Core Engineers

Learn from hands-on practitioners pushing the boundaries of technical excellence

Our core engineers track features technical practitioners who work directly with core systems and infrastructure. These speakers bring deep technical expertise and hands-on experience in building, maintaining, and optimizing the critical systems that power modern technology. Their sessions focus on practical implementation details, engineering challenges, and technical deep-dives.

Sarah Chen

Principal Engineer at DataCore Systems

DatabasesPerformanceDistributed Systems

Sarah specializes in high-performance database systems and has pioneered techniques for optimizing database performance at scale. She is a frequent speaker at tech conferences and has authored several technical papers.

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Elena Rodriguez

Security Engineer at SecureNet

SecurityDevSecOpsThreat Modeling

Elena is an expert in application security and secure systems design. She has helped numerous organizations improve their security posture through better engineering practices and threat modeling methodologies.

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Priya Patel

Data Platform Architect at DataStream

Data EngineeringAnalyticsStreaming

Priya designs and implements large-scale data processing systems. She specializes in real-time analytics and data pipeline architecture, with particular expertise in streaming systems.

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James Wilson

Database Specialist at Database Solutions

DatabasesSQLPerformance

James has over 15 years of experience optimizing database performance for high-transaction systems. He specializes in both SQL and NoSQL technologies with deep expertise in query optimization and database internals.

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Olivia Torres

Performance Engineer at PerformanceHub

PerformanceWeb SystemsOptimization

Olivia specializes in performance optimization across the full stack. Her expertise includes profiling, benchmarking, and optimization techniques for web and backend systems, with a focus on user-perceived performance.

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Raj Patel

Senior Security Engineer at SecureTech

AuthenticationAPI SecurityZero Trust

Raj specializes in authentication systems and secure API design. His work focuses on implementing security best practices within modern development workflows and creating secure-by-design architectures.

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Thomas Zhang

Systems Engineer at InfraCore

Systems ProgrammingLinuxPerformance

Thomas has deep expertise in Linux kernel development and systems programming. His work involves performance tuning, resource management, and building custom solutions for high-performance computing environments.

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Rebecca Kim

Network Engineer at NetOps

NetworkingSDNProtocols

Rebecca specializes in network architecture and protocol design. She has worked on large-scale SDN deployments and network automation, with particular focus on reliability and observability.

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Core Engineering Expertise Areas

Distributed Systems

  • Consistency and consensus protocols
  • Distributed data stores
  • Scalable architectures
  • Fault tolerance patterns

Performance Engineering

  • Application profiling and optimization
  • Latency analysis and tuning
  • Memory and CPU efficiency
  • Performance testing frameworks

Security Engineering

  • Secure architecture design
  • Authentication and authorization
  • Threat modeling and vulnerability analysis
  • Security in CI/CD pipelines

Data Systems

  • Database internals and optimization
  • Stream processing architectures
  • Data pipeline design
  • Storage systems and efficiency