Nathan Burke
Software Development Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Golden, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNathan Burke is a software development engineer with 14 years of experience blending robotics, AI research, and enterprise software—currently building cloud-scale systems at AWS after roles leading robotics software at Amazon Global Robotics and Tortuga AgTech. He holds an MSc in Artificial Intelligence and completed PhD work focused on robotics, bringing research-grade rigor to production systems in C++, Python, Go, and embedded/ROS stacks. Nathan has led agent applications that coordinate perception, planning, mobility and hardware, and has architected enterprise control systems with strict stability and performance constraints. Beyond product work he contributes to open-source mobile tooling, improving UX and image caching for a notable XBMC Android remote, signaling a pragmatic attention to user-facing polish. Based in Golden, Colorado, he is particularly focused on making robots accessible and usable by non-specialists, combining human-centered design with robust engineering.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Texas State UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD ABD) Artificial Intelligence, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD ABD) Artificial Intelligence at University of Hertfordshire
English
Github Skills (11)
javas10
android-sdk10
android-development10
java10
bit-manipulation9
ui-design9
interface-design9
bitmaps9
bitmap9
imagebitmap9
caching8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
freezy/android-xbmcremote
Feb 2012 - Mar 2012
Official XBMC Remote for Android
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:6 commits in 21 days
Contributions summary:Nathan primarily contributed to the XBMC Remote for Android application, fixing bugs and improving the user experience. Their work involved resolving issues related to season 0 display, and implementing a cache for thumbnails. The user's modifications extended to include improvements in the image loading and display within the application's UI components, enhancing overall performance.
xbmcandroid
natbur/NB_ModPack_Core
Jun 2016 - Jun 2016
Contributions:4 releases, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 5 days
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