Jeremy Parr-Pearson

Jeremy Parr-Pearson has a strong background in software engineering, with a focus on senior staff roles. Their most recent position was as a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Improving, where they started in October 2022. Prior to that, they worked at Bit Quill Technologies from November 2021 to October 2022 in the same role.

Before joining Bit Quill Technologies, Jeremy spent a significant amount of time at GE Digital, starting in January 2017 and working until November 2021. During their tenure at GE Digital, they held the position of Senior Staff Software Engineer. Their responsibilities included updating Helm charts to configure and deploy a platform to Kubernetes, implementing user-defined functions in Scala/Spark to avoid read timeouts in Cassandra, and developing a new data ingestion approach using Java ForkJoinPool and Spliterator.

Prior to GE Digital, Jeremy worked at Bit Stew Systems (from GE Digital) as a Senior Software Engineer from June 2015 to January 2017. In this role, they designed and implemented a Java-based routing web application using RabbitMQ and Cassandra, which significantly improved message throughput. Jeremy also developed features in the MIx Core Platform using Java and the MIx language.

Jeremy's career started at Galdos Systems Inc. in January 2006, where they worked as a Software Engineer until June 2015. Their responsibilities included developing and maintaining the INdicio Web Registry Service (WRS) using Java, based on the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standard. Jeremy also maintained the European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) Geodetic Parameter Registry.

Overall, Jeremy Parr-Pearson has a diverse and extensive work history in software engineering, with a focus on senior staff roles. Jeremy has experience in various technologies such as Java, Scala/Spark, RabbitMQ, and Cassandra, and has worked on projects involving Kubernetes and data ingestion.

Jeremy Parr-Pearson pursued their education in the field of computer systems. From 2004 to 2006, they attended the British Columbia Institute of Technology and completed their Bachelor of Technology degree with a specialization in Computer Systems - Network Security and Administration. Prior to that, from 1999 to 2001, Jeremy obtained a Diploma in Computer Systems - Applied Artificial Intelligence from the same institute.

In addition to their formal education, Jeremy obtained a certification as an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in August 2021.