Matthias Rost
Software Engineering Manager at Snowflake
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolMatthias Rost is a software engineering manager and former postdoctoral researcher with ~10 years of experience building and leading teams that solve large-scale data processing challenges. He currently leads Observe’s runtime engineering efforts and the Swiss development center, architecting Snowflake-based systems that handle millions of queries across petabytes daily. His background in algorithms and optimization (PhD and postdoc work) informs a practical focus on cost, latency and platform utilization—his teams have driven >40% margin improvements through higher utilization and query/transform optimizations. Known for humble, empathetic leadership, he combines hands-on system design with mentoring to scale engineers and operations in production-critical environments. Based in Zurich, he bridges academic rigour and product delivery, and has a track record of turning theoretical optimization techniques into measurable infrastructure savings.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Mathematics, Mathematics at Freie Universität BerlinDr. rer. nat. Computer Science, Dr. rer. nat. Computer Science at Technische Universität Berlin
German, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (15)
complexity9
ccr9
approximation9
embedding8
evaluation8
virtual-network8
linear-programming7
qthread6
pyinstaller6
pyqt6
python6
chain4
prototyping4
extensible3
blockchain3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
vnep-approx/evaluation-ifip-networking-2018
Apr 2018 - May 2019
Contributions:1 release, 19 commits, 12 pushes in 1 year 1 month
MatthiasRost/NetworkUpdateScheduler
Sep 2017 - Nov 2018
Contributions:2 releases, 39 commits, 35 pushes in 1 year 1 month
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