Anja Boskovic
Senior Technical Support Engineer at InfluxData
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolAnja Boskovic is a Senior Technical Support Engineer and high-EQ software developer with 11 years of experience building and supporting data-intensive systems, currently focused on remote Python development, infrastructure, and sysadmin work. She pairs deep open-source contributions—such as refactors in ibis, enhancements to Apache Arrow’s pyarrow, and backend/devops improvements to visidata—with hands-on customer support for complex analytics stacks, including CUDA PyArrow and Arrow C++/Ibis debugging. Her background spans real-time C++ systems for radio astronomy, bioinformatics pipelines, and test/deployment tooling for medical data, giving her uncommon fluency across C++, Python, and production operations. Known for pragmatic design advice on performance and memory trade-offs, she balances engineering rigor with empathetic support and a preference for fully remote roles.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Bioinformatics, Master of Science (MSc), Bioinformatics at McGill UniversityInternational Baccalaureate, International Baccalaureate at Michael Power St. Joseph High SchoolComputer Programming, Computer Programming at Recurse Center
English, Serbian, French
Github Skills (27)
pyarrow10
python10
command-line-interface10
arrow-keys10
sql10
command-line10
parquet10
refactoring10
arrows10
arrow-js10
cli10
pandas9
refactor9
documentation9
file-handling9
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
saulpw/visidata
May 2017 - Jan 2023
A terminal spreadsheet multitool for discovering and arranging data
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:9 releases, 138 reviews, 1719 commits in 5 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Anja made significant contributions to the `visidata` repository, primarily focused on improving functionality through code modifications and bug fixes. The user implemented new features, such as handling file type detection, and addressed issues related to core components. They also worked on improving the system's reliability and efficiency, as evidenced by their involvement in fixing internal issues and optimizing performance. Furthermore, the user demonstrated skills in the management of command structures, as evidenced by the refactoring of command declarations and command functionality.
csvpythontuireconciliationcli
apache/arrow
Jul 2022 - Nov 2022
Apache Arrow is the universal columnar format and multi-language toolbox for fast data interchange and in-memory analytics
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:60 reviews, 4 commits, 17 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Anja primarily contributed to the Python codebase of the Apache Arrow project, focusing on enhancing the pyarrow library. Their work included implementing new functionalities related to struct types, such as adding the `.field()` method and improving documentation. Furthermore, the user addressed potential overflow issues in datetime conversions and updated the codebase for Parquet version 2.6 compatibility. The user also contributed to documentation and build process improvements.
memorymulti-languagetoolboxacceleratedarrow
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