About

Ari Falkner is an accomplished Engineer with 7.62 years of experience in Software and Data Engineering. He is currently employed at OpenStore as an Engineer, where he is responsible for developing and implementing innovative solutions to complex problems. Prior to joining OpenStore, Ari worked at DoorDash as a Senior Software Engineer, where he gained extensive experience in developing and maintaining large-scale software systems. He was also a Senior Data Engineer at Bird, where he played a key role in developing a geospatial scooter telemetry pipeline and data warehouse that processed over 70 billion events per week using Kafka, Flink, and Presto hosted on Kubernetes and provisioned by Terraform and Helm. Ari also developed a real-time vehicle status and telemetry reporting system integrating with city regulatory backends using Kafka and Flink, and a real-time fleet counting platform allowing GMs to see fleet counts according to a variety of metrics and dimensions (primarily geospatial-temporal distribution) powered by streaming analytics computing by Flink, stored in Druid, and displayed by Superset. Ari holds a degree in Computer Engineering from Case Western Reserve University, where he gained a solid foundation in the field. He is skilled in Software and Data Engineering, Kafka, Terraform, Data Warehouse, and Kubernetes. Ari is a highly motivated and dedicated professional who is committed to delivering quality work that meets the highest standards. He is an excellent team player and has a proven track record of working collaboratively with others to achieve common goals. Ari is passionate about technology and is always looking for ways to improve his skills and knowledge.