Mitch Francis
Principal Software Engineer at Wabtec Corporation
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolMitch Francis is a Principal Software Engineer with 11 years of professional experience, currently leading backend and systems work at Wabtec after senior engineering roles at Collins Aerospace. He brings deep passion and expertise in Linux and FOSS, building performance-critical backend systems in C/C++ while also delivering Java and Android user interfaces. Mitch has a strong track record in aerospace and defense domains, supporting complex networked operations and mentoring teams to adopt reliable, maintainable solutions. Based in the Los Angeles area, he stays current with emerging technologies and blends hands-on development with leadership, often surfacing practical open-source tooling to solve thorny infrastructure problems.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science at California State University - Dominguez Hills
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Github Skills (34)
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mongodb6
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
vaektor/Loqale
Sep 2014 - Dec 2014
Contributions:77 commits in 2 months
vectorphresh/vectorphresh
Feb 2022 - Mar 2026
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 4 years 1 month
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