Michael Thaler
Staff Engineer at Datadog
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Thaler is a staff engineer with 16 years of hands-on experience building and maintaining scalable web and systems software, currently driving engineering at Datadog in New York. He brings deep polyglot programming skills across C++, Java, Ruby, Python and Perl, and a strong background in web development and systems administration spanning Linux, Windows and macOS. His career includes long-form contributions to adaptive learning at Knewton and senior engineering roles across security, analytics and managed services, demonstrating adaptability across domains and company stages. An active tester and bug reporter in open-source communities, he pairs practical QA instincts with engineering leadership to improve reliability. Conversational fluency in Japanese and a BA combining computer science and film give him an atypical blend of technical rigor and communication flair.
15 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
BA Japanese Computer Science Film, BA Japanese Computer Science Film at Vassar College
Japanese
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Github Skills (63)
projection10
dimensionality-reduction10
uniform10
prompt-tuning10
manifold10
topological-data-analysis10
twitter-api10
linux-shell10
rake10
approximation10
powerline9
instagram9
prompt9
session-cache9
visualization9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
mithaler/nes
Apr 2020 - Aug 2021
A NES emulator in Rust
Contributions:2 commits, 2 PRs, 26 pushes in 1 year 3 months
rustnesemulatornes-emulatorsdl2
mithaler/qrust
Sep 2020 - Jun 2021
A QR code generator library in Rust
Contributions:36 commits, 25 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
qrcoderustcode-generatorqr-code-generatorrust-lang
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