Chris Sanden
Senior Data Scientist
Los Gatos, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Sanden is a Senior Data Scientist with 13 years of experience, currently driving data-driven decisions at Netflix from Los Gatos, California. He blends rigorous academic training (BS and MS in Computer Science from the University of Lethbridge) with hands-on back-end development, particularly in production-quality statistical tooling. Notably, he contributed significant judge and effect-size improvements to Netflix’s Kayenta canary analysis project, implementing Mann-Whitney U tests and robust handling of tied ranks to improve automated canary scoring. His work sits at the intersection of statistics, scalable service design, and performance-conscious implementation, enabling safer feature rollouts. Colleagues rely on him to translate nuanced statistical methods into reliable, high-throughput systems operating in real product environments.
13 years of coding experience
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at The University of Lethbridge
Github Skills (10)
backend10
back-end-development10
scala10
java9
javas9
algorithms8
data-structures8
algorithm8
testing8
data-structure8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
spinnaker/kayenta
Aug 2017 - Jul 2020
Automated Canary Service
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 33 commits, 21 PRs in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Chris made significant contributions to the `kayenta` project, focused on implementing a Netflix-specific judge implementation, including the integration of the Mann-Whitney U test and effect size calculations. Their work involved modifications to the core judge functionality, adding new components like the `RandomDummyJudge`, and addressing issues related to the calculation of summary scores and handling tied ranks in the Mann-Whitney classifier. They also made various performance and effect size-related improvements to the core scoring logic.
javapythoncanaryselenium
spinnaker/deck-kayenta
Jun 2018 - Apr 2021
Spinnaker UI module for Kayenta
Contributions:2 reviews, 2 comments in 2 years 10 months
kayentareacttypescriptspinnaker
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