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Victor
Timpau

5+ years of professional experience AMD · Hamilton Health Sciences Greater Toronto Area, Canada

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Languages

  • C
  • C#
  • Python
  • TypeScript
  • C++
  • Bash

Tech stack

  • AWS (ECS)
  • Terraform
  • Docker
  • Pytest
  • Git
  • Jenkins
  • Woodpecker CI
  • Grafana

At AMD 0% → 70% automation coverage

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Featured
project

Docker orchestration, wake-on-connect networking, and verified backups.

Personal project · Solo builder

Nodewake

  • Docker + AWS. ECS orchestration and Terraform infrastructure.
  • Wake on connection. A Python relay buffers joins during startup.
  • Verified backups. Save, stop, back up, and verify; archive before restore.

Docker · Terraform · AWS (ECS) · Python · PostgreSQL · Prometheus · Grafana

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Résumé

Software validation at AMD, systems administration at Hamilton Health Sciences, and personal projects.

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Experience

Oct 2025 — Present

Hamilton Health Sciences

Systems Administrator

  • Resolve escalated Epic system issues and monitor system health with System Pulse.
  • Built a Grafana dashboard for system updates so management could follow Windows, Kuiper, and System Pulse data in one place.

Jul 2019 — Jan 2025

AMD

Software Development Engineer 2

  • Built OS validation automation: 0% → 70% automation coverage, hundreds of tests across 65+ machines.
  • Automated gameplay benchmarks to check GPU performance, image correctness, stability, and GPU statistics.
  • Built HTML reports for release stakeholders; worked across teams and time zones to resolve driver issues.

May 2017 — Aug 2018

AMD

Professional Experience Year

  • Replaced handwritten benchmark records with an OpenCV tool that captures images and exports CSV results.

Personal projects

AI development tooling

  • Built a pi-based development harness with custom plugins and reusable skills for planning, implementation, testing, debugging, and review.

Home-lab development platform

  • Built Linux development environments with persistent project files and SSH identity across container replacements.
  • Published tested, versioned environments through Woodpecker CI, with Trivy security checks and installation checksums.
  • Isolated CI builds from the NAS production Docker daemon.
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About

I’m a software engineer based in the Greater Toronto Area. I worked on GPU and OS validation at AMD and now work as a systems administrator at Hamilton Health Sciences, supporting Epic systems and resolving escalated technical issues. Outside work, I build Nodewake and tools for my own development setup.

EducationBachelor of Applied Science, Computer Science (Co-op)
McMaster University / 2019

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