David Hooton

Backend Engineer

https://www.opentalent.in/david-hooton

Nerd wrangler, Telco entrepreneur, Lover of bacon..

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Key Strengths

Demonstrated proficiency in Python for various scripting and application development tasks.
Experience with Docker and Makefile for containerization and build automation.
Exposure to Rust for performance-critical applications (SIP voice processing).
Familiarity with CI/CD concepts through GitHub Actions and dependency management.
Practical experience with VoIP-related projects (SIP, billing scripts).

Cultural & Operational Fit

Cultural Fit Analysis

The candidate's projects are primarily personal and open-source contributions, indicating a self-starter and curious individual. The diversity of technologies (Rust, Python, Shell, Ruby, JavaScript) suggests adaptability. However, the lack of team-based or professional project experience makes it difficult to fully assess cultural fit within a structured engineering team. The projects align with a backend engineering role, particularly in areas like voice processing, automation, and system tooling.

Soft Skills & Operational Fit

Insufficient data to assess soft skills or operational fit. No psychometric test results or interview feedback are available.

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Projects

kcmt-homebrew

June 9, 2026 – Present

kcmt-homebrew — GitHub repository

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dependency-advisor-action

June 8, 2026 – Present

dependency-advisor-action — GitHub repository

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home-assistant-smart-home-intelligence

June 8, 2026 – Present

home-assistant-smart-home-intelligence — GitHub repository

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codex-home-assistant-dev

May 16, 2026 – Present

Codex plugin for Home Assistant development, deploy, cache, quality gate, and release workflows

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agent_voice

March 15, 2026 – Present

Rust SIP voice to STT/TTS via OpenAI API's

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steve

November 8, 2024 – September 4, 2025

steve — GitHub repository

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voipnow_bill

July 12, 2024 – Present

Billing scripts for voipnow

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klingon_transcribe

May 29, 2024 – Present

Transcribe and Diarize audio content via web service.

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ip-address-validation

March 16, 2023 – March 17, 2023

Things used to validate IPv4 and IPv6 addresses

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proxmox-scripts

February 14, 2023 – June 27, 2023

Tools for driving proxmox

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Key Strengths

Demonstrated proficiency in Python for various scripting and application development tasks.
Experience with Docker and Makefile for containerization and build automation.
Exposure to Rust for performance-critical applications (SIP voice processing).
Familiarity with CI/CD concepts through GitHub Actions and dependency management.
Practical experience with VoIP-related projects (SIP, billing scripts).

Cultural & Operational Fit

Cultural Fit Analysis

Soft Skills & Operational Fit

Insufficient data to assess soft skills or operational fit. No psychometric test results or interview feedback are available.

David Hooton

Key Strengths

Cultural & Operational Fit

Top Skills

Skills

Projects

Key Strengths

Cultural & Operational Fit