Paul Stillwell
Software Engineer at Microsoft
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPaul Stillwell is a seasoned software engineer based in Portland, Oregon with 12 years of professional experience and a deep specialty in Linux device drivers, firmware, and embedded systems. He has a long track record at Intel driving upstream Linux contributions (including a firmware logging interface) and collaborating with customers like Oracle to deliver bespoke driver features and cross-platform support. Paul blends low-level hardware bring-up and boot ROM work with higher-level API, CI/CD, and user-mode driver development (DPDK), enabling fast root-cause analysis and measurable defect reduction. He architected PoC devices that combined BLE, NFC and multiple sensors and has led performance analyses that influenced compiler and RTL changes—skills that sit at the intersection of silicon, firmware, and OS. Equally comfortable scripting in Python and building REST/Docker/Kubernetes stacks, he enjoys turning gnarly hardware-software problems into polished, customer-facing solutions. Ask him about his quirky side projects—from Arduino motor control to a pickleball tournament scheduler—that reflect his hands-on curiosity and practical engineering appetite.
11 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical Engineering at North Carolina State University
Github Skills (16)
zen9
oracle-linux9
linux-kernel9
linux9
kernel9
linux-distribution9
oracle8
manjaro8
libc8
distro8
upstream8
moto5
ethernet3
freebsd2
dpdk2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
WindRiver-Labs/linux-yocto-5.2
Sep 2019 - May 2021
Contributions:33 commits in 1 year 8 months
oracle/linux-uek
Jun 2014 - Mar 2021
Oracle Linux UEK: Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel
Contributions:32 commits in 6 years 11 months
kernellinux-distributionlinuxoraclelinux-kernel
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