Jason Ni
Senior Software Engineer at Datadog
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolJason Ni is a Senior Software Engineer with a decade of experience building scalable, distributed time-series systems at Datadog. A Mechatronics Engineering graduate from the University of Waterloo, he blends hardware-aware systems thinking with software engineering rigor to optimize performance and reliability in telemetry platforms. Over multiple roles at Datadog he’s progressed from early contributor to senior engineer, focusing on backend database design and real-world production challenges in observability. His background in robotics and embedded teams gives him a practical edge in debugging complex distributed interactions that span software and hardware boundaries. Based in New York, he brings a measured, systems-first approach to shipping high-throughput, low-latency services.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Ontario Secondary School Diploma, Ontario Secondary School Diploma at Northern Secondary SchoolMechatronics Engineering Mechatronics Robotics and Automation Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering Mechatronics Robotics and Automation Engineering at University of Waterloo
Chinese, English
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Github Skills (10)
markov7
counter6
statsd4
midi4
udp4
music4
extensible3
react3
javascript2
rust2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Jason8Ni/MarkovianMusic
Oct 2018 - Jan 2020
Generate music using rudimentary implementation of Markov Chains!
Contributions:36 commits, 2 PRs, 20 pushes in 1 year 3 months
midimarkov-chainschainsmarkovmusic
Jason8Ni/Jason8Ni
Aug 2020 - Sep 2022
Contributions:20 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 2 months
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