Staff Software Engineer
Current- Designed, built, and maintained datasets for analytics based on high-volume, semi-structured data- Designed, built, and maintained data pipelines using Airflow, SparkSQL, and Python- Pioneered data architecture practices at Pinterest- Provided leadership and guidance on data and systems architecture across teams- Led a team: assigned tasks, provided guidance, design and code review, approved timesheets of contractors- Stood up Business Intelligence capabilities from scratch for high-priority business verticals- Saved countless hours of analysts’ and data scientists’ time by developing performant high-value datasets for topics that were previously intractable and difficult to work with- Led efforts to improve data discoverability by identifying and curating the most important datasets, mapping their conceptual and logical relationships, and tracing their lineage