Jakub Sobon
Staff Software Engineer at Google DeepMind
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolJakub Sobon is a Staff Software Engineer with 12+ years building and operating large-scale network and distributed systems, now focused at Google DeepMind after leadership roles across Google’s infrastructure teams. He blends deep protocol-level expertise (CCIE R&S, Security) with hands-on software engineering in Go, C++ and Python to deliver high-performance, test-driven network stacks, load‑balancer testing frameworks, and workflow automation. Jakub has driven cross-team initiatives improving reliability and traffic engineering on cloud production networks while cultivating code readability and engineering discipline. His background spans running global IP/MPLS networks, datacenter design and security, and open-source projects on GitHub, reflecting a rare combination of carrier-grade networking and modern cloud software practice. An MSc in Information Security rounds out his focus on resilient, secure infrastructure that scales.
13 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Information Security, Master of Science (MSc), Information Security at University of London
English, Slovak
Github Skills (64)
platformio10
programming-language10
dashboard10
http10
benchmarking10
proxy10
performance-testing10
go10
bazel-rules10
arduino-library10
golang10
gatsbyjs10
terminal-ui10
cloud-native10
arduino10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
envoyproxy/envoy-perf
Oct 2022 - Jan 2023
Envoy performance testing
Contributions:269 reviews, 11 commits, 159 PRs in 2 months
performance-testingenvoycncfbenchmarking
mum4k/nighthawk
May 2021 - Jun 2025
L7 (HTTP/HTTPS/HTTP2) performance characterization tool
Contributions:255 pushes, 191 branches in 4 years 2 months
characterizationja3http3http2performance
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