Sam Ballerini
Staff Software Engineer at Altana
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolSam Ballerini is a Staff Software Engineer based in Philadelphia with eight years of experience blending data science and software engineering to deliver production-ready analytics and ML systems. He has progressed through roles at Altana and Fringe after a data-heavy tenure at Elder Research, where he led projects from satellite imagery computer vision to fairness in neural networks and large-scale grant risk modeling. Comfortable across backend systems, APIs, and natural language processing, Sam has a knack for turning complex data pipelines into usable products—most recently integrating data-centric APIs to improve analytics platforms. Known for putting the "fun" in functional programming, he brings both research rigor from an MS in Analytics and practical engineering discipline to ship reliable, scalable solutions. An unexpected throughline in his work is a history of turning research prototypes into dashboard-driven operational tools that stakeholders can act on.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Analytics, Master of Science - MS Analytics at Institute for Advanced AnalyticsHigh School, High School at Silver Lake Regional High SchoolBachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Tufts University
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Github Skills (22)
python9
machine-learning9
deep-learning8
tensorflow8
data-science7
neural-network7
development-machine6
deep-neural-networks5
ml5
feature-selection4
science3
java2
pandas2
docker2
nvidia-docker2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
salml/ds-project-template
Apr 2019 - Jun 2019
A simple structure for data science projects in Python
Contributions:4 commits, 1 PR, 21 pushes in 2 months
pythonsciencedata-sciencemachine-learningdata-science-projects
ElderResearch/boruta_py
Oct 2018 - Nov 2018
Python implementations of the Boruta all-relevant feature selection method.
Contributions:10 commits, 14 pushes in 1 month
implementationspythonmethodselectionfeature-selection
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