Summary
Rob Carlan is a software engineer with 11 years of professional experience building backend systems and developer-facing products, currently working at Datadog in New York. He holds a Master's in Computer Science from the University of Oxford and has focused his career on C++, Python, graphical programming, and game development across companies like MongoDB, mLab, and MeetElise. Known for pragmatic problem-solving, he applies systems thinking to production services and enjoys experimenting with algorithmic trading systems in his spare time. Though his GitHub is quiet, his steady progression through database and observability-focused companies suggests strong expertise in performance-sensitive, distributed systems.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at University of Oxford
The Highfield School
English, German