Jared Turkewitz
Data Scientist
Bellevue, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJared Turkewitz is a data scientist with 14 years of experience who currently improves experimentation platforms at Pinterest, helping teams design statistically valid tests and accelerate reliable decision-making. He previously improved Bing search relevance at Microsoft by enhancing ranking ML algorithms and pipelines, shipping features that boosted user experience and developer efficiency. Jared holds a PhD in experimental particle physics from the University of Minnesota and leverages that background in large-scale data analysis and rare-signal measurement to tackle complex business problems. A top-tier competitor on Kaggle (ranked 48th of 50,000+), he combines strong statistical rigor, production ML experience, and a physicist’s knack for extracting signal from noise to drive measurable product impact.
14 years of coding experience
BS, Physics, BS, Physics at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUniversity of Minnesota Twin Cities
Github Skills (23)
kaggle8
machine-learning8
data-mining8
xgboost8
r8
dataflow7
gbm7
parallel7
spark7
java7
gradient-boosting7
distributed-systems7
lightgbm7
classification7
python7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
jturkewitz/SideProjects
Mar 2015 - May 2017
Contributions:19 commits, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
jturkewitz/ZFinder
Jan 2015 - Sep 2016
Contributions:41 pushes in 1 year 8 months
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