Mark Barrasso
Senior Software Engineer at Shield AI
Dallas, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolMark Barrasso is a Senior Software Engineer in Dallas with 11 years of experience building mission-focused systems that bridge aerospace and decentralized finance. He currently develops and optimizes ground control software for UAVs at Shield AI, after leading US/EU technical efforts on Synthetix where he implemented and hardened core DeFi smart contract features for high-value trading. His background spans enterprise collaboration and healthcare innovation at Cisco, a hands-on startup CTO role building an automated GrowBox, and deep familiarity with blockchain testing and liquidation logic. Mark combines systems-level engineering with pragmatic product delivery, prioritizing reliability in safety- and finance-critical domains. He brings a rare mix of avionics communications, blockchain protocol security, and applied IoT experience to complex, real-world systems.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Computer Engineering, Bachelor's Degree Computer Engineering at Boston University
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (11)
smart-contracts10
solidity10
f10
ethereum10
blockchain10
integration-testing10
testing9
objective-c6
xcode6
ios6
swift6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
Synthetixio/synthetix
Jul 2021 - Jan 2023
Synthetix Solidity smart contracts
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Blockchain Engineer
Back-end Developer & Blockchain EngineerContributions:30 releases, 410 reviews, 439 commits in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Mark was involved in implementing and testing core functionality within the Synthetix smart contracts, specifically focusing on shorting and liquidation features. Their contributions included fixing bugs related to borrowing power, loan calculations, and closing shorts, alongside adding new test cases to enhance integration tests. These changes spanned across multiple smart contracts and the addition of detailed test cases using the integration testing framework, suggesting a focus on code quality and robust functionality within the DeFi project.
synthetixethereumblockchainsoliditysmart-contracts
barrasso/cisco-sparkbot-tutorial
Oct 2016 - Feb 2017
Everything you need to get started creating bots and apps using Cisco Spark
Contributions:49 commits, 55 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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