Jinal Shah

Co-Founder

Bothell, Washington, United States17 yrs 8 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Over a decade of experience in data engineering.
Mentor for aspiring data engineers and product managers.
Expert in building scalable data systems.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Data Engineering expert in the SaaS industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

CommunicationTechnical DesignData ArchitectureTechnical EngineeringSystems DesignProgramming Concepts

Other Skills

ASP.NET MVCAccountabilityApache SparkAvroCapybaraCareer ManagementClarityConstructive FeedbackCucumberData GovernanceData Import/exportData InfrastructureData ModelsDatasetsGit

About

Jinal Shah is a senior data engineer at Meta, the leading social media and messaging platform. With over a decade of experience in the tech industry, Jinal has a diverse background in front-end, back-end, and data pipelines development. Jinal holds a master's degree in computer science and a certificate in product management from Stanford University. At Meta, Jinal is responsible for processing large volumes of data to generate valuable insights for product growth and user engagement. Jinal is skilled at building scalable and reliable systems that can handle complex and real-world problems. Jinal is also a mentor at First Round Fast Track, where Jinal helps aspiring data engineers and product managers to accelerate their careers. Jinal is passionate about technology and its impact on people's lives, and loves to combine Jinal's math and computer science interests with Jinal's desire to help others. Jinal thrives in a startup-like environment where Jinal can make an impact quickly, learn from mistakes quickly, and grow Jinal's career rapidly.

Experience

17 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs

Average Tenure

1 yr 6 mos

Current Experience

Airbnb

Senior Data Engineer

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 5 mos · United States Remote · Remote

Referrals ai

Founder

Dec 2024 – Present · 1 yr 6 mos · Bothell, Washington, United States · Remote

First round fast track

Mentor

Aug 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 10 mos

CommunicationTechnical DesignProgramming ConceptsSystems DesignClarityManagement Style

Wework

Lead Software Engineer

Jul 2018 – Apr 2019 · 9 mos · Greater New York City Area

Oral CommunicationTechnical EngineeringPython (Programming Language)ReliabilityDatasetsProduct Strategy+31

Microsoft

2 roles

Software Engineer 2

Promoted

Sep 2015 – Jul 2018 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Redmond, WA

Oral CommunicationReliabilityDatasetsPrefect Dataflow AutomationOptimizationCommunication+29

Software Engineer

Nov 2014 – Sep 2015 · 10 mos · Redmond, WA

Oral CommunicationDatasetsCommunicationTechnical DesignProgramming ConceptsSystems Design+6

Cerner corporation

Software Engineer

Jun 2012 – Oct 2014 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Kansas City, Missouri Area

Writing Optimized code to run on Distributed systems to handle High Volume of Requests.
Writing Map-Reduce Jobs using crunch to Process Large Data.
Writing Unit and Integration tests to test the code against different possible cases.
Participating in Design discussions and give suggestions on Design improvements whenever needed.
Participating in code review to help make and understand the system better.
Following the Agile Scrum methodology to update the progress.

Oral CommunicationCommunicationGradleTechnical DesignOutagesProgramming Concepts+3

Crm metrix

Software Engineer(Intern)

Jan 2011 – Jul 2011 · 6 mos · Mumbai Area, India

Migrated the whole dashboard from Classic asp to ASP.NET MVC 3.
Increased the speed for Page Loading and Query optimization.
Implemented the whole ETL for system optimization.

Programming Concepts

New york institute of technology

Senator

Feb 2010 – Dec 2010 · 10 mos

Represent the Graduate Student Body
Put forward the issues faced by Graduate student and try to come to a acceptable solution.
Let the Graduate student know about the current events going on campus.

Shah solution

Freelance Software Developer

Feb 2008 – Aug 2009 · 1 yr 6 mos · Mumbai Area, India

Interacted with clients to address needs and requests.
Provided output, reports and updates concerning all Projects.
Worked on multiple platforms and worked seamlessly while switching between platforms.

Programming Concepts