Máté Kovács
Small Business Owner at Software Consulting
Chiyoda, Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolMáté Kovács is a seasoned software engineer and small business owner with 13 years of experience building simulation and developer-facing systems across startups and established tech companies. He has led engineering efforts as Principal Engineer and founding employee at Braid, driven simulation teams at Woven Planet and Ascent Robotics, and contributed to product integrations at Sourcegraph and Coursera. Now based in Chiyoda, Japan, he combines hands-on coding with community leadership as President of TokyoRust.org, bridging technical depth in systems and Rust advocacy. His background spans Haskell DSL design, robotics simulation, and developer tooling—an unusual mix that surfaces a pattern of turning research-grade ideas into production software. He left an MSc program to join industry early, signaling a practical, impact-focused career trajectory and entrepreneurial bent.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science, dropped out to work full-time, Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science, dropped out to work full-time at Budapest University of Technology and EconomicsBachelor's Degree, Computer Science, magna cum laude, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, magna cum laude at Florida Institute of TechnologyCreativity in Computer Science, Creativity in Computer Science at Aquincum Institute of Technology
English, Japanese, Hungarian
Github Skills (179)
python10
computational-science10
sourcegraph10
code-generation10
parallel-computing10
ffi10
code-search10
linux10
code-interpreter10
rust10
developer-tools10
python-c-api10
binding10
python-interpreter10
code-intelligence10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
mkovaxx/rust-exercises
Feb 2019 - Dec 2022
Contributions:20 commits, 28 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 11 months
mkovacs/sphaira
Feb 2014 - Sep 2016
Contributions:152 commits, 84 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 7 months
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