Mason Fish is a San Francisco–based software engineer with a decade of experience building back-end systems and polished front-end interfaces for data-centric applications. He has shipped production features at Docker and Brim Data and now contributes to Tango, bringing expertise in event handling, API design, and desktop data UIs. His open-source work on Brim Data’s analytics stack spans backend integrations—adding CORS, events endpoints, and bug fixes—and UX improvements in the Zui data explorer, showing comfort across the full stack. Trained originally as a musician with degrees from Eastman and the San Francisco Conservatory and retrained in software engineering at Holberton, he combines discipline from performance with pragmatic engineering practices. This blend of creative rigor and systems-focused coding makes him adept at turning complex data problems into usable tools.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Music, Bachelor's degree, Music at Eastman School of Music
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Holberton School
Master's degree, Music, Master's degree, Music at San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Zui is a powerful desktop application for exploring and working with data. The official front-end to the Zed lake.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:413 reviews, 168 commits, 301 PRs in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Mason primarily focused on improving the front-end of the application by implementing UI components, particularly within the context of a data exploration desktop application. Their contributions included implementing features like double-click handlers, new menu items, and modifying the rendering of data within the application. Furthermore, they addressed bugs in the code base, such as fixing a function, correcting data representation, and refining code for the user's experience.
An analytics database that puts JSON and relational tables on equal footing
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:6 reviews, 5 commits, 8 PRs in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Mason primarily contributed to the backend functionality of the analytics database, focusing on features related to event handling, API enhancements, and configuration management. They implemented an events endpoint and added CORS support for the API, expanding the system's capabilities. Additionally, they addressed issues related to URL encoding and corrected field casing, demonstrating attention to detail and system integration.
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Mason Fish - Software Engineer at Mobius Performing Arts, Inc.