Kevin Zimmerman
Senior Software Engineer II at dbt Labs
United States
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Top SchoolKevin Zimmerman is a Senior Software Engineer II at dbt Labs with 11 years of experience building high-performance data systems, currently focused on dbt Fusion — a Rust-based execution engine built on Apache DataFusion. He brings a rare blend of biomedical engineering rigor and production systems expertise, having transitioned from medical imaging research and CT science to founding roles at PostgresML and system engineering positions at Canon. Kevin excels in low-latency, data-intensive architectures and ML-infused databases, shipping components in Rust, Python, and Postgres ecosystems. His background includes hands-on SaaS product development for small businesses and deep research in spectral CT and photon-counting detectors, giving him both practical product sense and strong analytic foundations. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex scientific problems into maintainable, high-performance code and to drive technical direction in fast-moving data infrastructure projects.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Biomedical/Medical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Biomedical/Medical Engineering at Marquette UniversityBachelor of Science Biomedical Engineering, Bachelor of Science Biomedical Engineering at Milwaukee School of Engineering
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Github Skills (184)
postgresql10
python10
image-processing10
vector-database10
regression10
mlops10
deep-learning10
postgresql-extension10
clustering10
optimization10
javascript10
matrix10
statistics10
sql10
ai10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
kczimm/Attenuations.jl
Aug 2019 - May 2020
NIST XCOM x-ray attenuations in Julia.
Contributions:38 commits, 34 pushes, 7 branches in 8 months
attenuationjulianistxray
kczimm/example_repo
Feb 2021 - Aug 2023
Contributions:2 PRs, 1 push, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
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