Peter Membrey
Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China
Summary
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SeniorPeter Membrey is a veteran software engineer and research-driven leader with 14+ years building low-latency systems, distributed architectures, and high-speed data stores—now serving as Chief Research Officer at Kape Technologies after senior engineering leadership at ExpressVPN. He founded and still leads CakeDB, a purpose-built database for low-latency applications, and has hands-on experience contributing to open-source projects like the Erlang Redis client where he added pattern subscription support with thorough unit testing. Peter blends academic rigor (EngD/PhD-level research in low-latency big data streams) with product-focused execution, teaching and authoring technical content along the way. He excels at turning complex, performance-critical problems into elegant, maintainable solutions while mentoring teams and enabling business growth in new markets. Based in Hong Kong, he pairs executive-level strategy with deep implementation chops across networking, systems design and software architecture. A rare mix of practitioner, researcher and communicator, he prioritizes engineering-first approaches that keep people and outcomes aligned.
14 years of coding experience
Github Skills (6)
erlang10
redis10
testing9
unit-testing9
erlang-otp8
messaging8
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
wooga/eredis
Apr 2012 - Apr 2012
Erlang Redis client
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits in 6 days
Contributions summary:Peter primarily contributed to the implementation of pattern subscribe and unsubscribe functionalities for the Erlang Redis client. They added new functions and message handling to support pattern-based subscriptions. The user also added and refined unit tests for the new functionality, demonstrating a focus on thorough testing. These changes expanded the client's capabilities and improved its overall functionality.
erlangredis-client
pmembrey/cakedb
Jul 2012 - May 2014
Contributions:81 commits in 1 year 10 months
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