Omar Rayward
Co-Founder at Boolean AI
United States
Summary
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SeniorOmar Rayward is a seasoned software leader and co-founder with over 12 years of experience building scalable, data-driven systems. He is the Co-Founder of Boolean AI and has previously guided security- and fraud-focused initiatives at Robinhood, combining hands-on engineering with product leadership. An active open-source contributor, he advanced Faust, a Python stream processing library, with Kubernetes deployment, windowing enhancements, and crontab scheduling improvements. His technical breadth covers infrastructure and cloud (AWS, Google Cloud), DevOps (Docker, Kubernetes), databases (PostgreSQL, Elastic Search, Redshift, Snowflake, RabbitMQ), and full-stack frameworks (Ruby on Rails, Django, Flask, Pedestal, React/Redux) across Ruby, Python, JavaScript, and Clojure. He has held leadership roles ranging from Tech Lead Manager to Director of Product Management, aligning product strategy with scalable engineering and risk management. Based in the United States, his career spans startups and fintechs, turning complex security and data challenges into robust, production-grade systems.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Spanish, English
Stackoverflow
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cross-domain
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Github Skills (19)
python10
kafka10
asyncio10
windowing10
stream-processing10
dockerce9
kubernetes9
cron9
cross-domain9
dockers9
distributed-systems9
docker9
distributed-system9
kubernetes-pod9
testing8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
robinhood/faust
Oct 2018 - Nov 2018
Python Stream Processing
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:22 commits, 12 PRs, 16 comments in 15 days
Contributions summary:Omar contributed to Faust, a Python stream processing library, by implementing features and examples related to Kubernetes deployment and windowing functionality. They fixed bugs in windowing and table functionalities, including `now()` and hopping windows. Additionally, they worked on crontab functionality, improving the library's scheduling capabilities.
kafka-streamsstream-processingpythonasynciodata-processing
omarrayward/Linear-Algebra-Refresher-Udacity
Feb 2016 - Jun 2021
Linear algebra refresher course for Udacity to complete before the Machine Learning nanodegree
Contributions:9 commits, 4 PRs, 19 pushes in 5 years 4 months
refresher-coursenanodegreelinear-algebraudacityrefresher
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