Zoltán Papp

Software Engineer at Google

Zurich, Switzerland

About

Software engineer with experience in various fields of IT. Extensive experience in the areas of web based technologies on various platforms, mostly on Linux. A Linux home user for several years now. Experience with C++, Perl, Java and other programming languages. Also engaged in teaching activities. Teaching scripting languages at the ELTE university in Budapest for three semesters. Giving Perl (seven times) and Python (once) courses to employees of a major corporation in Hungarian with an English handout. Co-teaching 16-19 year-old international students in Germany in a summer camp in German in two consecutive years with titles "Elementary number theory and cryptography" and "Spherical geometry", respectively. Native in Hungarian, fluent in English and German, intermediate in Dutch. Specialties: Scripting languages, Perl, Linux, C++, Java, Internet

Experience

  • Software Engineer at Google
    Mar 2010 - Present · 16 yrs 5 mos

  • software developer at Nedstat B.V.
    Sep 2006 - Nov 2009 · 3 yrs 3 mos

    At Nedstat I work as a Java and C++ developer. My responsibilities are implementing new software features, software bugfixing and troubleshooting errors in the cluster, and refactoring the system to improve its robustness. Currently I'm involved in implementing new modules in Java while ensuring flawless interoperability with the C++ modules. Environment: Linux, Java SE/Java EE, C++, Apache, Tomcat, MySQL

  • software engineer at Nokia Hungary
    Jan 2004 - Mar 2006 · 2 yrs 3 mos

    Web Services frameworks and identity management study, conception of various prototypes for interoperability tasks. Environment: Windows XP, Symbian OS, Symbian C++ Developing a proof-of-concept peer-to-peer system for asynchronous data communication on mobile devices. Environment: Linux, C++

  • database administrator at General Electric, Hungary
    Oct 2003 - Jan 2004 · 4 mos

    Interim participation in a project for managing administrative, sales, and other data within a DBMS. Environment: Oracle Database, PL/SQL

  • software engineer at KFKI Systems
    Jul 2002 - Sep 2003 · 1 yr 3 mos

    Creation of a website mover framework to relocate sites (incl. applications, databases, etc). Environment: Apache, mod_perl (PerlDesk), MySQL Development of an integration module for the eBay auction portal and Miva Merchant e-commerce system. Environment: Perl, Xml, MySQL Creating a web search and content analysis application. Environment: Portal Maximizer, Apache, mod_perl, Xml, Swish++