Scott West
Staff Software Engineer at Google
Zug, Zug, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolScott West is a Staff Software Engineer based in Zug with 14 years of experience specializing in compilers, runtimes, and developer tooling. At Google since 2014 he maintains and optimizes the development and test infrastructure for YouTube, building services that measurably increase build and test velocity. His background as a research assistant at ETH Zurich and advanced studies in computer science give him deep expertise in concurrent languages and runtime design. Scott blends practical production engineering with research-driven thinking, often tackling low-level systems problems that unlock developer productivity at scale.
14 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Science, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Science at McMaster UniversityResearch Doctorate, Computer Science, Research Doctorate, Computer Science at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
English, German
Github Skills (16)
boost10
graph8
haskell5
infrastructure5
compiler4
llvm4
happy3
hackage3
ghc2
gitlab2
servant2
cabal2
editors2
poppler1
fonts1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
scottgw/eveqs
Nov 2013 - Jul 2014
Contributions:162 commits in 7 months
scottgw/quicksilver
Mar 2013 - Jul 2014
Contributions:840 commits in 1 year 3 months
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