Evan Tey is a product-oriented software leader with 11 years of engineering and research experience, currently serving as Head of Product at Schoolhouse.world after progressing from Senior Software Engineer. Trained in physics and computer science at MIT, he transitioned from publishing exoplanet research at the MIT Kavli Institute to building education technology, bringing a data-driven, research-first mindset to product decisions. He combines hands-on backend and QA work—contributing to well-regarded open-source projects like Hypothesis—with a passion for tutoring and pedagogy that shapes user-centered learning experiences. Comfortable translating complex technical constraints into clear product roadmaps, Evan blends academic rigor with startup velocity to scale impact in education.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng, Computer Science, Master of Engineering - MEng, Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
High School, High School at Liberal Arts & Science Academy
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
Contributions:11 commits, 1 PR, 2 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Evan primarily focused on enhancing the functionality of the property-based testing library for Python. Their contributions include adding the `allow_subnormal` argument to the `complex_numbers` strategy and implementing associated validation and testing. This involved modifying core strategy logic, writing new tests to cover the added functionality, and ensuring the correct behavior for complex number generation. Additionally, the user updated documentation and fixed formatting issues within the project.
Contributions:42 commits, 16 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
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