Daniel Almeida
Consultant Software Engineer at Collabora
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Summary
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Top SchoolDaniel Almeida is a Consultant Software Engineer with a decade of experience focused on multimedia systems, currently working at Collabora on GStreamer and Linux kernel multimedia development. He has a strong background in kernel-level drivers and media frameworks, proven by contributions like V4L2 stateless decoder support for VP9 and MPEG‑2 and a Linux kernel virtual digital TV test driver from his mentorship. Comfortable bridging C/C++ systems work with higher-level tooling, he has also built Blender exporters and Python bindings for automotive 3D graphics during a Google Summer of Code project. Based in Salvador, Brazil, he combines formal training in electrical engineering with practical open-source collaboration, enabling robust cross-layer solutions for video and embedded platforms.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bsc. Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bsc. Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at IFBA - Instituto Federal da BahiaUniversity of São Paulo
English, Portuguese
Github Skills (159)
v4l210
graphics-programming10
vaapi10
vscode-extension10
git-blame10
vscode10
linux-kernel9
video-processing9
rust9
copernicus9
google-map9
cpp9
ios9
gnome-shell9
soundcloud9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
GENIVI/ramses-blender
May 2019 - Aug 2019
Blender plugin for ramses
Contributions:91 commits, 16 PRs, 40 comments in 2 months
blender
dwlsalmeida/libtypec-rs
Apr 2024 - Aug 2024
“libtypec-rs” is a rust library aimed to abstract all USB Type-C platform complexity for user space to develop tools for efficient USB-C port management. The library shall also enable development of diagnostic and debug tools to debug system issues around USB-C/USB PD topology.
Contributions:20 reviews, 2 PRs, 35 pushes in 4 months
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