John Ada
Data Engineer
Metro Manila, Philippines
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolJohn Ada is a data engineer with 11 years of experience blending software development and psychology to design thoughtful, user-aware data systems. Currently at NextPay (YC W21) after several years at IBM, he specializes in building pragmatic data pipelines and applications for Philippine markets. A former Microsoft MVP for AI and self-described "Full-time Nerd" and Open Sourcerer, he brings curiosity-driven experimentation and an appetite for novel software approaches. His background in psychology informs a human-centered perspective on data products, improving how teams translate behavioral insights into technical solutions. Based in Metro Manila, he has a track record of shipping across startups and enterprise environments, comfortable moving between hands-on engineering and system-level design.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
High School Degree, High School Degree at University of Eastern Philippines Laoang Laboratory High SchoolP.M. Geta Memorial Elementary SchoolBachelor of Arts (B.A.) Psychology, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Psychology at University of the Philippines
English, Tagalog, Filipino
Stackoverflow
537reputation
35kreached
5answers
3questions
Github Skills (135)
streaming10
spark-ml10
fundamentals10
javascript10
azure-cosmos-db10
dotnet10
playing10
emr10
databricks10
spark-streaming10
static-site10
programming-tools10
collections10
nodejs10
csharp10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
johnpaulada/awesome-learning-collections
Jan 2018 - Oct 2022
✨ A curated list of awesome learning collections on various topics.
Contributions:133 commits, 10 PRs, 128 pushes in 4 years 9 months
fundamentalsmachine-learningcomputer-sciencecollections
johnpaulada/guides
Oct 2017 - Oct 2018
A collection of easy-to-understand guides to programming tools
Contributions:18 pushes, 11 branches in 1 year
easy-to-understandjavascriptpythonprogramming-tools
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.