About

Forest Fang is a software engineer with a passion for functional programming, data science, and interactive data visualizations. With over 9 years of relevant experience, he has extensive expertise in tackling large-scale data modeling and distributed computing challenges using Scala/Java and the Hadoop stack. He is also well-versed in developing visualizations using D3.js, React, and R/R Shiny. Currently working as a Software Engineer at Stripe, Forest's previous experience includes working as a Data Science Engineer at Stripe and a Machine Learning Engineer at Airbnb. At Stripe, he supported data scientists and everyone at Stripe to practice data science by extending their skillset and capability. At Airbnb, he evolved Airbnb Home teams' understanding, communication, and prioritization over supply and demand via work on market definition, market intelligence dashboard, and guest perceived availability. Forest's educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Cornell University. He also attended Cheshire Academy for high school and Shanghai Nanyang Model High School. Forest's tech stack includes Blockchain, Spark, Data Scientist, Javascript, ML, Hadoop, Scala, Apache Hive, HDFS, Java, infra, Normalization, Deep Learning, Apache Airflow, and ETL. He is excited about Spark's performance and elegant Scala programming interface and is always exploring better data science practices in the lens of functional programming. Overall, Forest is a highly skilled and passionate software engineer with a strong focus on data science and interactive data visualizations.