Robert Grimm
CEO at Reaper Investment Pursuits LLC
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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Top SchoolRobert Grimm is a research scientist and software engineer with nearly three decades of academic and industry experience who designs practical, long-lived systems grounded in programming languages and computing-systems research. He builds foundational developer services and elegant web interfaces alike, favoring solutions that are both principled and delightful to use as requirements evolve. His career spans academia and finance to startups and tech giants—faculty roles at NYU, senior engineering at Goldman Sachs and Facebook, and recent research appointments—bringing a rare combination of scholarly rigor and production engineering. Robert communicates technical work to broad audiences through talks and writing, and he’s unafraid to probe the societal implications of technology, including critiques of punitive AI. Based in New York, he holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Washington and blends a meticulous design sensibility with hands-on system-building. Off-hours he jokes about playing the “apocalyptic prophet,” a hint of the contrarian curiosity that shapes his research and storytelling.
8 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Elder High SchoolSt Xavier High SchoolSystems Analysis, Systems Analysis, Systems Analysis, Systems Analysis at Miami University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (179)
programming-language10
postgresql10
python10
windows10
stream-processing10
encryption10
streaming10
crypto10
javascript10
linux10
sql10
js10
rust10
database10
kafka10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
apparebit/deface
Aug 2021 - Oct 2021
Contributions:3 releases, 165 commits, 44 pushes in 1 month
apparebit/diaphanous
Dec 2023 - Feb 2025
Contributions:3 releases, 68 pushes, 3 tags in 1 year 2 months
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