Damien Stanton
Senior Research Software Engineer at PwC
Washington DC-Baltimore Area United States
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Top SchoolDamien Stanton is a senior software engineer and research-focused contributor with a decade of experience delivering backend systems, distributed software, and research computing in both industry and consulting. He is currently a Senior Research Software Engineer at PwC, applying rigorous engineering to complex solutions and leading backend work in security- and virtualization-oriented projects. As a back-end developer on the Firecracker microVM project—an AWS open-source framework widely used for serverless computing—he updated the codebase to Rust 2018 edition, impacting the VM monitor, arch, seccomp, jailer, API server, and related components. His prior roles at SignalFrame spanned Senior Software/ML Engineer and Distributed Systems Engineer, where he built scalable ML and distributed systems solutions from 2017 to 2021. He also founded DK Stanton Consulting, guiding clients as CEO and principal, highlighting entrepreneurial leadership and broad technology strategy. Based in the Washington DC–Baltimore area, Damien holds a BS from Stony Brook and an MS from the University of Colorado Boulder (2022), blending formal training with hands-on execution to turn complex requirements into practical, robust systems.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Master of Science - MS at University of Colorado BoulderBachelor of Science - BS, Bachelor of Science - BS at Stony Brook University
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Github Skills (8)
serverless10
rust10
virtualization10
containers9
container9
open-source9
minimal-apis8
min8
Programming languages (24)
Github contributions (5)
firecracker-microvm/firecracker
Jun 2020 - Jul 2020
Secure and fast microVMs for serverless computing.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:12 commits, 5 PRs, 14 comments in 29 days
Contributions summary:Damien primarily focused on updating the Firecracker microVM project to use the Rust 2018 edition. This involved modifying various source files across the `vmm`, `arch`, `seccomp`, `jailer`, `api_server`, `logger`, `micro_http`, `cpuid`, `net_gen`, and `snapshot` directories to reflect the changes. These modifications suggest the user worked on foundational aspects of the microVM's functionality, including the virtual machine monitor, architecture-specific code, and supporting libraries and tools.
containerssecureminimalistrustserverless
damienstanton/typereact
Nov 2016 - Oct 2017
Contributions:7 commits, 27 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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