Nick Talavera is a Data Engineer with 11 years of experience building analytics and big data solutions in healthcare and large-scale consumer environments, currently contributing at Meta from New York. He brings deep hands-on expertise in Apache Spark, text mining, R, and data warehouse engineering, with a track record of moving from analyst roles to senior consulting and production engineering. His background includes multi-year analytics leadership at CVS Health and applied research positions across academia and health tech, tying rigorous research methods to production pipelines. Certified in Data Science by NYC Data Science Academy, he pairs formal training with practical experience operationalizing models and ETL at scale. Notably, his early work spans geospatial and computational research, reflecting an ability to bridge domain science and data engineering. Colleagues rely on him for turning complex healthcare data into reliable, scalable insights.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Bachelor’s Degree at Texas Tech University
Master’s Degree, Master’s Degree at The University of Texas at El Paso
Contributions:16 commits, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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