Learn how a data science executive thinks about building scalable data systems at startups.
Jonathan Rhone
A decade inside early stage startups, largest exit $800M
I'm a former founder, I've helped companies like Streamlit, Deed and Hinge. I live in Miami and I love traveling.
Work
Streamlit (acquired by Snowflake)
https://streamlit.io/Streamlit is an open-source Python framework for machine learning and data science teams. Create interactive data apps in minutes.
Experience
Streamlit
Software Engineer
Mar 2019 - Feb 2021
Streamlit is the fastest way to create data apps.
- Collaborated in areas such as monitoring and alerting, APIs, microservices, infrastructure automation, and on-call rotation in our Kubernetes-based platform as a service
- Participated in Python memory profiling, continuous integration and deployment, caching internals, and new 3rd party integrations to the open-source library
Hone
Devops Engineer
Nov 2018 - Jan 2019
Hone is the all-in-one leadership development platform for modern, distributed teams.
- Built infrastructure automation tooling to deploy and manage a Docker Swarm cluster
- Developed the build and system for our containerized Node.js platform layer
Melody
Chief Technology Officer
Dec 2016 - May 2018
Melody makes your music social. Combine media from across the web and share them with your followers.
- Led a small team of developers across native and back-end development, using agile methodologies
- Interfaced with the product team and executives to determine strategy and drive technical direction
- Integrated data from multiple APIs, including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Music
Deed (Y combinator)
Chief Technology Officer
Aug 2016 - Nov 2016
Deed facilitates workplace giving and volunteering, to make contributing to social causes enjoyable and meaningful.
- Led a small team of developers across native and back-end development
- Managed daily processes using agile methodologies and drove technical direction
Stayful
Software Engineer
Dec 2015 - May 2016
Stayful connects travelers with independent, boutique hotels, offering unique and authentic lodging experiences.
- Developed the back-end platform for a hotel booking website similar to Priceline.com
- Built a Slack clone for a concierge chat service using modern javascript technology
Grsp (ER accelerator)
Director of Engineering
Aug 2014 - Dec 2015
Grsp assists users in making purchase decisions by utilizing comparison pricing, reviews and other information.
- Developed the back-end for a mobile app that helps people shop while in a store
- Managed a hybrid onsite/remote team of four developers across back-end, web, and mobile
- Led project management and recruiting, working with the CEO to ensure the planning, execution, and success of the product
Shareablee, Inc
Software Engineer
Jun 2013 - Feb 2014
Shareablee enables media companies and brands to understand the impact and effectiveness of their cross-platform social media campaigns
- Designed and implemented a distributed, fault-tolerant, and scalable data collection topology using Storm and other modern big data technologies
- Migrated hundreds of gigabytes of data between PostgreSQL, Cassandra, and Elasticsearch, ensuring data sanity and zero loss of data
- Managed cloud infrastructure on AWS EC2, in charge of server performance and on-call support
Hinge (acquired by Match)
Software Engineer
Mar 2013 - Apr 2013
Hinge helps you meet new people through your friends. It’s the easiest way to discover people in your social circles to get to know.
- Administered the Neo4J database for complex Facebook graph operations and "smart matching."
- Conducted JVM tuning and analysis for optimal performance, detecting memory leaks in one of our scripts and allowing for 10x future growth
- Mentored younger engineers on cloud infrastructure and distributed systems
Pict.com (acquired by Popsugar)
Data Engineer
Jul 2012 - Nov 2012
Pict is a B2B publishing and analytics platform that enables brands to create “shoppable” photos.
- Developed the data framework for a web app that embeds smart watermarks into images
- Created a robust data pipeline and scalable infrastructure to scrape and index Pinterest
- Designed a system to provide analytics on the virality and network effect of original content
Tinyco (acquired by SGN)
Server Engineer
Mar 2011 - Apr 2012
Tinyco creates fun and delightful mobile gaming experiences. Their games, based on popular brands, included titles like Marvel Avengers Academy and Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff
- Worked with a wide variety of technologies on projects related to real-time analytics and scalable social gaming architecture
- Designed and developed a scalable click-tracking service, similar to bit.ly, for direct ad partners
- Implemented a Cassandra-backed "saved game state" service layer to migrate our JSON blobs onto
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