Jose Fernando Vega

Student at Purdue University · Spark, SQL

Instacart

Boston, MA · ET (UTC-5)

1+ years experience

Purdue University

English

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Overview

Studying computer science and figuring out cybersecurity one project at a time. Recently built a carbon footprint calculator for small shops. Interned at Instacart last summer. Comfortable with dbt and SQL. Big believer in written communication.

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Thoughtful intros to people in my field
Questions about data pipelines
Second opinions on SQL decisions

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Skills

IcebergSQLSparkdbt

Experience

Software Engineering Intern
Feb 2026 - Apr 2026
Instacart · 2 mo · Internship · Boston, MA
- Shipped 24 launches on the data platform team without a rollback.
- Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 14 minutes to under 3.

Projects

Conference talk: lessons from data platform

2023

What went wrong and what worked while scaling data pipelines.

Write-up: data pipelines in practice

2023

A long-form guide to data pipelines for people starting out.

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Education

Purdue University
BS, Computer Science
2024 - 2028

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