Jamie Pinheiro
Software Engineer at Jane Street
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolJamie Pinheiro is a software engineer based in New York with a decade of hands-on experience and a BCS from the University of Waterloo. Currently at Jane Street, Jamie has interned or worked at top tech firms including Google, Microsoft, Instagram, and Faire, bringing strong backend and systems expertise to high-performance environments. An active open-source contributor, Jamie has improved JPEG decoding, raw image processing, and metadata parsing in the widely used LibRaw project, demonstrating a knack for low-level image and file-format work not obvious from corporate roles alone. Comfortable across research-adjacent tasks and production services, Jamie combines algorithmic rigor with practical engineering to ship robust, performant systems.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
IB Diploma, IB Diploma at International BaccalaureateOntario Secondary School Diploma, Ontario Secondary School Diploma at St Francis Xavier Secondary SchoolBachelor of Computer Science, Computer Science, Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer Science at University of Waterloo
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Github Skills (15)
file-handling10
deco10
jpeg10
c-language10
metadata10
filetype10
file-conversion10
parsing10
cprogramming-language10
decode10
file-operations10
fileio10
image-processing10
file-format10
tiff9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
LibRaw/LibRaw
May 2020 - Jun 2020
LibRaw is a library for reading RAW files from digital cameras
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 10 PRs, 13 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Jamie primarily contributed to the `libraw/libraw` repository by implementing changes related to JPEG decoding and image processing, as well as metadata parsing. They modified core decoding functions like `ljpeg_row` and `ljpeg_diff`, addressing issues and enhancing image loading capabilities. Additionally, the user worked on parsing various metadata formats, including CR3, TIFF, and Cine, demonstrating a focus on improving the library's compatibility with different camera raw files.
openexrimage-optimizationcamerapsdphotography
uwenergynetwork/energyhacks-frontend
Sep 2019 - Jan 2021
EnergyHacks 2020
Contributions:42 commits, 19 PRs, 61 pushes in 1 year 3 months
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