Wouter Thielen
Senior Engineering Analyst at Google
Chiyoda, Japan
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Top SchoolWouter Thielen is a seasoned Senior Engineering Analyst at Google with over 25 years of programming experience and more than two decades of Linux expertise, blending deep systems-level C/C++ skills with web and PHP/Zend development. He combines hands-on engineering—spanning client/server architecture, databases, and infrastructure—with proven small-team leadership and project planning experience. With a Master's in Computational Finance and Risk Management from the University of Washington, he brings quantitative rigor to statistical analysis, algorithmic trading concepts and Big Data tooling. His background in Trust & Safety roles at Google and prior principal engineering work demonstrates an ability to apply technical judgment in high-impact, policy-aware environments. Based in Chiyoda, Japan, he pairs a strong interest in Japanese culture and languages with a practical focus on automating analysis platforms and translating domain expertise into robust software. Known for being an all-round problem solver, he’s equally comfortable optimizing low-level systems as he is designing data-driven applications.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computational Finance and Risk Management, Master's degree, Computational Finance and Risk Management at University of WashingtonComputational Science, Computational Science at Utrecht UniversityBachelor, Computer Science, Bachelor, Computer Science at Hogeschool RotterdamStedelijk Gymnasium Leeuwarden
Dutch, English, Japanese, Sign languages
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Github Skills (41)
financial-data10
sec10
r10
finance10
climate-science10
charting10
data-import10
quantitative10
algorithmic-trading10
financial9
time-series9
sqlite9
act8
python8
driver8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
wthielen/ameblo-wordpress
Dec 2015 - Jun 2018
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
wthielen/YJStocks
Mar 2014 - Dec 2014
Contributions:14 commits in 9 months
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