Jakub Tarnawski
Senior Researcher at Microsoft
Switzerland
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Top SchoolJakub Tarnawski is a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research in Redmond with 15 years of experience bridging theoretical computer science and practical systems engineering. He holds a PhD from EPFL and dual master’s degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics, bringing rigorous analytical depth to algorithmic research and performance-focused software. His background includes impactful internships at Facebook (where he optimized load balancing for web traffic) and hands-on full‑stack contributions to open-source UI work, demonstrating fluency from low-level performance tuning to user-facing interfaces. Based in Switzerland, he blends academic leadership from EPFL’s Theory of Computation lab with production-minded research at Microsoft, often turning formal insights into concrete system improvements.
15 years of coding experience
Master's Degree, Computer Science, 5.0, Master's Degree, Computer Science, 5.0 at University of WroclawDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)
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Github Skills (8)
javas10
uid10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
java10
swing10
graphical-user-interface9
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
dj3500/hightail
Jul 2012 - Jul 2019
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:4 releases, 79 commits, 9 PRs in 7 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Jakub primarily contributed to the UI of the Hightail project, modifying the appearance and behavior of dialog boxes and user interface elements. Their work includes fixing bugs, implementing enhancements, and adapting the UI across different parts of the application. Additionally, they made some code-style changes and removed unused code, improving the overall quality of the code.
dj3500/google-research
Sep 2020 - Mar 2023
Google Research
Contributions:2 pushes in 2 years 5 months
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