Kayla Pierce

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Senior Data Engineer at Meta · Data pipelines · Airflow, Spark

Meta
Austin, TX · CT (UTC-6)
5+ years experience
Stanford University
English
Open to work
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Overview

Currently at Meta, where I work on data pipelines. Brought on-call pages for data platform down from 27 a week to 1. Previously at Deloitte. Most at home with Iceberg and SQL. Home cook with strong opinions about biryani.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Roles in demand forecasting
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
  • Working sessions on Airflow
Please don't message about
  • Agency or outsourcing pitches
  • Survey or panel invitations
  • Offshore staffing offers

Answers in batches on Fridays

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

Staff Data Engineer roles in gaming - Austin or remote

Target roles
Staff Data Engineer
Level
Staff / Principal
Industries
Climate tech, Healthtech
Work mode
Remote
Available
30 days notice
Work authorization
Authorized to work in the TX
What I'm looking for
Hands-on work on SQL with room to mentor.
Not interested in
Pure people management

5 years in data pipelines. Strongest at SQL and Airflow. Open to the right conversation.

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Experience

  1. Senior Data Engineer
    Sep 2024 - Present
    Meta · 2 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Austin, TX
    • Wrote the metric definitions the leadership team reviews every week.
    • Built the forecasting models now used in 9 product decisions a quarter.
  2. Data Engineer
    Oct 2021 - Sep 2024
    Deloitte · 2 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Austin, TX
    • Reduced stock-outs by 21% in the first season.
    • Taught SQL to 160 non-analysts.

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Education

  1. Stanford University
    BS, Mathematics
    2016 - 2020

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