Sam Kumar
Software Engineer at Startup
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolSam Kumar is a seasoned software engineer with 12 years of experience building backend systems and shipping production software from a Los Angeles base. Currently at a startup after earlier engineering work at Staples, he brings practical, long-term product experience coupled with a Master's in Computer Science from UCLA. Sam contributes to notable open-source projects like Google's OpenThread, where he implemented a TCP API, logging enhancements, and IPv6 ECN support—demonstrating strength in network protocols and low-level systems integration. Known for pragmatic problem-solving, he blends academic foundations with hands-on engineering to move complex networking features from design into usable tooling.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at University of California, Los Angeles
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Github Skills (16)
openthread10
protocols10
ipv610
network-protocol10
tcp10
cprogramming-language9
internet-of-things9
c-language9
embedded9
typedef6
substring6
singleton6
parsing6
constructor6
inheritance6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
openthread/openthread
Jun 2021 - Jan 2023
OpenThread released by Google is an open-source implementation of the Thread networking protocol
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:285 reviews, 31 commits, 23 PRs in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Sam implemented a TCP API for the OpenThread project, adding a new TCP class and stub implementations. Their work included adding a TCP class in `src/core/net` and implementing the necessary functions to transfer control there when a TCP API function is called. They also contributed to the TCP CLI tool and integrated the TCPlp module for data buffering. Furthermore, they made improvements to the logging functionality and added support for ECN in IPv6 MessageInfo and Header.
googlewirelessipv6networkingieee-802154
samkumar/RIOT-OS
Aug 2016 - Nov 2020
A RIOT-OS fork for staging hamilton support
Contributions:258 pushes, 65 branches in 4 years 3 months
stagingriothamiltonriot-os
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