Wim Glenn
Software Engineer at Jump Trading LLC
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolWim Glenn is a software engineer with 12 years' experience building backend systems, automation, and cloud infrastructure, currently driving development and systems automation at a high-frequency trading firm in Chicago. He combines production-grade Python and Go backend work with DevOps expertise (Kubernetes, AWS, Salt/Ansible, Docker) and a strong testing/QA mindset honed through contributions to pytest, flit, and pip. An active open-source contributor to core Python projects (including documentation and bug fixes in CPython and the Python Packaging Guide), he brings both code and technical writing strengths to complex toolchains. His background spans computer vision and real-time media systems to scalable microservices, reflecting a pragmatic balance of research-level algorithms and production engineering. An Australian citizen and top contributor on Stack Overflow, he’s comfortable with international collaboration and quick learning in unfamiliar domains.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Australian National University
English, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (115)
datetime10
restructuredtext10
python10
multidimensional-arrays10
testing10
loops10
gcc10
subprocess10
if-statement10
pip10
django10
rs10
python-packaging10
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Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
r1chardj0n3s/parse
May 2017 - Feb 2019
Parse strings using a specification based on the Python format() syntax.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:4 releases, 8 reviews, 12 commits in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Wim primarily contributed to the `parse` library, focusing on improving code quality and functionality. Their work included fixing spelling errors in documentation, correcting code logic to remove redundancy and improve efficiency, and refactoring code for better maintainability. They also addressed issues related to global state and deprecated functionalities within the codebase.
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pypa/packaging.python.org
Apr 2018 - Dec 2020
Python Packaging User Guide
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:23 reviews, 4 commits, 6 PRs in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Wim primarily focused on improving the documentation of the Python Packaging User Guide. Their contributions involved correcting typos, fixing broken links, and refining the wording in various sections. They also updated examples and terminology within the documentation, and reorganized content for clarity. The changes demonstrate an understanding of the project's documentation structure and content.
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