Yazad Khambata
Founding Data Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolYazad Khambata is a founding data engineer in San Francisco with 12 years of experience building large-scale data and ML platforms using Python, Spark, Kafka and Cassandra. He has led core Data/ML engineering efforts at Meta and Apple and now established the platform, pipelines, and practices that empower Figma’s Data Science org. Comfortable bridging engineering, security-aware architecture (MS in CIS Security), and product teams, he excels at turning research-oriented models into reliable production pipelines. Yazad’s career traces deep consultancy roots through enterprise delivery, giving him a knack for practical integrations and operationalizing ML at scale. He brings both hands-on implementation and team-enabling leadership, often focusing on standards and tooling that reduce friction for data scientists.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS) Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, Master of Science (MS) Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance at Northeastern UniversityBachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree at University of Mumbai
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (70)
postgresql10
pyspark10
duckdb10
polars10
openstreetmap10
pandas10
atlas10
sql10
maps10
database10
sqlite10
mysql10
pyarrow10
snowflake10
geospatial10
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
yazad3/atlas
Dec 2018 - Feb 2020
OSM in memory
Contributions:198 pushes, 43 branches in 1 year 2 months
osmmemoryin-memoryopenstreetmap
yazad3/groovy
Jul 2017 - Dec 2018
Contributions:4 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 5 months
javagroovyapache
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