Roger Helkey
Sr Software Engineer at Google
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRoger Helkey is a data-driven senior software engineer based in Boston with a decade of technical experience and a seven-year focused track record in applied data and systems engineering. Currently at Google working on Pixel Watch power tools, he blends embedded systems insight with cloud-scale data engineering honed at Evidation Health, where he built ETL, data warehousing, and ML data pipelines using Python, SQL, Airflow, Snowflake and AWS. His background spans optics and hardware—leading MEMS switch development and silicon photonics transfer efforts—and includes a high-impact data automation project that saved Calient $18M by massively reducing testing costs. Comfortable bridging research, product, and infrastructure, Roger is equally at home optimizing low-level device power and architecting distributed data flows. He holds advanced engineering training (PhD-level work at UC Santa Barbara) and brings a rare combination of hardware-rooted rigor and pragmatic software craftsmanship.
7 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
California Institute of TechnologyPhD, Electrical Engineering, PhD, Electrical Engineering at UC Santa Barbara
Spanish, Japanese, EnglishProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
helkey/algorithm
Mar 2019 - Sep 2021
Contributions:152 commits, 108 pushes in 2 years 6 months
helkey/helkey
Aug 2018 - Dec 2023
Contributions:45 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 4 months
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