Matthew Cairns
Senior Software Developer at Open Ocean Robotics
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Cairns is a Senior Software Developer with 12 years of experience building resilient, low-bandwidth systems for uncrewed surface vehicles and other communication-constrained deployments. Based in Victoria, BC and trained at the University of Victoria, he has led a full rewrite of fleet software from C++ to Rust and redesigned telemetry and command systems to operate globally over low-rate satellite links. His work includes efficient camera streaming solutions (H.265/AVIF) across cellular and Iridium/Certus networks, automated OTA pipelines, and a toolkit for managing mixed C++/Rust projects. He’s delivered multi-week field-proven software that prioritizes power efficiency, minimal daily satellite usage, and robust error monitoring in harsh ocean conditions. Comfortable across the stack—Linux, Docker, CI, embedded CUDA/Nvidia Jetson work, and systems integration—he combines systems engineering rigor with pragmatic field experience. An atypical strength is shipping production-grade Rust in highly constrained, real-world environments where uptime and bandwidth are non-negotiable.
13 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science at University of Victoria
Github Skills (14)
nmea8
kinesis-video-streams8
arduino6
webrtc5
audio4
neovim4
neovim-plugin4
rust3
http3
bluetooth3
http-client1
imgur1
nix1
serde1
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
MattCairns/Gauntlet_II_Clone
May 2014 - May 2014
Contributions:59 commits in 20 days
MattCairns/nixos-config
Dec 2022 - Apr 2026
Contributions:11 PRs, 463 pushes, 5 branches in 3 years 5 months
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