Nathan Samson
Principal Application Engineer, FFF MBJ
Reston, Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolNathan Samson is a Principal Application Engineer with 12 years of experience applying mechanical and software engineering to industrial-scale additive manufacturing and production systems. Based in Reston, VA, he has progressed through roles at Markforged from Application Engineer to Principal, blending hands-on 3D printing operations, product integration, and strategic application engineering. His background at GE Aviation and GE Energy shows deep experience in quality systems, FAA/EASA compliance, and digitizing shop-floor processes to cut turnaround time and costs. Nathan contributes to open-source DevOps tooling—improving portability and CLI usability for the widely used Deis PaaS—demonstrating a practical focus on developer experience and operational resilience. He pairs mechanical design instincts from a Clarkson University engineering degree with software-oriented problem solving, frequently delivering tooling and process improvements that bridge hardware and cloud platforms. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic solutions that reduce cycle time, improve compliance, and make complex systems easier to use.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, 3.02, Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, 3.02 at Clarkson University
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (16)
docker10
bash10
dockers10
cicd10
cli10
python9
api8
apidoc8
http6
coreos6
emqx6
influxdb6
webhooks6
go4
kubernetes4
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
deis/deis
Jan 2014 - Aug 2016
Deis v1, the CoreOS and Docker PaaS: Your PaaS. Your Rules.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Backend Developer
DevOps Engineer & Backend DeveloperContributions:27 commits, 15 PRs, 169 comments in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Nathan's contributions primarily focused on improving the Deis platform's operational aspects and CLI functionality. This involved addressing path-related issues in various contribution scripts, specifically for cloud providers (DigitalOcean, EC2, Rackspace, and Vagrant), ensuring the platform's portability. Furthermore, the user enhanced the CLI by adding features like sorting lists and adding domain management. These changes streamlined user interaction and improved the system's overall robustness and usability.
coreosdockerpaasdeis-paascontainers
nathansamson/flutter-builder-docker
Jul 2018 - Jan 2021
Contributions:1 release, 23 commits, 9 PRs in 2 years 6 months
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