Kester Tong
Machine Learning Engineer at Google
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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SeniorTong C is a seasoned software engineer and entrepreneur with 11 years of experience delivering data-driven, scalable systems. He currently contributes to Google's ML infrastructure and tooling, and has co-founded BulkGPT and DocHero AI while founding Metablox. His career spans data science and full-stack development at Roblox, Capital One, and Facebook, with a focus on robust data pipelines, risk modelling, and developer tooling. An active open-source contributor to IPython and Jupyter Notebook, he has shaped frontend components and event-driven architectures for notebook experiences. Based in Kirkland, WA, Tong blends interests in esports, Kaggle, food, and financial products with an appetite for dependently typed programming to push reliable, expressive software.
12 years of coding experience
Github Skills (24)
notebook10
content-management-system10
javascript10
jupyter10
ipython10
notebooks10
javascripts10
front-end-development10
content-management10
jupyter-notebook10
frontend-development10
eventemitter9
jquery9
eventsourcing9
html9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
jupyter/notebook
Jul 2014 - Oct 2014
Jupyter Interactive Notebook
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:17 commits in 3 months
Contributions summary:Kester primarily focused on refactoring the Jupyter Notebook content management system. They implemented features to improve error handling and user feedback, specifically addressing notebook creation failures. The commits demonstrate a deep understanding of the codebase, including modifications to the content manager, notebook, and tree interfaces. These changes also involve using event-driven architecture to improve code maintainability, making the content management system more robust and flexible.
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ipython/ipython
Jul 2014 - Oct 2014
Official repository for IPython itself. Other repos in the IPython organization contain things like the website, documentation builds, etc.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:18 commits, 12 comments, 1 issue in 3 months
Contributions summary:Kester primarily contributed to the frontend of the IPython/ipython project, specifically within the HTML components. Their work focused on modifying the JavaScript files to implement new features, such as creating a dialog for notebook creation failures, and refactoring existing code for improved functionality and maintainability. The user also made updates to the Contents API and implemented event-driven patterns within the application. These changes were made across multiple files and components.
documentation-websitepythondata-sciencebuildsnotebook
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