Peter Cunha
Senior Software Engineer at Digital Disbursements
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPeter Cunha is a senior software engineer based in Los Angeles with 11 years of experience building full-stack, cloud-native, and mission-critical systems. He brings a pragmatic mix of C++, Java, Go, Node.js, and Python to projects ranging from satellite ground systems at Northrop Grumman to consumer streaming infrastructure at AT&T and HBO Max. Currently focused on cloud development, cybersecurity, and computer vision, he has shipped real-time telemetry dashboards, resilient backend services, and observability tooling that improved uptime and reliability. An active open-source contributor, he has improved front-end UX and performance on popular community projects like for-the-badge, demonstrating attention to polish as well as scale. Colleagues know him for bridging low-level systems work (C++ fault tolerance and load balancing) with modern web and cloud stacks to deliver robust, production-ready software.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Purdue UniversityHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Palos Verdes Peninsula High School
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Github Skills (16)
javascript10
html9
user-interface8
ux-design8
css8
interface-design8
jquery8
ui-design8
user-experience8
aggregation-framework6
npm6
nodejs6
mongodb6
loops6
webpack6
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
forthebadge/for-the-badge
Oct 2017 - Oct 2017
It all started because of an obsession with two words: “build passing”. It all ended with this: badges, for badges’ sake.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:12 commits, 1 PR, 2 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Peter primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and user experience of the project, which centers around creating "badges for badges' sake". They made several changes to improve the website's responsiveness and usability by ensuring links use HTTPS and updating dependencies. Additionally, the user optimized the homepage load time by moving scripts to the end of the layout and provided visual feedback for copy events.
badges
petercunha/AimbotCalvin
Oct 2018 - Oct 2018
Website for TSM Aimbot Calvin
Contributions:32 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 23 days
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