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Dustin Burke

Dustin Burke

Methuen

Summary

Passionate Principal Software Engineer specializing in improving developer experience and engineering productivity. Excel at optimizing engineering workflows and designing efficient, reliable software solutions. Expertise in developing clean, extensible, and maintainable code. Recognized for driving strategic, cross-domain initiatives that deliver tangible business results through effective collaboration with leaders and engineers across teams.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Principal Software Engineer

DataRobot
02.2023 - Current
  • Lead architecture functions within R&D, conducting technical design reviews, tech talks, and maintaining architecture documentation
  • Defined and implemented Platform Architecture Standards, establishing the production readiness framework adopted across teams
  • Spearheaded critical cross-domain projects, including the Python 3 migration and the unification of API user management, ensuring security through tenant encryption and data isolation
  • Architected and implemented multi-tenant data isolation for enhanced security and compliance
  • Championed the Componentization initiative to transition from a distributed monolith to a service-based architecture
  • Recognized for excellence in technical communication, producing comprehensive developer documentation, tech specs, and strategic vision documents
  • Tech Stack: Python, Golang, Helm, Kubernetes, Harness, Docker, Terraform, Bash, MongoDB, Redis, RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, AWS

Director of Engineering

DataRobot
12.2017 - 02.2023
  • Reduced cloud costs by 40%, achieving approximately $6M annual savings
  • Architected scalable test automation strategies, enhancing efficiency and maintaining a 90-minute SLA on PR tests
  • Established the mission and strategy for Engineering Productivity, leading initiatives in developer experience and process improvements
  • Built and mentored teams ranging from 3 to 21 people, overseeing recruitment, team development, and leadership transitions
  • Developed data infrastructure for R&D leadership reporting, focusing on DORA metrics and productivity visibility
  • Key Leadership Roles: Lead for Engineering Productivity, Test Automation, Developer Experience (2017-2020), Lead for Quality Assistance (2016-2018), Lead for Data Science Test Framework (2016-2017)

Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

DataRobot
09.2014 - 12.2017
  • Launched the On-premise product to Enterprise customers, enabling the company to grow this segment of business from 0 to over $5M ARR for 25 logos with Fortune 50 customers
  • Led the Enterprise Release team, implementing Continuous Delivery practices and established company-wide release management processes
  • Tech stack: Python, Pytest, Pandas, Flask, AngularJS, Protractor, MongoDB, Postgresql, Redis, Rabbitmq, Celery, Scala, Hadoop (HDFS/YARN), Docker, AWS EC2/s3/RDS/Lambda, Ansible, Terraform, Bash, Jenkins, AWS

Technology Stacks Lead

Aptima, Inc.
06.2013 - 08.2014
  • Architecture and integration strategy between R&D capabilities and product areas

Product Lead for Robotics & Autonomous Systems

Aptima, Inc.
01.2013 - 08.2014
  • Defined product roadmap and technology strategy for capability area

Senior Software Engineer

Aptima, Inc.
01.2013 - 08.2014
  • Lead architect and developer for immersive, multimodal workstation
  • Tech stack: C#, Windows WPF, ASP.NET, Robot Operating System, Linux, Java, PostGIS, Graph databases (tinkerpop, Cassandra), ArcGIS

Team Lead for Artificial Intelligence

Aptima, Inc.
03.2012 - 08.2014

Research Engineer

Aptima, Inc.
03.2011 - 08.2014
  • Won $2M+ in R&D proposal contracts with Gov’t customers
  • Project management, rapid prototyping for innovative concepts
  • Focus areas: Human-Robot Interaction, Multi-agent systems, Graph algorithms

Software Architect / Research Engineer / Technical Lead

Milcord LLC
06.2006 - 08.2011
  • Led 7 R&D projects (SBIR Phase I/II) – AFRL, ONR, Army ERDC, DHS, DOE
  • Focus areas: Geospatial, Cybersecurity, Semantic web, Reasoning and Planning algorithms
  • Wrote 2 winning Phase II proposals ($1.5M), contributing to 4 additional ($600k)
  • Project management for over $3M in contracts
  • Grew small team from 6 to 9, started internship program (4 grads)
  • Led small teams of 2-4, mentoring junior developers
  • Responsible for requirements, project management, architecture design, software development, algorithm design
  • Presented at several large industry conferences (GEOINT, ONR HSCB Focus 2010)

