Summary
Sarth Frey is a founding engineer and seasoned software engineer with 11 years building scalable data and ML systems across startups and enterprise teams. Currently shaping product vision and engineering at BirdseyePost while also founding Yolando, he blends hands-on infrastructure (Terraform, k8s, GCP), backend services, and data engineering to deliver high-throughput systems like an email platform that scales to millions of personalized messages. Previously at Databricks he led ML runtime improvements, owned cross-cloud GPU driver upgrades, and authored Spark TensorFlow Distributor—a package with 700k+ PyPI downloads—plus contributions to Apache Spark’s allGather API. He’s proven at migrating critical platforms (Azure→GCP, GitLab→GitHub Actions), running on-call for ML training, and bringing IT/compliance in-house, all while mentoring teams and codifying engineering practices. Based in Toronto, he has a strong bias for production-grade ML infrastructure and a track record of turning research-grade tooling into reliable, deployed services.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Software Engineering Honours Co-op (BSE) Software Engineering, Bachelor of Software Engineering Honours Co-op (BSE) Software Engineering at University of Waterloo
English, French, German, Marathi, Chinese