Robert Mustacchi is a seasoned software engineer with 15 years of experience building and operating cloud and systems software from San Francisco. He has deep expertise in back-end and DevOps engineering, earned over a decade at Joyent and now contributing to Oxide Computer Company on cloud infrastructure and appliance-level software. His open-source work on the SmartOS live project shows practical systems-level contributions—IPv6 antispoofing, microcode checks, and installer/disk-handling improvements—highlighting a focus on reliable, secure platform tooling. A Brown Computer Science graduate, he pairs low-level operating system knowledge with production-minded engineering practices and a knack for improving build and test automation.
15 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Sc.B., Computer Science, Sc.B., Computer Science at Brown University
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Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Contributions:150 commits, 6 PRs, 48 pushes in 8 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Robert primarily contributed to the SmartOS live project by modifying system configuration scripts and test files, focusing on improving system setup and testing. They implemented IPv6 antispoofing support within the virtual machine management tools. Additional contributions included changes to build tools, specifically involving the integration of microcode verification and updates to the installer's disk handling process. The commits also involved modifications to networking and brand-specific code.
Contributions:220 commits, 6 pushes, 3 comments in 8 years
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Robert Mustacchi - Software Engineer at Oxide Computer Company