Education

M.S. - Innovation and Technological Entrepreneurship

University of Massachusetts Lowell
Lowell, MA
01.2014

B.A. - Computer Science, Mathematics

Boston University
Boston, MA
01.2006

Dual Enrollment Program -

University of Massachusetts Lowell
Lowell, MA
01.2002

Skills

  • Software Architecture
  • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
  • Technology Vision and Strategy
  • Cross-team collaboration
  • Python
  • Kubernetes
  • AWS

Certification

  • Data Science Essentials, DataRobot, 2016
  • Scrum Master, Scrum Alliance, 2013

Patents

Software Testing using Machine Learning, US 17/856, 199, 07/01/22

Citizenship

US Citizen. Previously held Top Secret clearance.

Publications

  • 2013, Burke, D., Carlin, A., Picciano, P., Levchuk, G., Riordan, B., Reusing information for high-level fusion: characterizing bias and uncertainty in human-generated intelligence., Proc. SPIE 8758, Next Generation Analyst (Vol. 8758).
  • 2013, Burke, D., Schurr, N., Ayers, J., Rousseau, J., Fertitta, J., Carlin, A., Dumond, D., Multimodal interaction for human-robot teams., Proc. SPIE 8741, Unmanned Systems Technology XV, 87410E (May 17, 2013); doi:10.1117/12.2016334.
  • 2013, Scarff, L. A., Burke, D., Jones, E., Gilfillan, L. G., Pratt, S., Jackson, C. D., Weil, S., Fiore, S., Measuring knowledge: investigative research into the quantification of performance within a contextual multi-source PED fusion process., In J. J. Braun (Ed.), Proceedings of SPIE: Multisensor, Multisource Information Fusion: Architectures, Algorithms, and Applications 2013 (Vol. 8756). Bellingham, WA: SPIE.
  • 2012, Dumond, D., Ayers, J., Schurr, N., Carlin, A., Burke, D., Rousseau, J., Coordinating with Humans by Adjustable-Autonomy for Multirobot Pursuit (CHAMP)., Proc. SPIE. 8387, Unmanned Systems Technology XIV 838703 doi: 10.1117/12.920451.
  • 2011, Stroh, L., Caglayan, A., Alavedra, J., Burke, D., Population sentiment analysis in support of ISAF Joint Command., HSCB Focus 2011 Conference, Chantilly, VA.
  • 2011, Caglayan, A., Cingranelli, D., Bell, S., Murdie, A., Stroh, L., Burke, D., Predictive societal indicators of radicalism - Forecasting political violence., HSCB Focus 2011 Conference, Chantilly, VA.
  • 2011, Caglayan, A., Stroh, L., Burke, D., Boswell, J., McGuire, P., Semantic Technology for Knowledge Management., HSCB Focus 2011 Conference, Chantilly, VA.
  • 2011, Caglayan, A., Stroh, L., Burke, D., Morgan, W., Decision Modeling for Sociocultural Data., HSCB Focus 2011 Conference, Chantilly, VA.
  • 2010, Burke, D., Caglayan, A., Cyber Incident Mission Impact Assessment (CIMIA)., Technical Report, AFRL Information Directorate, Rome, NY.
  • 2010, Caglayan, A., Burke, D., Alavedra, J., Stroh, L., McGuire, P., Boswell, J., Guttieri, K., Copeland, F., A Hybrid Knowledge Framework for Complex Operations., PKSOI 2010 Stability Operations Training and Education Conference, National Conference Center, Lansdowne, VA.
  • 2010, Stroh, L., Caglayan, A., Rashed, T., Burke, D., Eaton, G., Geospatial campaign management for complex operations., In D. Schmorrow & D. Nicholson (Eds.), Advances in Cross-Cultural Decision Making (pp. 460-469). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
  • 2010, Caglayan, A., Toothaker, M., Drapeau, D., Burke, D., Eaton, G., Guilt by association based discovery of botnet footprints., NATO Research and Technology Organization Workshop on Information Security and Defense.
  • 2010, Caglayan, A., Toothaker, M., Drapeau, D., Burke, D., Eaton, G., Behavioral patterns of fast flux service networks., Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-43) Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research Minitrack.
