Reid Wakida
Software Systems Engineer Principal at SAIC
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Summary
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RockstarReid Wakida is a Principal Software Systems Engineer based in Honolulu with a decade of hands-on experience building and integrating enterprise solutions for DoD and DARPA programs while maintaining an active security clearance. He blends pragmatic engineering with client-facing requirement analysis, advising on technology choices and implementing systems using custom, COTS, GOTS, and open-source components. Reid’s backend-focused open-source work on Rocket.Chat demonstrates attention to data integrity, authorization, and messaging reliability—skills that translate directly to mission-critical, secure communications projects. Known for navigating complex integrations across diverse stacks, he excels at turning nuanced operational requirements into auditable, production-ready software.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (13)
chat10
javascript10
meteor10
coffeescript10
back-end-development10
collaboration9
authorization9
mongodb-database9
mongodb9
authorizations9
api8
apidoc8
database-design8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
RocketChat/Rocket.Chat
Jul 2015 - Nov 2015
The Secure CommsOS™ for mission-critical operations
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:23 commits, 25 PRs, 4 pushes in 4 months
Contributions summary:Reid primarily focused on back-end development tasks related to the Rocket.Chat platform. Their contributions include fixing bugs in message handling and room updates, standardizing collection names, and migrating data between collections. They also implemented authorization features, improved methods related to channels and groups, and addressed issues concerning email sending. These changes demonstrate a focus on core platform functionality, data management, and user experience improvements.
meteordata-protectionchatjavascriptcollaboration
rwakida/Rocket.Chat
Jul 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:31 pushes, 15 branches in 1 month
online-chatslackchatmeteor
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