Pavel Zwerschke
Software Engineer at QuantCo
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolPavel Zwerschke is a software engineer with nine years of experience, currently building production-grade systems at QuantCo in Zurich after progressing from intern to full-time engineer. He combines strong formal training—dual master's-level study in mathematics and computer science with top grades—with hands-on engineering in build, release, and backend tooling. Pavel has contributed to prominent open-source packaging projects such as conda-forge and mamba, focusing on automation, cross-platform build reliability, and shell integration, which shows a knack for developer tooling and reproducible environments. His background in forecasting and tutoring at KIT underscores an ability to explain complex concepts and apply rigorous quantitative thinking to engineering problems. Colleagues can expect a meticulous contributor who bridges mathematical rigor and practical DevOps to streamline developer workflows.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Computing Science, Master of Science, Computing Science at Radboud UniversityAbitur, 1,4, Abitur, 1,4 at Königin-Olga-Stift Gymnasium StuttgartMaster of Science, Mathematics, 1,0 (with distinction), Master of Science, Mathematics, 1,0 (with distinction) at Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
German, English, French, Russian, Dutch, Japanese
Github Skills (24)
conda-forge10
c-language10
cargo10
scripting10
bash10
build-system10
cicd10
automation10
script10
automations10
rust10
package-manager10
cprogramming-language10
conda9
go9
Programming languages (24)
Github contributions (5)
conda-forge/staged-recipes
Jun 2022 - Jan 2023
A place to submit conda recipes before they become fully fledged conda-forge feedstocks
Role in this project:
Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:33 reviews, 18 commits, 119 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Pavel primarily contributed to building recipes for various software packages within the conda-forge ecosystem. Their contributions focused on creating build scripts (build.sh, bld.bat) and configuration files for different projects like Caddy, Typst, and others, indicating a focus on packaging and automating the build process for conda environments. The user also worked on integrating and utilizing tools like cargo-bundle-licenses, setting up build environments, and configuring dependencies to ensure correct software installations and licensing.
placeconda-forgerecipescondasubmit
mamba-org/mamba
Jun 2022 - Oct 2022
The Fast Cross-Platform Package Manager
Role in this project:Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:25 reviews, 14 commits, 28 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Pavel primarily contributed to the "mamba" package manager by adding functionality for shell initialization and de-initialization, specifically for shells like xonsh and fish. They also worked on improving the documentation and fixing issues related to console output duplication. Furthermore, the user made changes to the build process, notably for Windows, and addressed build compatibility with older versions of Clang. These changes involved modifications to core C++ code and build scripts, and they also include adding improvements to documentation.
cppwindowscondapackage-managerlinux
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