Mitja T.
About Mitja T.
Mitja T. is a Software Engineering Team Lead at Oasis Labs, with a strong background in data science and software development. He has worked at notable companies such as Twitter, Google, and IBM, and holds a PhD in Machine Learning from the University of Ljubljana.
Work at Oasis Labs
Mitja T. has been serving as the Software Engineering Team Lead at Oasis Labs since 2019. In this role, he has led the development of the official blockchain indexer for the Oasis L1 blockchain and EVM chains. His responsibilities include focusing on API design and data ingestion pipelines. He utilizes a software stack that includes Rust, TypeScript, Kubernetes, Helm, Ansible, and Docker in his current projects. Additionally, he has developed distributed data processing tools capable of handling terabyte-scale data from heterogeneous sources with consistency guarantees and fault resilience.
Previous Experience
Prior to his current position, Mitja T. held various roles in prominent tech companies. He worked at Google as a Senior Software Engineer from 2016 to 2019 and as a Machine Intelligence Intern in 2014. He also served as a Data Scientist at Twitter from 2014 to 2016 and completed a Data Science Internship at Twitter in 2013. His experience extends to Facebook, where he was a Data Science Intern in 2011, and to IBM, where he worked as a Digital Marketing Engineer from 2004 to 2008. Additionally, he was a Research Assistant at the Jozef Stefan Institute from 2008 to 2014.
Education and Expertise
Mitja T. holds a double major BSc in Computer Science and Math from the University of Ljubljana, which he completed from 2004 to 2008. He further pursued his education at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Computer and Information Science, where he achieved a PhD in Machine Learning with a focus on text mining from 2008 to 2013. His academic background is complemented by his studies at Luleå University of Technology in 2007.
Teaching and Research Roles
Mitja T. has experience in academia as well. He worked as a Teaching Assistant at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics from 2009 to 2011. His research experience includes a significant tenure as a Research Assistant at the Jozef Stefan Institute from 2008 to 2014, where he contributed to various projects in the field of data science and machine learning.
Technical Skills and Projects
In his current role and previous positions, Mitja T. has developed a developer platform that supports secure, trustless, privacy-preserving data storage and computation in the cloud. This platform utilizes blockchain technology and Trusted Execution Environments. His technical skills include proficiency in Rust, TypeScript, Kubernetes, Helm, Ansible, and Docker, which he applies in building scalable and resilient software solutions.