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Austin Buddington

Senior Software Engineer
San Antonio,TX

Summary

Skilled Software Engineer. Dedicated to building and maintaining high quality software products and systems. Interested in working with a team of talented and enthusiastic engineers.


Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Chief Technology Officer

Cupcake
12.2023 - Current
  • Design and document application architecture
  • Lead a team of skilled engineers
  • Convert high level direction into sprints and tasks
  • Conduct detailed peer code review and manage code quality
  • Personally implement security sensitive features

Founder & Lead Engineer

Nil Studios
11.2022 - Current
  • Lead Engineer at Claynosaurz - delivered Flight of the Dactyls
  • Lead Engineer for a stealth project at B&J Studios
  • Delivered software for Unboxed Software, Dark Block and Space Operator

Protocol Engineer

Metaplex Studios
08.2022 - 11.2022
  • Designed Fusion, an NFT composability protocol that was featured in the Metaplex Keynote at Solana Breakpoint
  • Built off-chain infrastructure to support smart contracts that power Fusion

Software Engineer

Casper Labs
06.2021 - 05.2022
  • Designed and implemented features of Casper Network's client and server software
  • Wrote Smart Contracts for customers and community members
  • Designed utilities for node operators
  • Implemented a new hex encoding scheme and optimized performance

Senior Software Engineer

RiskForge
10.2020 - 02.2021
  • Built an SDK library that simplifies working with government forms
  • Developed an API and suite of backend tools with Rust and JavaScript
  • Developed a fast and reliable customer-facing UI with Rust and JavaScript

Software Consultant

Levvel
05.2017 - 01.2019
  • Designed and implemented software solutions for several large customers
  • Trained engineering teams on Git and Ansible
  • Developed automation and CI pipelines for customers
  • Gave a talk on automation at the Red Hat & Intel Road Show in NYC

Senior Software Engineer

Investor Management Services
08.2015 - 03.2017
  • Designed and implemented full features for commercial real estate investing platform
  • Provided JavaScript training for engineers
  • Developed component libraries to simplify presentation of data

Timeline

Chief Technology Officer

Cupcake
12.2023 - Current

Founder & Lead Engineer

Nil Studios
11.2022 - Current

Protocol Engineer

Metaplex Studios
08.2022 - 11.2022

Software Engineer

Casper Labs
06.2021 - 05.2022

Senior Software Engineer

RiskForge
10.2020 - 02.2021

Software Consultant

Levvel
05.2017 - 01.2019

Senior Software Engineer

Investor Management Services
08.2015 - 03.2017
Austin BuddingtonSenior Software Engineer