Open Source Software Engineer

Sean Glover is a seasoned Software Engineer based in Toronto, Canada. He serves as a Staff Software Engineer at Hopper. Sean is a member of the Apache Software Foundation where he helps to maintain the Apache Pekko project as a PMC member and committer. Previously, he was a core member of the Akka team.

Sean specializes in generative AI and LLMs, data streaming and distributed systems, leveraging technologies such as Pekko/Akka, Akka Streams, Scala, Go, Kafka, Spark, and Kubernetes. He has been invited to speak at numerous prestigious software development and big data conferences worldwide, including Kafka Summit, O'Reilly Strata Conference, Reactive Conf, DataEngConf, and Scale By The Bay. As an open source contributor and maintainer, Sean focuses on advancing the ecosystems of Apache Pekko, Akka, and Apache Kafka.

Sean is also the co-author of the O'Reilly publication, Designing Fast Data Application Architectures. This book provides in-depth insights into modern data streaming application architectures, highlighting the integration of Kafka, Akka Streams, Spark, Kubernetes, and Mesos.

Sean volunteers with North York Community House (NYCH) as a professional mentor of newcomers to Canada. Beyond his professional endeavors, Sean organized the Scala Toronto (scalator) meetup for 12 years, organized 44 events, and grew it into one of the largest Scala communities in North America with almost 2000 members. Scala Toronto hosted regular events dedicated to the Scala programming language and fostered connections within Toronto’s Scala development community.

For additional details about Sean's work and expertise, please visit his LinkedIn profile or view his latest resume.