Tim Zhou
Back End Developer at Faire
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolTim Zhou is a pragmatic back end developer with 11 years of experience building reliable data infrastructure and analytics platforms, currently focused at Faire in Kitchener. Deep in SQL and Python, he specializes in designing "train tracks for data"—robust pipelines and platforms that prioritize doing the hard work up front so systems run smoothly in production. His background spans data science, analytics engineering, and production data engineering across startups and research settings, bringing a quantitative mindset from a pure math degree and an applied analytics master's. Colleagues would describe him as obsessive about understanding requirements and shipping clean, maintainable solutions; his GitHub motto, "Pauca, sed matura," hints at a preference for fewer, well-crafted contributions over noise.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Data Analytics, Master’s Degree Data Analytics at University of San FranciscoBachelor of Education (B.Ed.) Mathematics and Physics (I/S), Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) Mathematics and Physics (I/S) at Queen's UniversityBachelor’s Degree Pure Math (Teaching Option), Bachelor’s Degree Pure Math (Teaching Option) at University of Waterloo
English, Chinese
Stackoverflow
11reputation
28reached
1answer
1question
Github Skills (88)
parser10
feh10
python10
etl10
automation10
mlops10
orchestration10
apache-airflow10
data-engineering10
optimizer10
peg10
scheduler10
setter10
elt10
data-integration10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ttzhou/setroot
Nov 2014 - Nov 2022
Contributions:1 release, 235 commits, 8 PRs in 8 years 1 month
setterlinuxfehbackground
ttzhou/userstyles
Mar 2015 - May 2017
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 2 months
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