Kim Barrett
Consulting Member Of Technical Staff at Oracle
Malden, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolKim Barrett is a seasoned software engineer with over 25 years of experience designing and implementing object-oriented languages, compilers, and runtime systems, currently serving as Consulting Member of Technical Staff at Oracle. A principal designer of the Dylan programming language and an important contributor to ANSI Common Lisp, Kim combines deep language design expertise with practical systems work across C, assembler, microcode, C++, Python, Java, and Lisp dialects. His career spans embedded systems, mobile robotics, and total system architecture, often collaborating closely with mechanical and electrical engineers on component design and debugging. Prior roles at iRobot, Apple, Harlequin, and MIT reflect a pattern of tackling low-level and high-level challenges across diverse processors and operating environments. Based in Malden, Massachusetts, he brings a rare blend of academic pedigree and hands-on engineering that makes language design informed by real-world hardware constraints. An understated strength is his ability to translate compiler and runtime theory into robust, fielded systems used in robotics and embedded products.
12 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Github Skills (13)
openjdk10
eclipse10
jvm10
java10
libgit28
toolchain8
git-hooks8
openj98
llvm7
compiler6
git6
sdk6
kotlin2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
kimbarrett/openjdk-jdk
Sep 2020 - Mar 2026
Read-only mirror of https://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk/jdk
Contributions:1608 pushes, 663 branches in 5 years 7 months
openjdk-javajdkopenjdkjavajava-net
kimbarrett/openjdk-jdk17
Jun 2021 - Aug 2021
JDK 17 development
Contributions:20 pushes, 8 branches in 1 month
jdk-17jdkjvmopenjdkjava
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