About

Andres Castaneda is a Senior Software Engineer at Stripe who is passionate about Financial Systems, Economics, and Empowering Individuals. With over 6 years of relevant experience, he has expertise in building data pipelines for machine learning and graph processing, encryption systems, and Hadoop, Spark, and Scala. He is proficient in all major web frameworks and programming languages, and loves learning new technologies. At Stripe, Andres is working towards the company's mission of increasing the GDP of the internet by reducing AWS costs and building sustainable infrastructure in close collaboration with Finance and Strategy teams. Prior to Stripe, Andres has worked as CTO at Kabcash and Software Engineer at UnifyID, which was later acquired by Prove. At UnifyID, he was the 3rd engineer and developed the machine learning system that won 2nd place at TechCrunch Disrupt 2016 and raised $15M Series A. He worked on the first iterations of the Android SDK, encryption systems, and Machine Learning pipeline to support more than half a million users. Andres' tech stack includes Senior Software Engineer, ML, Spark, AWS, Software Engineer, infra, Hadoop, Web, Scala, and Research Scientist. He has also built an encrypted file format for fast transfer of sensor data using ED2559 curves. Andres is a highly motivated and driven individual who is committed to delivering high-quality work and constantly improving his skills. He is a valuable asset to any team he works with.