Tim Zimmermann
Enterprise Technical Lead at Palantir Technologies
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolTim Zimmermann is an Enterprise Technical Lead at Palantir in London with eight years of hands-on experience specializing in database technologies and query optimization. He progressed from Forward Deployed Engineer to technical lead roles at Palantir, applying deep systems knowledge to customer-facing, mission-critical deployments. Tim’s academic work at the Hasso Plattner Institute—where he designed Hyrise’s statistics architecture and added SQL and optimizer support—reflects a rare blend of research-grade database internals and production engineering. Comfortable across backend stacks and performance-sensitive systems, he repeatedly bridges research prototypes and scalable operational products. Based in London with dual master’s-level training from HPI and Blekinge, he brings both formal rigor and practical delivery to complex data problems. An understated strength is his track record of translating low-level database innovations into features that directly improve real-world query performance and reliability.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.) IT Systems Engineering, Master of Science (M.Sc.) IT Systems Engineering at Hasso Plattner InstituteMaster of Science (M.Sc.) Computer Software Engineering, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Computer Software Engineering at Blekinge Institute of Technology
English, German, French, Swedish
Github Skills (3)
starcraft4
minecraft4
api3
Github contributions (2)
RanTimNumber/pysc2_Project
Dec 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:9 pushes in 8 days
apiminecraftstarcraftpysc2
TheFabulousFabi/pysc2_Project
Dec 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:8 commits, 4 PRs in 9 days
apiminecraftstarcraftpysc2
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