Sam Barranco
Software Engineer at Freelance
Denver Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSam Barranco is a software engineer with 11 years of cross-industry experience, comfortable across C++, Python, Java, and JavaScript and currently based in the Denver metro area. He blends a strong mathematics and computer science background from the University of Colorado Boulder with hands-on production experience from roles at Google and as a mentor at Springboard. His open-source contributions include backend work on Google's well-regarded Stenographer packet-capture project, where he improved Go-based file handling and synchronization for reliable capture tooling. Recently pivoting to freelance engineering, he brings operational rigor from long-running infrastructure work and a practical mentorship perspective to client projects. Known for tackling low-level reliability challenges, he favors pragmatic solutions that balance robustness with evolvability.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Mathematics and Computer Science at University of Colorado Boulder
Github Skills (7)
file-handling10
go10
concurrency10
architecture8
architectures8
docker4
dockers4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
google/stenographer
Dec 2014 - Mar 2015
Stenographer is a packet capture solution which aims to quickly spool all packets to disk, then provide simple, fast access to subsets of those packets. Discussion/announcements at stenographer@googlegroups.com
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:38 commits in 3 months
Contributions summary:Sam contributed to the `stenographer` project by addressing comments and merging branches related to the `stenotyperunner` functionality. Their work primarily involved modifying Go code, specifically within the `config` and `stenographer` packages, to implement features such as stale file checks and directory synchronization. The commits also included improvements to file handling, ensuring robust operation, and adjusting the execution time of the program.
announcementspacketsdiskpacket-capturepacket
openloop/products
Aug 2021 - Aug 2021
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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