# Ryan Chakmak > Senior Software Engineer at Databricks Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/ryanchakmak Ryan graduated from Claremont McKenna College in May 2019, dual majoring in Economics and Mathematics with a Computer Science sequence. He begins his career in Software Engineering at DataBricks in September 2019. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Databricks Jan 2019 – Present ### Data Science Consultant @ HYP3R Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area • Train statistical models through Python to evaluate the relationship between social media metrics and variables of interest such as revenue per available room for hotels and casinos • Use SQL to query and clean data for the purpose of building reports and presentations for C-suite management ### Independent Mathematics Research @ Mathematical Sciences Department of Claremont McKenna College Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Claremont, CA • Head an investigation into best approximation on metric trees and its applications to Bernstein Lethargy Theorems to develop an understanding of the process and patience required for professional research • Presented a poster on the results at the world’s largest mathematics conference: the Joint Mathematics Meetings • Awarded $1,640 by the Faculty Research Committee of Claremont McKenna College ### Teaching Assistant for Math Analysis I and Honors Calculus III @ Mathematical Sciences Department of Claremont McKenna College Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | Claremont, California • Hand-selected by professor to tutor a class of 33 students once a week in one-on-one and group environments. • Identify student mistakes in mathematical proofs and provide clear written feedback for student improvement. ### Senior Manager @ Lowe Institute of Political Economy Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | Claremont, California • Coordinate with fellow data analysts to collect information regarding the flight traffic and customer growth of U.S. airports over the past 15 years so as to assist the new leadership of the Ontario International Airport • Utilize Microsoft Excel and STATA to manipulate data into cleanly presented graphs and write about these graphs to help produce the unemployment report in the 2016 Inland Empire Economic Forecast • Chosen to train and direct a new team of five members specializing in ArcGIS for the purpose of performing spatial data analysis to observe economic trends by voting districts in California ### Research Analyst @ Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater Los Angeles Area • Innovated novel techniques in signal decomposition through machine learning by brainstorming in a team of 4 • Implemented these tools in MATLAB for Air Force use on unsolved problems with orbital thrusters of satellites • Presented results and answered questions with other teammates to a crowd of over 60 people ### Chief Technology Officer @ Associated Students of Claremont McKenna College Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Claremont, California • Led a team of 5 students to create solutions to technology-related problems such as developing an R applet to keep a record of student senator attendance, reducing sign-in time from 10 minutes down to 1 minute • Developed Python script to interface with Slack, verify student senators, and eliminate voter fraud ### Ubernomics Data Science Intern @ Uber Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area •Spearheaded a project investigating qualities and costs of bad Uber drivers by pulling data with SQL and implementing statistical learning methods such as logistic regression and cross-validation in R • Coordinated with economists to find determinants of driver earnings to boost revenue of new drivers up to 50% • Compiled above results neatly into Google Slides presented directly to Uber’s previous Chief Economist John List to help improve future interactions with drivers and clients ## Education ### Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics and Economics (Dual Major) with a Sequence in Computer Science Claremont McKenna College ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ryanchakmak --- Source: https://flows.cv/ryanchakmak JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/ryanchakmak/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-05