
Tristan Rasmussen
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
San Francisco, CA, United States
Toptal member since September 27, 2019
Tristan has been programming since he got his first computer at the age of 10. He earned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Computer Science from the University of Chicago. After graduating, he went to work at YouTube/Google, on the HTML5 video player, improving live streaming latency from 15 seconds to 2 seconds and enabling new uses cases like a gapless transition for ad videos.
Portfolio
Experience
- Django - 8 years
- Python - 8 years
- React - 4 years
- C++ - 4 years
- JavaScript - 4 years
- Java - 1 year
- React Native - 1 year
- TypeScript 3 - 1 year
Availability
Preferred Environment
Linux
The most amazing...
...project I've worked on was the YouTube video player, serving hundreds of millions of hours of video playback every day.
Work Experience
Senior Software Engineer
- Lowered latency of live streaming by 90%.
- Supported gapless video transitions.
- Worked with browser vendors to expand MSE specs.
- Ran 20+ experiments aimed at increasing user-perceived quality.
- Reduced playback errors by 50%.
Experience
HTML5 Video Player
Sitrus Moods
https://team-sitrus.github.io/Psyche
https://github.com/courageousillumination/psyche3Education
Master's Degree in Computer Science
University of Chicago - Chicago, IL
Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science
University of Chicago - Chicago, IL
Skills
Libraries/APIs
React
Languages
Python, JavaScript, TypeScript 3, C++, Java
Frameworks
Django, React Native
Paradigms
Functional Programming
Platforms
Linux
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