Oscar Moll
Software Engineer at Databricks
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolOscar Moll is a software engineer with 15 years of experience who bridges raw data and AI through algorithmic and systems design, now building data platforms at Databricks. He holds a PhD from MIT and a track record spanning academic research at CSAIL to applied roles in industry—AWS, Tesla, Google, and a brief stint as an applied scientist at a ML startup. Oscar contributes to open-source tooling (notably improving gmaps for Jupyter to handle tricky longitude wrap-around and map-bounds logic), reflecting a focus on robust, production-ready integrations. Based in San Francisco, he blends deep theoretical training with pragmatic backend engineering to turn complex spatial and ML problems into reliable software.
15 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
IB - High School Diploma, IB - High School Diploma at Li Po Chun United World College of Hong KongDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachiller en ciencias y letras, Bachiller en ciencias y letras at Colegio Americano de Guatemala
Spanish, English, Chinese
Github Skills (5)
python10
jupyter10
google-map10
google-maps10
maps9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
pbugnion/gmaps
Apr 2017 - Apr 2017
Google maps for Jupyter notebooks
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 1 PR, 4 comments in 7 days
Contributions summary:Oscar primarily focused on improving the `gmaps` library, a tool for creating Google Maps visualizations in Jupyter notebooks. Their work involved significant code changes related to map bounds calculations and handling longitude wrap-around issues, aiming to refine the logic for displaying maps correctly. These commits also address code style improvements and formatting, ensuring code readability. The user's contributions directly enhance the core functionality and robustness of the mapping features within the library.
pythonjupyter-notebookjupyter-widgetnotebooksjupyter
orm011/pixeltable
Sep 2023 - May 2024
Contributions:271 pushes, 87 branches in 8 months
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