and rename capabilities. These changes focused on enhancing the IDE's ability to provide features and improving the developer experience.
rustlsp-servercompileridefront-end
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