Nathan Downs
Lead Data Engineer
Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNathan Downs is a Lead Data Engineer based in Portland with a 4+ year tenure in senior engineering roles and a decade-long background in aviation analytics and federal-compliant data services. He designs and operates ETL and pipeline architectures that power analytics and ML products, bringing hands-on experience from companies like Sourcegraph—where he enhanced event logging, session management, and query performance for a prominent code-search/Cody platform. His blend of operations research, data science, and software engineering stems from a Computer Science degree at William & Mary and roles spanning Metron Aviation to Cirium and ZoomInfo. Known for improving observability and query efficiency, he thrives at the intersection of production data systems and applied analytics for regulated industries.
4 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at The College of William and Mary
Github Skills (19)
javascript10
eventlog10
typescript10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
react10
co10
code-search9
wpgraphql9
wordpress-graphql9
graphql9
code-search-engine9
code-intelligence8
go8
database-schema8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
sourcegraph/sourcegraph-public-snapshot
Jun 2022 - Dec 2022
Code AI platform with Code Search & Cody
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:112 reviews, 20 commits, 87 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Nathan primarily focused on enhancing the event logging mechanism within the Sourcegraph platform. Their contributions involved modifying the `eventLogger.ts` file to implement device session ID management and integrate session cookie expiration resets, enhancing user tracking. They also added and modified event logging for Cody features, including login, and different commands. They also updated code related to the web frontend, graphql schema and database schema, while optimizing database queries for increased performance.
sourcegraphcode-generationrepo-type-maindeveloper-toolslsif-enabled
nathan-downs/lumber-optimizer
Feb 2025 - Feb 2025
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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