Eric Schwartz

Eric Schwartz is a Senior Data Engineer at ResearchGate since August 2022, focusing on modernizing and managing a petabyte-scale cloud data platform using in-house and Google Cloud Platform tools. Previously, Eric held the position of Senior Software Engineer at Mapbox from October 2019 to October 2021, where responsibilities included scaling the Spark backend and enhancing test infrastructure. Eric's earlier experience includes a role as a Software Engineer at Yahoo from July 2014 to October 2019, working on Apache Traffic Server and network analytics, and an internship in 2013 at Yahoo, contributing to the rollout of HTTP dynamic live streaming. Eric's academic background includes a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Columbia University, complemented by research assistantships at Columbia University and UCLA, focusing on social media interactions and cross-lingual search.