About

Guo Xiang Tan is an experienced software engineer currently working at Discourse, a platform for civilized discourse. With almost 11 years of relevant experience, Guo Xiang has honed his skills in Ruby, search, and Elastic Search. Guo Xiang's current role at Discourse involves developing and maintaining the platform, ensuring that it runs smoothly and efficiently. His previous work experience includes being a maintainer at rubybench.org, where he consolidated previous efforts and launched a long-running benchmark for Ruby and popular Ruby libraries. He was also a senior software engineer at Shopify, where he worked on developing the e-commerce platform. Guo Xiang's education background includes a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from the National University of Singapore and completed a course at the Stanford Center for Professional Development. He also has a GCE 'A' Levels in Science from Anglo-Chinese Junior College. With his diverse work experience and education background, Guo Xiang is a well-rounded software engineer with a solid foundation in the field. He is passionate about creating efficient and effective software solutions and is always on the lookout for new technologies to incorporate into his work.