Curriculum Vitae

Jonas Wagner

Software Engineer

Personal Info

Germany

jonas@purpureus.net

github.com/Sjlver
blog.purpureus.net

Skills

  • TypeScript, JavaScript, C#, C++, Python, Ruby, R, Java
  • SQL, database modelling and tuning, ReST
  • Data science, Pandas, GIS
  • HTML, CSS
  • Node.js, .NET, Android, Django, Ruby on Rails
  • Web + low-level security, authentication, SSH, SSL
  • Version control (git, hg, p4), software engineering, CI, code reviews
  • SCRUM, Kanban

Languages

  • German: C2 (native)
  • English: C1
  • French: C1
  • Tok Pisin: B2
  • Bahasa Indonesia: B1
  • Spanish: A2

Software engineer with six years of experience and a PhD degree. Eager to use outstanding engineering, analytical, and communication skills to tackle important problems. Likes to learn and to work in distributed teams.

Experience

2023-08 − today

Freelance Software Engineer

  • Fullstack software development for HealthLearn.org. I help build an app to deliver online courses, using Node.js/TypeScript/React, and deployed on GCP.
2020-11 − 2023-06

Software Engineer

Against Malaria Foundation − Remote (Munich, Germany)
  • Handle all software engineering aspects of large-scale bednet distributions that protect people against malaria.
  • Database administration and data import/cleaning/analysis for millions of household records.
  • Implement monitoring via household sample surveys.
2017-10 − 2020-10

Software Engineer

Google − Munich, Germany
  • Engineer for g3doc, a platform for technical documentation used by thousands of teams in Google.
  • Supported users in all things related to knowledge management.
  • Prototyped an eco-friendly mode for Maps, which shows carbon emissions for trips and helps users make better choices.
  • Coordinated Giving Week, Google’s annual fundraising event.
2016-02 − 2016-08

Cyber Grand Challenge Finalist

CodeJitsu team − Berkeley, California
  • Built a system to automatically disassemble, analyze, and instrument X86 binaries to protect them against software vulnerabilities.
  • Deployed that system on a distributed machine with 64 servers totaling 2000 CPU cores.
2015-04 − 2015-08

Software Engineering Intern

Google − Mountain View, California
  • Developed tools to scan all Android apps for security vulnerabilities related to SSL certificates.

Education

2011-09 − 2017-06

PhD in Computer Science

Dependable Systems Lab, EPFL − Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Worked at the intersection of verification, testing, programming languages, and operating systems.
  • Thesis: Elastic Program Transformations: Automatically Optimizing the Reliability/Performance Trade-off in Systems Software
2005-10 − 2011-04

Bachelor and Master in Communication Systems

EPFL − Lausanne, Switzerland and NTU − Singapore
  • Master thesis in industry, on automatic detection of bad performance in VPN tunnels.
  • GPA: 5.87 out of 6 (ranked 4th out of 38 students)

Extracurricular activities and interests

2009-10 − 2017-10

Organizer of Programming Competitions

PolyProg student association, EPFL − Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Co-founder of PolyProg, an association to promote algorithmic and programming skills.
  • Co-founded and led the Helvetic Coding Contest, Switzerland’s largest programming competition.
1999-07 − 2017-10

Boyscouts Association Leader

Cevi Jungschar Boll-Stettlen − Boll, Switzerland
  • Led a team of 20 youth and young adult volunteers.
  • Organized scouting camps and activities for children.
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