Lucas Christian
Principal Software Engineer at Twilio
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolLucas Christian is a Principal Software Engineer at Twilio in San Francisco with 13 years of experience building scalable, reliability-focused communications and VoIP systems. He combines hands-on engineering with strategic architecture across backend, networking, and telco integrations, including SIP, DNS forwarding, and DHCPv6 functionality. In open source, he contributed to VyOS as a backend developer, adding stateless DHCPv6 support, DNS forward zones, and improved domain name validation to strengthen the network OS. His career at Twilio shows a steady progression from Software Engineer roles to Principal, complemented by internships at Cisco Meraki and a prior Twilio Voice Connectivity focus. He earned a BS in Computer Science from Georgia Tech and thrives in the San Francisco tech ecosystem, delivering practical, production-ready solutions at scale.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at Georgia Institute of TechnologyHigh School, High School at Vestavia Hills High School
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Github Skills (8)
configuration-management10
dhcp10
dns10
python10
networking10
xml8
bash4
github4
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
vyos/vyos-1x
Oct 2020 - Oct 2021
VyOS command definitions, scripts, and utilities
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:16 reviews, 10 commits, 18 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Lucas primarily contributed to the VyOS project by implementing and modifying core backend configurations and features related to DNS forwarding and DHCPv6 server functionality. They added support for stateless DHCPv6 clients, introduced config syntax for defining DNS forward authoritative zones, and exposed the query-local-address to the DNS config. Furthermore, they addressed configuration errors and improved the validation of domain name inputs. Their work focused on enhancing the network operating system's capabilities and user experience.
vyosdefinitions
lucasec/gitlab-server
May 2013 - May 2015
Contributions:35 commits, 1 push in 2 years
cookbookchefgitlabconfigurable
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