Mark Silva
Principal Software Engineer at National Instruments
Georgia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMark Silva is a Principal Software Engineer with 11+ years at National Instruments and a long track record designing embedded drivers and tooling for electrical and electronic test products. He blends deep C++ and embedded-device-driver expertise with Python API design and internationalization, having led public Python releases for multiple hardware drivers and centralized localization tooling. Mark has repeatedly reduced dependencies and simplified build and release processes across a dozen driver groups, and he has hands-on experience across Windows, macOS, and Linux editor integrations from open-source contributions to GitHub Desktop. His background as a US Navy nuclear electrician informs a disciplined, systems-level approach to hardware-software integration and firmware optimization. Based in Georgia, he is a pragmatic technical leader who favors durable engineering solutions that scale across teams and platforms.
10 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Texas A&M University
Github Skills (19)
editors10
git10
javascript10
github10
electron10
windows10
typescript10
linux10
editor10
integrations10
typescript-types10
macos10
typescripts10
develop9
configuration-file8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
desktop/desktop
Oct 2018 - Nov 2018
Focus on what matters instead of fighting with Git.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:13 commits, 2 PRs, 7 comments in 3 days
Contributions summary:Mark primarily focused on enhancing the repository's support for the SlickEdit editor, which is related to adding and improving editor integrations within the GitHub Desktop application. Their contributions involved adding SlickEdit support across different platforms (Windows, macOS, and Linux) by implementing platform-specific configurations. The commits demonstrate the user's ability to work with various operating systems and their associated editor integration setups, including registry key lookups and path configurations. Furthermore, the user made bug fixes and performed code cleanup for better software quality.
fightingelectronmattersgithub-desktoptypescript
ni/nimi-python
May 2017 - Nov 2020
Python bindings for NI Modular Instrument drivers.
Contributions:15 releases, 705 commits, 609 PRs in 3 years 6 months
national-instrumentspxidriverspythonni-modinst
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