Felix Porter

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Principal Engineer at Maple Security | ex-Expedia Group

Maple Security
Boston, MA · ET (UTC-5)
10+ years experience
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
English
Open to work
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Overview

Based in Boston. I work on data pipelines at Maple Security. Mentored 5 engineers through their first promotion. Most at home with Iceberg and Airflow. Chess on lunch breaks.

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Skills
PythonIcebergSparkAirflow
Open to workLooking for a role
closes in 3 months

Next role: Data Engineer in payments, Boston or hybrid

Target roles
Data Engineer
Level
Senior
Industries
Healthtech, AI infrastructure
Work mode
Remote
Available
Immediately
Work authorization
Authorized to work in the MA
What I'm looking for
Hands-on work on Python with room to mentor.
Not interested in
Agencies and outsourcing firms

11 years in data pipelines. Strongest at Python and Airflow. Serving notice now.

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Experience

  1. Principal Engineer
    Mar 2025 - Present
    Maple Security · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Boston, MA
    • Led or co-led 21 investments, 8 of them now at Series B or later.
    • Sit on 3 boards.
    • Previously an operator for 9 years before investing.
  2. Engineering Manager
    Jun 2021 - Mar 2025
    Expedia Group · 3 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Boston, MA
    • Moved 85% of data platform traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident.
  3. Data Engineer
    Jan 2019 - Jun 2021
    Starbucks · 2 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Boston, MA
    • Cut forecast error from 28% to 8% across 1662 SKUs.
  4. Data Engineer
    May 2016 - Jan 2019
    Pinterest · 2 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Boston, MA
    • Reduced stock-outs by 22% in the first season.

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Education

  1. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    BS, Electronics and Communication
    2010 - 2014

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