Mack Stump
Senior Principal Software Engineer at CarMax
Glen Allen, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMack Stump is a Senior Principal Software Engineer with 15 years of experience designing high-performance, maintainable systems and leading engineering teams in cloud and infrastructure domains. He has driven impactful work at enterprises like CarMax and Capital One, building custom CI GitHub apps, IAM enforcement tooling, and performance optimizations that yielded up to 20x improvements. Comfortable across languages and platforms, Mack has implemented Golang Lambdas, Terraform automation, Rust SAST rules, and binary size reductions via UPX, reflecting a pragmatic focus on developer experience and operational cost. His background in HPC and systems administration informs a deep appreciation for efficient, scalable architectures and observability. A mentor and early adopter, he blends hands-on technical contributions with team coaching and standardization of logging and CI practices. Based in Glen Allen, VA, he’s particularly interested in open source work and untangling complex designs into elegant, auditable solutions.
15 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at Virginia Commonwealth University
English
Github Skills (170)
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cybersecurity10
linux10
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Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
rmbreak/WurmServerModLauncher
Jan 2017 - Sep 2021
Contributions:1 push, 1 tag in 4 years 8 months
minecraftunlimitedmodlauncherwurm
smackysnacks/life-rs
Aug 2017 - Dec 2019
Contributions:1 PR, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
rustgamelifegame-of
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