Fotis Kounelis
Research Engineer at Imperial College London
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolFotis Kounelis is a Research Engineer with eight years of software and research experience spanning backend and frontend web development, Java and Python programming, and DevOps. Currently pursuing a PhD at Imperial College London and recently joining Neo4j, he bridges applied research and production engineering, with hands-on work in compiler/MLIR optimizations during a Huawei R&D internship. He has contributed to high-profile open-source projects such as Microsoft's Confidential Consortium Framework (CCF), implementing C++ submitter tooling and performance-testing infrastructure that reflect both systems and DevOps proficiency. A creative problem-solver known for unconventional approaches, he pairs rigorous academic training from the University of Patras with practical impact across industry internships at Microsoft, Oracle, and Decision Technology. Based in London, he actively maintains code on GitHub and enjoys exploring bioinformatics and data-structure problems outside of work.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, 9.6, Master of Science - MS, 9.6 at University of Patras
Greek, English, Spanish
Github Skills (19)
c-language10
performance-testing10
cpp10
cprogramming-language10
python9
parquet9
rest-api8
cicd8
api-rest8
restful-api8
api-design8
distributed-ledger-technology7
dockers7
distributed-ledger7
docker7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/CCF
Oct 2022 - Dec 2022
Confidential Consortium Framework
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:24 reviews, 11 commits, 11 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Fotis contributed to the project by adding missing header files, likely to address compilation issues related to including certain options. They also worked on integrating a performance tool, developing components for generating requests and submitting them. Furthermore, the user implemented a C++-based submitter tool, which involves interacting with the network and handling data, showcasing DevOps-related tasks for performance testing.
cppconfidentialityjavascriptframeworkintegrity
fotiskoun/CCF
Sep 2022 - Nov 2022
Confidential Consortium Framework
Contributions:224 commits, 61 PRs, 283 pushes in 2 months
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