Luke Paltzer
Sr Software Engineer at Optum
Skokie, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLuke Paltzer is a senior software engineer based in Skokie, Illinois with nine years of hands-on experience building reliable systems across healthcare and enterprise contexts. Currently contributing at Optum and Rally Health, he blends production engineering with a background in kernel vulnerability research and teaching—having developed auto-graders and compiler-design projects while guiding students. His early work developing Linux kernel modules for vulnerability testing gives him uncommon low-level systems insight that informs safer, more robust application design. Luke holds computer science training from the University of Illinois at Chicago and pairs practical engineering with a knack for translating complex concepts into teachable, maintainable solutions.
9 years of coding experience
Associate of Arts - AA, Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies, Associate of Arts - AA, Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies at Oakton Community CollegeComputer Science, Computer Science at University of Illinois at Chicago
Github Skills (6)
uic7
cryptocurrency4
react4
blockchain4
blockchain-platform3
golang1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
LukieJoe/secret_santa
Oct 2018 - Dec 2022
Contributions:28 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 3 months
LukieJoe/Project
Oct 2018 - Oct 2018
SIG Blockchain Fall 2018 Project
Contributions:2 PRs, 8 pushes in 19 days
blockchainfallsigblockchain-platform
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