Harshal Sheth

Co-Founder at Stealth

San Francisco, California, United States
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Harshal Sheth is a San Francisco–based co-founder and engineer with 11 years of experience building reliable backend systems and data infrastructure. As a founding engineer at DataHub, he specialized in data ingestion and schema modeling for metadata platforms, improving robustness for dbt and diverse data formats. He has interned at top-tier firms including Google and Citadel Securities, and briefly worked in investment at 8VC, giving him both technical depth and product/market perspective. His open-source contributions include backend fixes and ingestion improvements to the widely used DataHub project and practical build and formatting fixes in cross-platform tooling like cava. Known for pragmatic problem-solving, he blends startup execution with a strong foundation from Yale CS and early research experience at MIT’s RSI program. Colleagues describe him as a hands-on engineer who tightens reliability in complex data pipelines while keeping an eye on product integration.
code11 years of coding experience
job5 years of employment as a software developer
bookWestford Academy
bookBachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Yale University
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Github Skills (13)

c1710
data-ingestion10
build-system10
c1110
back-end-development10
python10
dbt9
sql9
text-formatting9
ncurses9
formatting9
linux8
data-modeling8

Programming languages (16)

PowerShellJavaC++RustCVueGoMustache

Github contributions (5)

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datahub-project/datahub

Feb 2021 - Jan 2023

The Metadata Platform for your Data and AI Stack
Role in this project:
userBack-end Developer
Contributions:3147 reviews, 737 commits, 2453 PRs in 2 years
Contributions summary:Harshal focused on backend development tasks related to data ingestion, particularly for the dbt project. The user fixed issues within the ingestion process, improved the handling of various data formats. They were also responsible for creating and modifying aspects within the data models, further highlighting their focus on refining the ingestion system. This work indicates contributions focused on improving the reliability and quality of the data ingestion framework.
data-managementdata-discoverydata-stackmodern-data-stackdata-catalog
karlstav/cava

May 2020 - Jun 2020

Cross-platform Audio Visualizer
Role in this project:
userBackend Developer
Contributions:9 commits, 5 PRs, 6 comments in 28 days
Contributions summary:Harshal's contributions primarily involve fixing build issues and addressing formatting inconsistencies within the `cava` repository. These changes focused on modifying the code to ensure proper compilation and adherence to coding style guidelines. The commits also included a merge from the master branch, suggesting the user was integrating their work with the main codebase and possibly had a role in managing updates or resolving conflicts. Their work centered around terminal output files and potentially involved adapting the visualizer's display logic.
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Harshal Sheth - Co-Founder at Stealth