Leandro Penz
Software Engineer at Arista Networks
Dublin, Dublin 1, Ireland
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Top SchoolLeandro Penz is a seasoned software engineer with 16+ years of experience building and shaping embedded systems, now contributing at Arista Networks after a decade driving architecture and DevOps at DATACOM. He architected DmOS and helped define the company’s architecture group, processes and tooling, blending hands-on C core development with DevOps, test automation and full-stack Python/Django metric tooling. His background spans embedded Linux kernel work, distributed systems research (MSc) and an MBA in leadership, giving him both deep technical judgment and strategic planning skills. A polyglot programmer and language enthusiast, he explores Rust and Haskell while bringing 20+ years of embedded C and extensive Python scripting to production. He values maintainability, out-of-the-box thinking and continuous improvement, and even applies lessons from sailplane piloting—rigorous briefing/debriefing—to engineering processes. Based in Dublin, he is fluent in English and brings a proven track record of turning architectural vision into operational reality.
16 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Organizational Leadership and Management, Master of Business Administration (MBA), Organizational Leadership and Management at Universidade do Vale do Rio dos SinosGraduation, Electrical engineering, Graduation, Electrical engineering at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
English, German, Portuguese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (200)
network-visualization10
python10
network-analysis10
bash10
coverage10
ubuntu10
security10
automation10
ssh10
network-configuration10
oh-my-zsh10
clang-tidy10
debian10
linux10
single-file10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
lpenz/stdecor
Jun 2023 - Jan 2025
Run a command with a decorated stdout/stderr
Contributions:93 pushes, 2 branches, 16 tags in 1 year 7 months
lpenz/dotemacs
Oct 2017 - Oct 2022
Contributions:165 commits, 251 pushes, 11 branches in 5 years
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