Robert Swanson
Software Engineer at Starlink
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolRobert Swanson is a software engineer with eight years of experience, currently working on Starlink's network software where he applies low-level systems thinking to distributed connectivity problems. Previously at Optiver he enhanced high-performance C++ valuation engines and strengthened Python/AWS pipelines for model fitting and simulation, blending quantitative rigor with production-grade tooling. His background includes malware analysis, tutoring, and teaching assistant roles from Taylor University, reflecting strong foundations in systems, security, and mentoring. He’s comfortable shipping both performance-critical C++ and data-driven Python solutions, and has experience bridging research workflows and production systems through pybind-based tooling for market data. Intrinsically motivated and a quick learner, he seeks roles that expose him to new areas of computer science and complex, real-world problems.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Taylor University
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Github Skills (2)
java6
multiplayer2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
robert-swanson/finances
Nov 2021 - Aug 2022
Contributions:33 commits, 23 pushes in 9 months
vermillingua/Chess-Party
Jan 2021 - Sep 2021
An elegant chess experience that facilitates traditional games as well as expanded multiplayer.
Contributions:12 PRs, 67 pushes, 17 branches in 7 months
gamegamestraditionalmultiplayerfacilitates
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