Summary
Andrew Yarmola is Head of Engineering building on-demand space solar power at Cowboy Space Corporation, combining 11 years of software and research experience across industry and academia. He holds a PhD in Mathematics and transitioned mathematical rigor into production systems—authoring numerically verifiable HPC code in C/C++ and Python for geometric research and later shipping low-latency trading platforms, actuarial pipelines, and mobile clients. Comfortable leading small engineering teams, he has hands-on experience from initial iOS work at Robinhood to designing ETF execution systems and operational tooling at Stanford. Based in San Carlos, CA, he blends deep theoretical insight with pragmatic engineering to solve novel, high-stakes problems, often leveraging careful numerical methods and automation that most engineering leaders overlook.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Mathematics at Boston College
Bachelor of Science - BS Mathematics, Bachelor of Science - BS Mathematics at Stanford University
Russian, English, French