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Robert West

I'm an NYC based Full Stack Software/Data Engineer. I'm a problem solver and a builder.

In my free time I enjoy playing guitar and performing with friends.

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About me

I'm a Full Stack Software Engineer and Data Engineer.

I've spent a great deal of my career working on enterprise level data pipelines and providing Data Engineering support and Leadership to Data Warehouse and Analytics organizations.

I'm a Solutions Engineer, a problem solver and a builder. I love to code, I love to mentor and teach. I love to design systems and projects. I have applied my skills across software engineering, analytics, data engineering, strategic planning, stakeholder relations, staff coaching and team development. I have proven success in finding simple solutions to complex data-centric problems to foster lasting prosperity.

  • Location:Brookyln, NY
  • Nationality:UK/US Dual Citizen
  • Study:Carnegie Mellon
  • Interests:Guitar, Health & Fitness, Meditation & Yoga

Skills

Languages
Python
JavaScript
SQL
TypeScript
Clojure
Frontend
React
Redux
Nextjs
Backend
Node/Express
Python/Flask
Data Engineering
Python/Pandas
Python/dask/multiprocessing
Apache Airflow
Apache Spark
Database/Data Warehouse
PostgreSQL
MySQL
Snowflake
AWS RDS/Redshift
Data Science
Python/Pandas
Jupyter Notebook
python/matplotlib/seaborn
python/statsmodels
python/scikit-learn

Work

Engineering Manager of Data Platform

Atlas HealthJun 2023 - Present

• Project Leadership: Spearheaded the greenfield Core Data Platform initiative. Defining its vision, goals, and key deliverables; to create a platform that will be responsible for the ingestion and storage of customer provided data making it discoverable, accessible, and consumable for information systems across Atlas. Successfully navigated the project from conception through initial implementation, leading a cross-functional team and facilitating alignment across multiple departments.


• Stakeholder Management: Actively coordinated with Implementation and Product teams to establish a new data-contract paradigm within the company. Educated and aligned stakeholders on how they would interact with the system, preparing the foundation for code-agnostic data ingestion and consolidation. Managed expectations by laying out a path to MVP within a single quarter. Facilitated knowledge sharing, and cross-team deliverables to bring the project to fruition.


• System Architect: Conceived and executed the project’s logical architecture, initial proof-of-concept code using Spark, and a multi-tenant system architecture on Google Cloud Platform, utilizing Google Composer (Airflow) and Dataproc Serverless (Spark).


• Independent Innovation: Developed a local development environment mimicking the cloud platform. Used Kubernetes Minikube for running Airflow with the Kubernetes executor and built a custom Python Flask app to simulate the Dataproc Serverless API, enabling offline development.


• Infrastructure Automation: Authored Infrastructure as Code using Terraform to establish the required infrastructure on Google Cloud.


• Agile Execution: Collaborated closely with Product Management to implement Agile methodologies, leveraging Jira for sprint planning, backlog refinement, and story-point estimation.

Education

Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computational Finance

Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business2010

The MSCF program is the joint venture of four colleges on our campus - the Tepper School of Business, the Mathematical Sciences Department, the Department of Statistics, and the Heinz College.


The MSCF curriculum seamlessly integrates instruction in probability, statistical analysis, numerical methods, computation and simulation methods, stochastic processes, economics, and their application in today’s quantitative financial markets.

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) (Hons), Mathematics

The University of Kent2007

Dissertation: Detailed enumeration of Latin Squares distinguishing characteristics and relationship to both combinatorial objects and group theory

Projects


practice-makes-performer

Designed to help musicians of all kinds improve their skills by customizing the playback of any song... and saving the state.

GithubSite
practice-makes-performer

Designed to help musicians of all kinds improve their skills by customizing the playback of any song... and saving the state.

#nextjs#react#tailwindcss#typescript#vercel

GithubPortfolio

Turn your Github Profile into a beautifully rendered Portfolio website in minutes for Free!

Github
GithubPortfolio

Turn your Github Profile into a beautifully rendered Portfolio website in minutes for Free!

#material-ui#nextjs#react#tailwindcss#typescript

audioAnimated

An interactive web application that allows users to create music with beautiful animations that move to your music and share their creations with their freinds

GithubSite
audioAnimated

An interactive web application that allows users to create music with beautiful animations that move to your music and share their creations with their freinds

#audiocontext#express#material-ui#react#redux#webworkers

blockchain

Simulating aspects of blockchain technology to help me remember how they work. This project could be extended to create a web application that simulates the blockchain as a learning tool.

Github
blockchain

Simulating aspects of blockchain technology to help me remember how they work. This project could be extended to create a web application that simulates the blockchain as a learning tool.

#bitcoin#blockchain#cryptocurrency#javascript#nodejs

google_api

Quickly and easily read emails from gmail programmatically

Github
google_api

Quickly and easily read emails from gmail programmatically

#gmail#google-api-client#python

blog-post-analysis

Analysing blog post data using Spark/Scala

Github
blog-post-analysis

Analysing blog post data using Spark/Scala

#scala#spark

I met Robert upon joining Signify Health where he would become a manager under my supervision. Immediately one could tell that he had a great understanding of his team's culture and had an ever-present finger on its pulse...

-- Anton Fritsch, Vice President of Engineering at Atlas Health

Robert always led by example, and I was lucky enough to work under his leadeship for around 2 years. I was always impressed by his ability to push us to reach our full potential...

-- Ankit Shah, Data Warehouse Engineer 4 at TrueCar, Inc.

I've been lucky enough to work with Robert for the last 4 years at Signify Health and Remedy Partners. Robert has been a great manager, teacher, role model, and friend to me and others...

-- Jakov Kendes, Data Engineer at Mount Sinai Health System

One of the best managers out there. Robert helped prioritize work efficiently for me and members of the data warehouse team, explaining concepts in software and data engineering for all levels...

-- Nick Iyer, Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer at TEKsystems

Robert was my manager during my summer internship at Signify Health. He is not only a good manager but also a great mentor...

-- Chaitanya Bachhav, Web Developer at SciQuel

Get in touch.

Feel free to get in touch if you'd like to ask me about my work or if you'd like to collaborate on a project together

Location
Brookyln, NY
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