Selwyn Hector
Software Engineer at Google
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSelwyn Hector is a software engineer with eight years of experience specializing in cloud computing and web development, currently working on Colossus at Google. He combines deep systems work—accelerating data indexing 6x and raising code coverage from 50% to 85%—with customer-focused service improvements delivered at scale. Past internships at Google produced tangible product wins, including a log-tail prototype that cut log latency to 2 seconds and a Trace UI rewrite showcased at Google Next. A UVA graduate with high distinction, he pairs research experience in sequential pattern mining and behavior prediction with hands-on teaching as a former TA for Internet-scale applications. Passionate about education and mentorship, he actively seeks opportunities to give back through teaching and volunteering. Based in New York, he blends rigorous academic training with measurable impact in distributed systems and cloud observability.
7 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at University of Virginia
French
Github Skills (9)
internet9
portal9
scale8
django-framework8
python7
fundamentals7
machine-learning7
web-development7
data-science6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
shector/cs4501
Aug 2019 - Jan 2020
Materials for this semesters Internet Scale Applications
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
pythondata-sciencemachine-learningscaleinternet
shector/emacs-config
Aug 2018 - Feb 2019
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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