Lewin Bormann
Quantitative Technologist
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolLewin Bormann is a Quantitative Technologist with 14 years of experience designing and operating low-latency, high-throughput systems for research and production environments. He has driven distributed software projects in C++ and Rust for scalable quantum-computing instrumentation and previously kept core Google services and global compute infrastructure reliable as a Senior SRE. His contributions to the JeroMQ project—implementing and testing advanced REQ socket options—reflect deep familiarity with asynchronous messaging and a blend of backend development and QA rigor. Based in Zurich, he combines a strong physics background from RWTH Aachen and international study with hands-on engineering across languages and layers, often focusing on subtle performance and correctness trade-offs.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Exchange Physics, Exchange Physics at University of California, DavisMaster of Science Physics, Master of Science Physics at RWTH Aachen UniversityMSc (Project Mobility) Physics, MSc (Project Mobility) Physics at ETH ZürichAbitur, Abitur at Friedrich-List-Gymnasium Reutlingen
English, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (14)
javas10
zeromq10
jeromq10
messaging10
networking10
java10
testing10
mq8
tsql6
sql-server6
rust6
multiple-inheritance6
sql6
inheritance6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
zeromq/jeromq
Sep 2016 - Oct 2016
JeroMQ is a pure Java implementation of the ZeroMQ messaging library, offering high-performance asynchronous messaging for distributed or concurrent applications.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA EngineerContributions:5 commits, 4 PRs, 3 comments in 2 days
Contributions summary:Lewin primarily contributed to the implementation of new socket options, specifically `REQ_CORRELATE` and `REQ_RELAXED`, which enhance the functionality of `REQ` sockets in the ZeroMQ library. Their work involved modifying core Java code related to request handling and socket options. Additionally, the user developed and integrated unit tests to ensure the correct behavior of the newly implemented `REQ` socket options, demonstrating a focus on both feature development and quality assurance.
javazeromqpure-javadealerrouterjeromq
dermesser/geohub
Dec 2020 - Mar 2022
Contributions:144 commits, 53 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
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