# Steve M.

> Shipping Simple Software Solutions Showcasing Speed, Safety, & Savings

Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/stevem

Interests: Distributed systems, capacity & demand efficiency, Cyber-security, statistical modeling, machine learning, software engineering, anti-abuse, spam-fighting

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Facebook
Jan 2019 – Present | Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Engineer on the Core Data Science team
* Contributed to Ax, Facebook's open-source platform for Bayesian optimization, specifically through applications to company-wide ML experiment management, model hyperparameter tuning, and online parameter tuning. 
* Designed measurement and mitigations for concentration and amplification of harm, gateway accounts on IG recommendation systems
* Scaled up company-wide ML training and evaluation tooling for heterogeneous treatment effects modeling
* Open sourced balance, Meta's survey data rebalancing library

### Software Engineer @ Facebook
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
Integrity and Security Infrastructure
* Designed threat indicator management and enforcement tools for scaling FB's Integrity and security around malware scanning, URL extraction, and intel sharing (ThreatExchange) across every product surface.
* Scaled up FB's URL enforcement tools for extracting, identifying, and enforcing on 1B+ abusive URLs across all FB's product surfaces

### Software Engineering Intern @ Facebook
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Menlo Park, CA
Performed software design and overhaul of contact form system as part of Protect and Care team

Unified HDFS and MySQL data sources to generate analytical report regarding existing contact form utilization, bug logs, and user behaviors, in order to identify high-impact software components and forms for redesign

Developed new form data submission, validation, encryption, and storage architecture, with a focus on site integrity, user privacy, and latency

Modernized the form UI and editor in Hack/XHP, collaborating with product teams across Facebook to meet a variety of existing and desired use cases

### Research Intern @ Berkeley Lab
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Berkeley, California
Participated in the Department of Energy’s Student Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) Program for Spring 2015

Participated in Computing Sciences Summer Student Program for Summer 2015

Project Title: Workflow Management for Climate Data Analysis
Designed and developed Python-based data management framework for climate data analysis jobs as part of CASCADE project, with emphasis on data latency, job integrity, and scalability on NERSC HPC systems; experimented on and evaluated existing climate analysis use cases, workflow frameworks, and workflow management solutions; created in-situ memory management system for scalable direct data transfers between workflow task

### Software Development Intern @ Epic
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Verona, WI
Multiple Provider Scheduler UI Redesign: Overhauled web-based UI for scheduler client used by ambulatory clinicians; developed within ASP.NET framework to build a customizable schedule view that renders appointments in a modern “appointment slots” format, allowing users to compare
schedules, review patient data, and edit information intuitively;

Performed as key team member with other interns and colleagues to rebuild existing code; held regular meetings with supervisors, workgroups, and physicians to present demos and discuss design choices, use cases, and future directions

### Research Intern @ Harvard University/Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Cambridge, MA
Project: Physics applied to post stroke victims
Worked with research team to engineer and assemble inexpensive piezoelectric and inertial sensor array for robotic orthotic arm brace; conducted experiments over multiple setups (model arm and human) and applied statistical analysis; calibrated inexpensive sensors using several regression analysis techniques; developed software for interface between micro-controller, computer, and MATLAB


## Education
### Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics and Computer Science
University of Wisconsin-Madison

### Worcester Polytechnic Institute

### High School
Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science at WPI


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/smandala
- Portfolio: http://smandala.me
- GitHub: http://www.github.com/mathgeek404

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Last updated: 2026-03-31