Jon Gjengset

Jon Gjengset is a software engineer and distributed systems researcher with a background in web development, system security, and computer networks. He holds a PhD from MIT CSAIL, where he developed the Noria database, and previously studied at UCL in the UK and Bond University in Australia. He co-founded ReadySet, worked on Rust infrastructure at AWS, and is currently a Principal Engineer at Helsing.

Jon is also a well-known contributor to the Rust ecosystem, maintaining open-source projects such as inferno, left-right, and hdrhistogram, and contributing to projects including Tokio. Passionate about teaching and sharing knowledge, he is the author of Rust for Rustaceans, creator of the popular Crust of Rust video series, and co-host of the Rustacean Station podcast.