Brian Spiering
Data Engineer Instructor
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolBrian Spiering is a data engineer and educator with 12 years of experience building data-driven teams and curriculum in the San Francisco Bay Area. He currently teaches data engineering at The Data Incubator after leading and designing instructor-led programs at Metis, FourthBrain, Galvanize, and the University of San Francisco. His background blends hands-on consulting and startup advising with classroom pedagogy, enabling him to translate complex engineering concepts into practical, career-ready skills. Trained originally in cognitive neuroscience (Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara), he brings a researcher's rigor to data pipelines, model workflows, and learner assessment. Known for combining mentorship with production-savvy engineering, he frequently helps practitioners move from prototypes to reliable systems. Outside the classroom he consults on data strategy and engineering best practices for early-stage teams.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
B.A; High, Psychology; and Speech Communication, B.A; High, Psychology; and Speech Communication at San Francisco State UniversityPh.D, Psychology; Cognition, Perception, & Cognitive Neuroscience, Ph.D, Psychology; Cognition, Perception, & Cognitive Neuroscience at UC Santa Barbara
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (62)
fundamentals10
lists10
word-embeddings10
machine-learning10
language-processing10
tensorflow10
deep-learning10
natural-language-processing10
jupyter-notebook10
nlp10
camp9
san9
pytorch9
bayesian-data-analysis9
python9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
brianspiering/gaussian_mixture_models
Jul 2017 - Jun 2019
Contributions:15 commits, 8 pushes in 1 year 11 months
brianspiering/PyDataSIG
Feb 2019 - Jun 2019
Contributions:12 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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