Shams Imam
Vice President, Software Engineer at Two Sigma
Houston, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolShams Imam is a software engineering leader and researcher with 11+ years of experience, currently serving as Vice President, Software Engineer at Two Sigma after completing a PhD in Computer Science at Rice University. He specializes in parallel programming models and runtime systems, having led development of Habanero-Java and implemented hybrid Fork/Join–Actor models that improve productivity and performance for task-parallel programs. His PhD thesis introduced cooperative scheduling techniques and a generic framework for supporting diverse synchronization patterns, including speculative execution and actor coordination protocols. A seasoned contributor to academic and applied projects (Habanero-Scala, CnC variants) and presenter at venues like OOPSLA and Euro-Par, he bridges cutting-edge research with production-grade systems. Based in Houston, he combines deep systems thinking with practical engineering leadership at the intersection of research and finance technology.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, Valedictorian, BS, Computer Science, Valedictorian at North South UniversityO-Levels A-Levels, Engilsh, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, O-Levels A-Levels, Engilsh, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology at Manarat Dhaka International School and CollegeDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science at Rice UniversityMiddle School, Middle School at M.E.S. Indian School
English, Bengali, Hindi
Github Skills (66)
marathon10
proxy10
websocket10
scheduling10
eclipse10
haproxy10
mesos10
job-scheduler10
scheduler10
unix-socket10
autoscaling10
kubernetes10
spark10
jinja210
ipv610
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
twosigma/waiter
Jun 2017 - Jan 2023
Runs, manages, and autoscales web services on Mesos and Kubernetes
Contributions:2 releases, 585 reviews, 950 commits in 5 years 8 months
kubernetesmesoswebserviceautoscalingmarathon
shamsimam/savina
Oct 2014 - Sep 2018
Savina is an Actor Benchmark Suite.
Contributions:4 commits, 2 PRs, 3 pushes in 3 years 11 months
benchmarkingbenchmark-suitebenchmarkactorsuite
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