David Beck
Senior Software Engineer at Tiger Data (creators of TimescaleDB)
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolDavid Beck is a Senior Software Engineer based in Cambridge with 22 years of hands-on experience building high-performance backend systems in C and C++ across Unix/Linux and embedded platforms. He currently focuses on database performance and compression at Tiger Data (TimescaleDB creators), having previously improved query optimization, planner estimates and core database components at SingleStore and Yellowbrick. His background spans low-level performance tuning, distributed systems, machine learning model runtimes (ArmNN), trading platforms and large-scale ingest pipelines, reflecting a rare combination of systems-level expertise and practical product delivery. David is comfortable in both C++ and Java, has a track record of shipping optimizations that matter under peak load, and often surfaces subtle data- and IO-bound bottlenecks that others miss. Based in the UK, he pairs deep technical craft with a pragmatic focus on measurable performance gains.
22 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Programming mathematics, BSc Programming mathematics at College of NyíregyházaUnfinished BSc Programming Mathematics, Unfinished BSc Programming Mathematics at Eötvös Lóránd University
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Github Skills (30)
timeseries-database10
postgresql10
time-series10
analytics10
financial-analysis10
iot10
timescaledb10
postgresql-extension10
sql10
ingest10
sql-database10
database10
actor9
shiny8
semaphore6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
dbeck/chatter_ex
Feb 2016 - Jun 2016
Contributions:60 commits, 42 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
dbeck/acto-rs-playground
Nov 2016 - Nov 2024
Contributions:9 pushes, 2 branches, 2 tags in 8 years 1 month
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