thehalfyak
I work in machine learning, primarily in the recommendations space. A lot of my work focuses on the personalization of items from high-cardinality catalogues over millions of users. The associated engineering challenges of scaling and maintaining these online systems have formed the mainstay of my career over the last several years.
| cb625 [at] cornell.edu |
| Dates | Firm | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 – | Spotify | Sr. ML Engineer |
| 2023 – 2024 | Spotify | ML Engineer II |
| 2021 – 2023 | Spotify | Data Engineer II |
| 2019 – 2021 | Amazon Music | Software Engineer I |
| Dates | Institution | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 – 2019 | Princeton University | MSE, Computer Science |
| 2014 – 2017 | Cornell University | BSc, Computer Science |
This site exists primarily to document my thoughts about mathematics, machine learning, and data engineering. My hope is that these musings and treatises can also serve as a valuable pedagogical tool for other ML practitioners.
I also track my progress with my hobbies and interests on some associated blogs.