  • 2009, Stroh, L. M., Burke, D., Zhao, Y. T., Caglayan, A., A system dynamics model of counterinsurgency in Southern Afghanistan., 2009 NAACSOS (North American Association for Computational Social and Organizational Sciences) Annual Conference, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
  • 2009, Caglayan, A., Toothaker, M., Drapeau, D., Burke, D., Eaton, G., Van Randwyk, J., Lloyd, L., Proebstel, E., Burnett, D., Bayer, G., Sanders, B., Botnet analytics appliance, Final Report., Department of Homeland Security Cyber Security R&D Center, Contract No. NBCHC070126.
  • 2009, Burke, D., Caglayan, A., Stroh, L. M., Zhao, Y. T., Eaton, G., An open source social science data repository for HSCB research., OSD FOCUS 2010 Human Social Culture Behavior Conference, Chantilly, VA.
  • 2009, Stroh, L. M., Caglayan, A., Guttieri, K., Burke, D., Eaton, G., Knowledge management needs of the complex operations community., OSD FOCUS 2010 Human Social Culture Behavior Conference, Chantilly, VA.
  • 2009, Caglayan, A., Stroh, L. M., Burke, D., Eaton, G., Hybrid knowledge framework for complex operations., OSD FOCUS 2010 Human Social Culture Behavior Conference, Chantilly, VA.
  • 2009, Burke, D., Bhadra, S., Caglayan, A., Eaton, G., A personalized Web 2.0 service for authoritative content., US DoE Report No. DOE/ER/85228-1, US DoE, Scientific and Technical Information (STI), Chicago, IL.
  • 2009, Caglayan, A., Toothaker, M., Drapeau, D., Burke, D., Eaton, G., Behavioral analysis of fast flux service networks., Fifth Annual Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research Workshop (CSIIRW 09), Oak Ridge, TN.
  • 2009, Caglayan, A., Toothaker, M., Drapeau, D., Burke, D., Eaton, G., Real time detection of fast flux service networks., Cybersecurity Applications and Technologies Conference for Homeland Security (CATCH 2009), Washington, DC.
  • 2008, Caglayan, A., Burke, D., Eaton, G., Qamar, S., Caglayan, J., Cingranelli, D., Regan, P., Bell, S., Frank, R., Predictive Societal Indicators of Radicalism (PSIR)., DTIC AD No. ADB347278, Milcord, Waltham, MA.
  • 2008, Caglayan, A., Burke, D., Eaton, G., Course of action forecasting., Technical Report, DTIC AD Number: ADB338206. US Army TEC, Alexandria, VA.
  • 2008, Caglayan, A., Burke, D., Eaton, G., Commander’s learning agent., Technical Report. DTIC AD No. AD Number: ADB346317, Milcord, Waltham, MA.
  • 2007, Burke, D., Caglayan, A., Zhao, Y. T, Adaptive risk-based convoy route planning., Technical Report. DTIC AD No. ADB3451502. ONR, Arlington, VA.
  • 2007, Caglayan, A., Burke, D., Windholz, T., Smith, B., Paxton, R., Building intent., Technical Report, DTIC AD No. ADB333832, Milcord, Waltham, MA.
  • 2006, Burke, D., Cecere, D., Freiberg, B., Extending snBench to support a video-based intrusion detection and alerting system with a centralized hash table., Technical Report BUCS-TR-2006-015, CS Department, Boston University.

Research Interests

  • Augmented Cognition
  • Human-computer interaction
  • Context-aware computing
  • Knowledge representation and reasoning

Timeline

Principal Software Engineer

DataRobot
02.2023 - Current

Director of Engineering

DataRobot
12.2017 - 02.2023

Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

DataRobot
09.2014 - 12.2017

Technology Stacks Lead

Aptima, Inc.
06.2013 - 08.2014

Product Lead for Robotics & Autonomous Systems

Aptima, Inc.
01.2013 - 08.2014

Senior Software Engineer

Aptima, Inc.
01.2013 - 08.2014

Team Lead for Artificial Intelligence

Aptima, Inc.
03.2012 - 08.2014

Research Engineer

Aptima, Inc.
03.2011 - 08.2014

Software Architect / Research Engineer / Technical Lead

Milcord LLC
06.2006 - 08.2011

B.A. - Computer Science, Mathematics

Boston University

Dual Enrollment Program -

University of Massachusetts Lowell

M.S. - Innovation and Technological Entrepreneurship

University of Massachusetts Lowell
Dustin Burke