Damien Biggs
Senior Software Engineer at VMware
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDamien Biggs is a Senior Software Engineer with 13+ years of experience building web and backend systems, currently focused on secure gateway and MDM work at VMware. He brings deep expertise in Java, Spring, and Flex—having led large UI localization efforts and architected device policy and proxying solutions—while also contributing to .NET services and production support earlier in his career. Damien is an active contributor to database tooling, with notable Liquibase contributions around sequence inserts and integration-test fixes that reflect strong database migration and compatibility skills. Comfortable across the full stack, he has repeatedly stepped into tech-lead roles on projects like adidas miCoach and streamlined developer workflows by open-sourcing internal tools. Based in Cambridge, MA, he combines hands-on implementation with a practical focus on reducing day-to-day developer friction.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Business Information Systems, Economics, Programming, Finance, Business Information Systems, Economics, Programming, Finance at University College Cork
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Github Skills (14)
database-migrations10
javas10
database-management10
database-migration10
database-administration10
sql10
liquibase10
java10
postgresql9
h29
oracle8
mysql8
oracles8
sql-server7
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
liquibase/liquibase
Oct 2012 - Mar 2013
Main Liquibase Source
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Database Engineer
Back-end Developer & Database EngineerContributions:22 commits, 1 comment in 5 months
Contributions summary:Damien primarily contributed to the database migration and management aspects of the Liquibase project. They implemented support for sequence-based inserts for various database systems, including H2, Derby, HSQL, and PostgreSQL. Furthermore, the user refactored code related to default value handling, and corrected object name handling, demonstrating a focus on database-specific implementations and integration testing. They also worked on fixing H2 and HSQL integration tests.
liquibasejavadatabase-migrationsjava-librarycontinuous-delivery
jenkinsci/parameter-pool-plugin
Jun 2015 - Jun 2016
Jenkins plugin for selecting a unique parameter from a parameter pool
Contributions:21 commits, 4 PRs, 20 pushes in 1 year
jenkins-plugin
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