In this episode of Product by Design, Kyle chats with Sandy Ryza, lead engineer on the Dagster project, author, and thought leader in data engineering. Sandy shares his journey through the world of data—from building big data tools at Cloudera to working as a data scientist, product manager, and engineer—and how those experiences led him to help create Dagster, an open-source data orchestration platform.
We discuss:
Sandy Ryza
Sandy is a lead engineer, author, and thought leader in the domain of data engineering. Sandy co-wrote “Advanced Analytics with PySpark” and “Advanced Analytics with Spark”. He led ML and data science teams at Cloudera, Remix, Clover Health, and KeepTruckin.
Sandy is currently the lead engineer on the Dagster project, an open-source data orchestration platform used in MLOps, data science, IOT and analytics. Sandy is a regular speaker at data engineering and ML conferences.
Links from the Show:
Twitter: @s_RYZ
Dagster: dagster.io
Book: Advanced Analytics with Spark – O'Reilly
Podcast Recommendation: Empire (British Empire & Ottoman Empire history)
Books Sandy is Reading: The Shortest History of India, The Sun Also Rises, Werner Herzog’s Autobiography
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