Summary
Felipe Hoffa is a software engineer and developer advocate with 12 years of experience who helped drive the adoption and developer experience of Google BigQuery (2013–2020) and Snowflake (2020–2024). Originally from Chile and based in San Francisco since 2011, he blends deep technical expertise with public-facing evangelism—speaking globally, producing video content, and answering questions as a top platform expert on Stack Overflow and Reddit. His work focuses on making large-scale data platforms accessible to builders, translating complex query and performance concepts into practical guidance. Trained as a civil engineer in computer sciences at Universidad de Chile, he pairs analytical rigor with a storyteller’s instinct honed at the New York Film Academy. Equally at home crafting demos, sample datasets, and tooling, he has a track record of accelerating product adoption through education and community. Known for turning technical nuance into tangible developer wins, he consistently surfaces overlooked optimizations that help teams get more value from their data.
12 years of coding experience
New York Film Academy
Civil engineer in computer sciences, Civil engineer in computer sciences at Universidad de Chile
Spanish, English