Stephan Seufert
Senior Software Engineer at Databricks
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolStephan Seufert is a senior software engineer based in Berlin with seven years of industry experience and a PhD in computer science focused on databases. He has driven core data infrastructure and query optimization work across top-tier companies, including AWS Redshift, Amazon Search, HubSpot, and now Databricks. His background blends academic research (publications in SIGMOD/ICDE/CIKM) with production-grade systems for search, ML ranking, and distributed databases. Stephan is particularly strong in query compilers and optimizer design, translating theoretical ideas into performant, large-scale services. Colleagues rely on him to untangle complex data problems and deliver pragmatic, measurable improvements in query performance. Outside of product roles, his trajectory shows a consistent focus on pushing database boundaries from research prototypes to cloud-scale deployments.
7 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Diplom-Informatiker Informatik Mathematik, Diplom-Informatiker Informatik Mathematik at The Julius Maximilians University of WürzburgDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at Universität des Saarlandes
English, German
Github Skills (15)
datasets10
unit-testing10
spark10
data-quality10
scala10
apache9
imputation9
apache-spark9
sagemaker2
docker-container2
aws2
machine-learning2
spark-ml1
pyspark1
docker1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
paulsukow/deequ
Jan 2019 - Mar 2019
Deequ is a library built on top of Apache Spark for defining "unit tests for data", which measure data quality in large datasets.
Contributions:14 commits in 1 month
data-qualityapacheunitsparkunit-tests
awslabs/deequ
Jan 2019 - Sep 2020
Deequ is a library built on top of Apache Spark for defining "unit tests for data", which measure data quality in large datasets.
Contributions:7 releases, 14 commits, 5 PRs in 1 year 7 months
data-qualityapacheunitsparkunit-tests
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