Darko Draskovic is a Senior Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building full-stack and systems software, currently working at Harness and previously leading development of confidential computing and secure multi-party computation platforms. He combines deep systems programming in Go and C++ with backend and cloud-native architecture experience—designing microservices, gRPC/HTTP APIs, VM/agent daemons and CI/CD deployments for IIoT and secure compute environments. Darko’s open-source contributions span distributed messaging integrations (notably adding MongoDB support to supermq) and a long history of personal graphics and tooling projects, revealing both low-level expertise and product-facing engineering. He holds a PhD in the philosophy of AI from the University of Lausanne, which informs a rare blend of rigorous theoretical thinking and practical engineering. Trilingual in English, French and Serbian, he has repeatedly shipped production systems that bridge academic insight and industrial constraints. Unexpectedly, his background includes graphics/game engines, assembly demos and 3D model tooling, underscoring a hands-on mastery of both GPU and CPU-level programming.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Philosophy, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Philosophy at University of Lausanne - UNIL
Master's degree, Philosophy, Master's degree, Philosophy at University of Belgrade
Contributions:87 reviews, 117 commits, 103 PRs in 4 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Darko's commits primarily focused on implementing MongoDB support for storing messages within the `supermq` project, adding essential components like a MongoDB writer and driver. They also refactored code, updated documentation, and exposed a MetricsMiddleware for writers. Furthermore, the user fixed a typo, demonstrating an attention to detail. Their work involved deep integration with MongoDB and core messaging functionality within a distributed systems context.
Contributions:1 PR, 25 pushes, 2 branches in 7 years 6 months
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