Stephen Oliver
Software Engineer at Fern Creek Software
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolStephen Oliver is a seasoned software engineer based in Austin with 12 years of experience building full-stack, embedded, and real-time systems. He has modernized legacy desktop applications into maintainable C#/.NET solutions, architected AI-powered logistics and mobile auction platforms, and delivered cross-platform encrypted storage and drone piloting systems. His embedded work includes significant contributions to the OpenHD project—implementing gstreamer video pipelines and reliable ground‑to‑air telemetry and control—highlighting expertise in low-latency video and comms. Stephen also designs secure systems, having built an end-to-end encrypted cloud storage SDK and implemented an SFTPv3 stack in Rust for security testing. Practical and curious, he combines reverse-engineering of legacy behaviors with production AI and cloud deployments to reduce operational load and accelerate client workflows. He brings a rare mix of cryptography-aware engineering, hard real-time embedded skills, and product-focused delivery.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Self Taught Software EngineerNetwork Engineering, Network Engineering at Marion Technical CollegePsychology, Psychology at DeVry University
English, French
Github Skills (12)
wireless10
embedded10
c-language10
telecommunication10
cprogramming-language10
communications10
sys10
telemetry10
networking10
gstreamer9
bash9
script9
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
OpenHD/OpenHD
Oct 2019 - Mar 2021
OpenHD
Role in this project:
Back-end & Embedded Systems Engineer
Back-end & Embedded Systems EngineerContributions:45 releases, 4 reviews, 870 commits in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Stephen primarily contributed to the OpenHD project by modifying the software on embedded systems, adding support for setting wireless hotspot parameters, and implementing remote control functionalities. They also worked on synchronizing settings and managing communication between the ground and air units, which includes handling telemetry data. Furthermore, the user made modifications to the core video transmission components, including the implementation of the gstreamer video pipeline, showcasing a focus on real-time embedded systems development and communication protocols.
camerahd-videofpvlong-rangelow-latency
hyphanet/mactray
Mar 2015 - Jan 2018
Freenet control Mac OS X tray application
Contributions:16 releases, 300 commits, 2 PRs in 2 years 10 months
traymac-ostray-applicationmacos-x
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