Ruairi Short
Site Reliability Engineer at Google
Ireland
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Top SchoolRuairi Short is a Site Reliability Engineer at Google with nine years’ experience building and scaling high-performance computing applications and infrastructure. He combines an MSc in High Performance Computing and a first-class degree in Theoretical Physics with hands-on C/C++ HPC development, MPI/OpenMP optimization, and production SRE practices. Previously he led Oil & Gas activity at ICHEC, managing projects, contracts and teams while delivering performance improvements up to 3x over commercial competitors. Certified in Agile and PRINCE2, he bridges rigorous project management with low-level performance tuning and automation (Jenkins, Python, bash). An experienced orienteer who represented Ireland at three World Championships, he brings the same data-driven planning and iterative improvement mindset to systems reliability and performance work.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), High Performance Computing, Distinction (78%), Master of Science (MSc), High Performance Computing, Distinction (78%) at The University of EdinburghB.A. (Mod.), Theoretical Physics, 1 (70%), B.A. (Mod.), Theoretical Physics, 1 (70%) at Trinity College, Dublin
English, Swedish, French, Irish
Github Skills (3)
scale5
high-performance4
data-processing4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (1)
ICHEC/ExSeisDat
Jul 2016 - Oct 2017
High-Performance Software Solutions for Extreme-Scale Petroleum Seismic Data Processing
Contributions:46 commits, 1 branch, 1 issue in 1 year 2 months
extremesoftware-solutionsdata-processingpetroleumscale
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