Paul Gut
Engineering at Whatnot
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolPaul Gut is a software engineer based in New York with 11 years of engineering experience and a background that blends software leadership and hands-on technical work. Currently contributing to an international team at a world-class automotive company and recently joining Whatnot, he focuses on practical Java development and AWS Cloud Services while actively expanding DevOps skills. He previously founded and served as CTO at Loop Support and held senior engineering and CTO roles at startups, bringing product-minded engineering to delivery. His early career as a Mechanical and Power Engineer gives him uncommon domain depth in flow machinery, thermodynamics, and aviation systems, which informs his meticulous approach to technical documentation and system modeling. Paul pairs advanced Excel/VBA automation skills with a mathematics degree from NYU and YC experience, enabling him to translate complex calculations into dependable software tools. He’s known for continuous learning and precise, audit-ready work that bridges physical engineering rigor with cloud-native software practice.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Y CombinatorBachelor's degree Mathematics, Bachelor's degree Mathematics at New York University
English, German, Polish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (20)
html8
facebook-data8
rack-middleware8
ruby7
rails7
mvc7
activerecord7
code-coverage7
database-migration7
ruby-on-rails6
script5
facebook5
statistics5
conversation5
caching5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
loopsupport/cache_json
Jul 2019 - Jan 2022
Extremely simple Redis caching for any Ruby class
Contributions:1 release, 36 commits, 25 PRs in 2 years 6 months
cachingredisruby
viewthespace/model_renamer
May 2015 - May 2018
Renames any ActiveRecord model and generates database migrations
Contributions:8 commits, 2 PRs, 1 branch in 3 years
activerecorddatabase-migrationdatabase-migrations
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