Luke Nowakowski-krijger
Software Engineer at ModalAI
San Diego, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLuke Nowakowski-krijger is a software engineer based in San Diego with eight years of hands-on experience focused on low-level systems, kernel work, and embedded device integration. A UCSD computer engineering graduate, he spent years maintaining and backporting stable Linux kernels at Canonical, coordinating release cycles and ensuring customer-ready deliveries. His open-source contributions include meaningful enhancements to the Linux Test Project’s cgroup C API—adding helper utilities and an rdma controller—to improve testability and state reloading. Luke pairs kernel expertise with practical platform engineering from internships at VMware and recent work at ModalAI, bridging virtualization, OS internals, and embedded hardware. He also has teaching experience in hands-on electronics labs, which informs a pragmatic, systems-first approach to design and debugging.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San Diego
Polish, Japanese, English
Github Skills (11)
c1710
libc10
linux10
c1110
lts10
linux-kernel10
cgroups10
test-automation10
posix9
posixct9
syscall9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
linux-test-project/ltp
Jul 2022 - Aug 2022
Linux Test Project (mailing list: https://lists.linux.it/listinfo/ltp)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer / System Architect
Back-end Developer / System ArchitectContributions:19 commits, 1 PR in 1 month
Contributions summary:Luke primarily worked on the cgroup C API within the Linux Test Project (LTP) repository. They refactored and extended the cgroup API by adding helper functions, constants, and the `rdma` controller. These changes included implementing `tst_cg_load_config` for reloading state, modifying existing functions for parsing, and adding new functionalities for easier root matching. Their work demonstrates a focus on enhancing and expanding the cgroup API for testing purposes within the LTP framework.
unixposixtest-automationtest-projectmanjaro
LukeNow/NowOS
Apr 2019 - Jun 2021
My take on an operating system written in C targeted towards x86-32 compatible machines.
Contributions:21 PRs, 44 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 1 month
kernelx86-32machinesoperating-systemlinux
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