Kaden Ostendorf
Embedded Software Engineer at United Launch Alliance (ULA)
Englewood, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKaden Ostendorf is an Embedded Software Engineer with 8 years of software experience and 2.5 years working in the aerospace industry at United Launch Alliance, combining systems-level embedded development with practical project delivery. Based in Englewood, Colorado, he brings a BS in Computer Science from CU Boulder and hands-on experience building real-time systems and collaborative engineering projects. Outside of aerospace he is a prolific Minecraft mod developer whose creations have amassed over 40 million downloads on CurseForge since 2020, demonstrating strong user-facing design and long-term community engagement. Comfortable spanning automotive/avionics-grade constraints and consumer-facing game systems, he’s open to broader generalist software roles where embedded discipline and creative product thinking intersect.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at University of Colorado Boulder
Github Skills (42)
minecraft10
utility-mod10
minecraft-forge10
gameplay10
spigot10
forge10
mappings10
mixins10
java9
quilt8
expansion8
fabric7
steam6
patreon6
railway5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
teamauroramods/Hanami
Jul 2020 - Oct 2020
Minecraft sakura forest mod done right
Contributions:208 commits, 14 PRs, 96 pushes in 3 months
forgeminecraftmodutility-modmappings
teamauroramods/EnhancedMushrooms-Forge
May 2020 - Dec 2021
Minecraft mod that adds planks for mushrooms and overhauls mushroom stems to work like wood.
Contributions:240 commits, 25 PRs, 142 pushes in 1 year 7 months
minecraftstemsminecraft-forgemushroommixins
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