Michael Kawick
Principal C++ Systems Engineer & Technical Architect
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About
C++, optimization, low-latency
Experience
Principal C++ Systems Engineer and Architectural Leader with over 20 years of hands-on experience designing deterministic, ultra-low-latency engines, highly concurrent distributed systems, and core infrastructure. Transitioning a career of building sub-millisecond, cache-aligned architectures into high-performance, algorithmic Linux environments. Deeply specialized in modern C++ (14/17/20), Boost, Linux systems programming, lock-free concurrency, and mechanical sympathy.
Proven track record of remaining heavily hands-on with hot-path optimization, memory management, binary protocol serialization, and data-oriented design (ECS). Highly pragmatic and collaborative, excelling in rapid-iteration environments where hardware-level optimization and robust CI/CD pipelines directly drive performance and stability.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics – Texas A&M University (2003 – 2006)
