Jimmy Angelakos is a Staff Software Engineer and seasoned systems and database architect with 17 years of professional experience and 25+ years contributing to open-source, specializing in PostgreSQL high-availability, performance and large-scale deployments. A recognized PostgreSQL expert, contributor and conference speaker, he has advised Fortune 500 clients and fintech organisations on resilient data platforms and led database architecture across companies from EDB/2ndQuadrant to Deriv and pgEdge. He balances hands-on engineering—building tooling, SOPs and cloud migrations—with mentoring DBA teams and delivering five-nines availability solutions. Author of PostgreSQL Mistakes and co-author of the PostgreSQL 16 Administration Cookbook, he combines deep practical troubleshooting insight with a community-first mindset. Based in Edinburgh, he brings a rare mix of academic teaching experience, enterprise architecture and grassroots open-source contribution.
17 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Computing Science, BSc Computing Science at University of Aberdeen
Rails plugin for a database-independent dump format, data.yml
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