Jesse Frush
Staff Software Engineer at Lightspark
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolJesse Frush is a Staff Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building low-level applications, backend systems, and cryptography-focused Bitcoin infrastructure. Based in Seattle, he combines modern C++ and distributed-systems expertise from Microsoft with hands-on custody and protocol work at Swan Bitcoin and Lightspark. He moves bits over wires and blockchains—shipping secure, production-ready features from design through implementation and mentoring junior engineers along the way. An active contributor to embedded and IoT tooling (notably adapting Firmata for WiFi-enabled Arduino boards), he brings practical experience across embedded firmware, platform networking, and RESTful services. Colleagues rely on him for deep protocol knowledge and pragmatic solutions that bridge hardware, OS, and blockchain layers.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at Iowa State University
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Github Skills (8)
embedded10
firmata10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
sys10
arduino10
wifi10
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Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
firmata/arduino
Dec 2015 - Jan 2016
Firmata firmware for Arduino
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:11 commits, 2 PRs, 2 comments in 24 days
Contributions summary:Jesse primarily contributed to the `StandardFirmataWiFi` example sketch, implementing features and configurations for connecting the Arduino to WiFi networks. Their work involved adapting the Firmata protocol for wireless communication, including modifications to the `WiFiStream` and `WiFi101Stream` classes. Key changes included setting up WiFi security configurations (WEP, WPA), managing network connections, and integrating with the Arduino WiFi and WiFi101 libraries. Further work involved identifying and addressing compatibility issues with different Arduino boards and WiFi shields.
arduinofirmatafirmware
turkycat/birthday-attack
Nov 2021 - Jan 2025
Contributions:37 pushes, 7 branches, 1 comment in 3 years 2 months
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