Glenn De Jonghe
Senior Software Engineer at Cresta
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolGlenn De Jonghe is a Senior Software Engineer based in Berlin with 12 years of experience building scalable, high-performance systems across Python, Go, React and C++. He blends a strong engineering mindset with hands-on work in real-time intelligence at Cresta and BI platforms at KAYAK, often owning end-to-end solutions from backend services to interactive front ends. A pragmatic coder who favors clean, efficient implementations, he has deep experience in graphics and rendering (contributions to SuperTuxKart) as well as data tooling (maintainer work on PyPika). Former lead at a startup and contributor to DataCamp’s execution platform, he’s comfortable both mentoring teams and shipping critical infrastructure. Glenn’s background in building IoT integrations, containerized language runtimes, and complex auth systems shows a knack for bridging low-level performance work with product-facing features.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS), Computer Science, With Great Distinction, Master of Science (MS), Computer Science, With Great Distinction at Universiteit Antwerpen
English, Dutch, French, German
Github Skills (28)
sql-query10
javascript10
c-language10
shader10
game-engine10
python10
game-dev10
builder-pattern10
iframe10
sql10
graphics-programming10
html10
web-development10
game-development10
cprogramming-language10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
kayak/pypika
May 2020 - Jul 2021
PyPika is a python SQL query builder that exposes the full richness of the SQL language using a syntax that reflects the resulting query. PyPika excels at all sorts of SQL queries but is especially useful for data analysis.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:34 reviews, 45 commits, 34 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Glenn primarily contributed to the `pypika` Python SQL query builder library. Their work involved implementing features such as handling negative intervals. Additionally, the user addressed a bug related to alias visibility in function arguments. Furthermore, the user consistently bumped the library's version through multiple releases and added a method to the `EmptyCriterion` class.
pythondatasqlitepython3database
datacamp/datacamp-light
Jan 2016 - Feb 2016
Convert any blog or website to an interactive learning platform for data science
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:37 commits, 3 pushes in 23 days
Contributions summary:Glenn primarily worked on enhancing the functionality and user experience of the interactive learning platform. They implemented code formatting, unescaped HTML entities, and refactored code to improve code readability. The user also worked on improving the user interface by adding a loading spinner and adjusting the layout. Furthermore, they refactored code to use a POST request to send exercise data.
pythonlearning-platformsciencedata-scienceinteractive-learning
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