Daniel Mewes
Member Of Technical Staff at Imbue
California, United States
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Top SchoolDaniel Mewes is a seasoned engineering leader and backend systems expert with 15 years of experience building and scaling distributed databases and production infrastructure. Currently a Member of Technical Staff in California, he has led teams and-driven ML infrastructure at companies like Imbue, Ambient.ai, and Stripe, where he grew and coached large engineering groups responsible for risk, underwriting, and compliance systems. His deep systems roots come from long-term work on RethinkDB—ranging from low-level storage and buffer-cache refactors to directing the engineering organization—and contributions to well-known open-source projects like RethinkDB and Horizon. Comfortable moving between hands-on C++ systems work and high-level platform strategy, he pairs performance-minded engineering with product-focused delivery. A former founder who built and sold a web booking product, he brings both entrepreneurial pragmatism and research-informed rigor from a CS MSc at Universität des Saarlandes.
15 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Abitur emphasis on physics and math, Abitur emphasis on physics and math at Theodor-Fliedner-Gymnasium DüsseldorfMaster of Science (MSc) Computer Science, Master of Science (MSc) Computer Science at Universität des SaarlandesJunior Student Computer Science, Junior Student Computer Science at University of Düsseldorf
English, German
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Github Skills (22)
javascript10
c-language10
back-end-development10
rethinkdb-go10
memory-management10
databases10
rethinkdb10
homebrew10
backend10
cprogramming-language10
database10
data-structure9
database-administration9
error-handling9
nodejs9
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
rethinkdb/rethinkdb
Jan 2011 - Feb 2017
The open-source database for the realtime web.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:25 releases, 129 commits, 128 PRs in 6 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Daniel primarily focused on modifying and extending the functionality of the RethinkDB's buffer cache system. Their contributions involved refactoring code related to patch storage, including removing and shifting patch opcodes. They also implemented new interfaces and extended the in-core patch storage, and integrated the application of patches when loading a block. Moreover, they worked on the application of patches and overall buffer flushing logic in the mirrored cache module.
database
rethinkdb/horizon
May 2016 - Aug 2016
Horizon is a realtime, open-source backend for JavaScript apps.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:29 commits, 11 PRs, 17 pushes in 2 months
Contributions summary:Daniel primarily contributed to the Horizon backend, focusing on improvements to the server-side logic and configuration. Their work included updating the initialization configuration file, clarifying help messages, fixing validator issues, and addressing error handling. They also worked on improving the server's robustness by increasing test timeouts and enhancing the database initialization process. These changes suggest a focus on core backend functionality and stability.
backendjavascript
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