Thomas Goodfellow
Software Engineer at German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolThomas Goodfellow is a seasoned hands-on software engineer with over a decade of experience building low-level toolchains and performance-critical systems across startups, large corporations and research institutes. He specializes in C and C++ development—from device drivers and kernel work to custom LLVM backends—and augments that with scripting and automation in Python. His recent work at the German Aerospace Center focuses on automating compiler tool generation for RISC-V extensions, bridging LLVM internals and practical hardware optimisation for edge computing. Comfortable across many OS and hardware platforms, he deliberately chooses senior engineering roles over management and has a track record of shipping robust, multithreaded networking and compiler solutions. Holding NZ and UK citizenship plus a German residence permit, he is internationally mobile and experienced in remote collaboration. An often-overlooked strength is his ability to combine deep systems debugging with pragmatic automation, speeding up niche hardware adoption.
12 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Computer Science, Chemistry, BSc, Computer Science, Chemistry at University of Auckland
german (functional not beautful), English
Github Skills (7)
retargeting10
cci8
risc-v8
llvm6
compiler5
simulator3
instruction-set2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
thomasgoodfellow/comfy_tools
Apr 2015 - Jan 2025
Contributions:10 pushes in 9 years 10 months
DLR-SE/riscv-coredsl-extensions
Mar 2024 - Aug 2024
Contributions:7 reviews, 6 PRs, 5 pushes in 5 months
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