Reza Karimi is a Software Engineer II at Datadog with a decade of experience building low-latency, high-throughput distributed systems and a PhD in computer science focused on performance optimization for resource-constrained, latency-critical environments. He blends academic rigor from Emory and international research internships (Max Planck, INESC-ID) with production engineering on large-scale metrics platforms. Comfortable across backend and distributed systems research, he has a track record of turning theoretical insights into practical optimizations that improve real-world observability pipelines. Based in Atlanta, he thrives on squeezing latency out of complex stacks and enjoys maker-style hands-on problem solving beyond pure research.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science at Emory University
Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science - Distributed Systems, Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science - Distributed Systems at Iran University of Science and Technology
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science - Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science - Software Engineering at University of Isfahan
Middle School - High School, Math and Physics, Middle School - High School, Math and Physics at National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents (Sampad)
Contributions:4 PRs, 10 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 3 months
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