Theo Vanderkooy
Software Engineering SMTS at Salesforce
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolTheo Vanderkooy is a software engineer with eight years of experience and a strong academic foundation from the University of Waterloo, currently working as a Software Engineering SMTS at Salesforce. He has a proven track record across data-intensive companies—multiple roles at Snowflake and internships at SAP and Nuance—building systems in C++, C#, Go, Java, and Python. Theo's background spans distributed databases and query processing, reflecting deep systems and backend expertise alongside practical product experience. He consistently pairs top academic performance with applied engineering, having moved from co-op roles into full-time engineering at major cloud data platforms. Colleagues can expect a pragmatic engineer who thrives on complex infrastructure challenges and rapid iteration in production environments.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Mathematics - MMath, Computer Science, Master of Mathematics - MMath, Computer Science at University of Waterloo
Github Skills (16)
cookie9
kde-plasma9
window-manager9
tiling7
python7
database7
benchmark7
gtk7
xcb7
benchmarking7
x116
linux6
sql5
wayland5
dbms4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
TheoVanderkooy/linux-config
Jun 2019 - Jan 2023
Contributions:46 commits, 107 pushes, 4 branches in 3 years 7 months
TheoVanderkooy/ChromeClock
Jun 2018 - Apr 2022
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 10 months
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