David Palaitis
Managing Director - Head Of Investment Management Platform Engineering
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Palaitis is a technology leader with 11+ years of experience building large-scale ML and analytics platforms, currently serving as Managing Director and Head of Investment Management Platform Engineering at Two Sigma. He blends product-minded platform strategy with deep technical experience in distributed systems, Apache Arrow migrations, and multi-cloud resource scheduling to accelerate development, deployment, and management of AI/ML systems. David has repeatedly driven firmwide infrastructure shifts—most notably migrating data interoperability to Apache Arrow—and led teams that turned research-grade simulations into production-grade analytics at scale. His background spans enterprise search at Citi and security engineering at AIG, giving him a rare combination of performance, reliability, and security sensibilities. Based in the New York metro area, he is known for fostering inclusive, innovation-driven cultures that align engineering direction with strategic business outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
BS/BA, Computer Science + Chemistry, BS/BA, Computer Science + Chemistry at Rutgers University
Github Skills (53)
jupyter9
notebook9
kotlin9
jupyterlab-extension9
beaker9
binder9
jupyter-notebook8
batch8
groovy8
scala8
scheduler8
java8
jupyterlab8
spark8
job-scheduler7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
tnn1t1s/notebooks
Dec 2015 - Aug 2018
Contributions:2 PRs, 21 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 8 months
tnn1t1s/riemann-elastic
Nov 2014 - May 2016
Contributions:12 commits, 1 PR, 4 pushes in 1 year 5 months
elasticriemannkibanalogstashelasticsearch
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