Luis Vargas
Senior Data Scientist
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolLuis Vargas is a Senior Data Scientist in New York with 11 years of experience applying ML and analytics across consumer finance, e-commerce, and cybersecurity, currently shaping data-driven product decisions at Squarespace. He blends a rigorous research background—a PhD in Astrophysics and NSF fellowships—with nine years of industry work in DS/ML to tackle noisy, high-stakes problems and lead cross-functional teams. Luis has led analytics and model efforts at SecurityScorecard and JPMorgan Chase, translating domain complexity into operational models and actionable insights. Comfortable in collaborative, applied environments, he continuously expands his toolkit across languages and analysis approaches. A detail that sets him apart: his astrophysics training informs a hypothesis-driven, measurement-focused mindset that thrives on extracting signal from sparse or adversarial data.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Physics & Astronomy, Bachelor’s Degree, Physics & Astronomy at University of KansasCertificate of Participation, Japanese Language and Literature, Certificate of Participation, Japanese Language and Literature at Nanzan University (南山大学外国人留学生別科）Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astrophysics at Yale University
Korean, English, Spanish, JapaneseGithub contributions (5)
luiscvargas/dwarfs_imf
Aug 2014 - May 2015
Contributions:97 commits, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
luiscvargas/astro-visualization
Mar 2015 - Feb 2016
Contributions:10 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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