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Find US-based Staff or Principal engineers with Python and distributed systems experience who have mentored engineers or led tech-lead rotations in the last 18 months, ranked by GitHub activity in 2025.
74 results across 74 people
1
Gaurav Menghani15y exp
Senior Staff Tech Lead & Manager at Google Research | Efficient AI Research
United States· 9y at co.Possibly open
AlgorithmsJavaDistributed SystemsC+++22
2
Quang Duong20y exp
Senior Staff Software Engineer/Senior Tech Lead Manager at Health AI, Google Research
San Francisco, California, United States· 5y at co.Likely open
JavaC++Pythonmatlab+15
3
Dom P.16y exp
Software Engineer | Tech Lead | Architect
Redmond, Washington, United States· 4y at co.Likely open
Spanish (Native or bilingual proficiency)English (Full professional proficiency)AngularFull-Stack Development+43
4
Feng Li22y exp
Staff Software Engineer, Tech Lead Manager at Google
Mountain View, California, United States· 5y at co.Likely open
JavaC++Cloud ComputingDistributed Systems+1
5
Chris Ng14y exp
Senior Staff Software Engineer – Tech Lead Manager at Google
New York, New York, United StatesRecently started
Generative AILeadershipPython (Programming Language)JavaScript+14
6
Pan Shi18y exp
Staff Software Engineer at Google, Tech Lead
San Francisco, California, United States· 1y at co.
C/C++PythonUsability EngineeringHuman Computer Interaction+11
7
Khantil Choksi7y exp
Staff Software Engineer at Google | Tech Lead & Manager
Mountain View, California, United States· 1y at co.
English (Professional working proficiency)Public Key CryptographyLarge-Scale System ArchitectureData Analytics+16
8
Satheesh Kumar Ravindranath15y exp
Tech Lead Manager(Staff) at Meta
San Jose, California, United States· 4y at co.Likely open
English (Native or bilingual proficiency)French (Limited working proficiency)Tamil (Full professional proficiency)Telugu (Native or bilingual proficiency)+20
9
Mustaque Bhuiyan19y exp
Staff/Tech Lead Manager
Santa Clara, California, United States· 7y at co.Possibly open
Apache AirflowStreaming and batch data platformTechnology RoadmappingTeam Leadership+16
10
Michael Zhou10y exp
Tech Lead @ Airbnb | Voice AI Agents
Seattle, Washington, United States· 5y at co.Likely open
Chinese (Native or bilingual proficiency)English (Professional working proficiency)AI AgentsGenerative AI+18
11
Matthew Corley16y exp
Staff Software Engineer, Tech Lead, Research Platform at Freenome
San Francisco Bay Area· 1y at co.
German (Limited working proficiency)JavaCloud ApplicationsPython+17
12
Mohammed Dala-Ali19y exp
Tech Lead | Applied AI & Automation | Staff Data Engineer | Turning Data into Operational Impact
San Diego Metropolitan AreaRecently started
Arabic (Native or bilingual proficiency)Turkish (Limited working proficiency)English (Full professional proficiency)Data Architects+51
13
Emanuel Zgraggen20y exp
Tech Lead | Product Engineer| Building Lakeflow Designer
San Francisco, California, United States· 2y at co.Likely open
English (Full professional proficiency)French (Native or bilingual proficiency)German (Native or bilingual proficiency)Java+19
14
Jordan Stapinski11y exp
Staff Software Engineer/Tech Lead at Zocdoc | JavaScript Platform
New York, New York, United States· 1y at co.
EnglishFrench (not fluent)Python (Programming Language)TypeScript+18
15
Jonathan Prusik17y exp
Staff Software Engineer, Tech Lead
Framingham, Massachusetts, United States· 3y at co.Likely open
DockerplaywrightLitSASS+16
16
Nidheesh Puthalath20y exp
Engineering Leader | AI-Native Builder | MCP, Agentic AI & LLM Systems | Tech Lead @ GoFundMe | ex-Director @ Wish
San Francisco Bay AreaRecently started
EnglishHindiMalayalamLangGraph+101
17
Adam Kelleher18y exp
Senior Staff Data Engineer, Tech Lead
Houston, Texas, United States· 2y at co.Likely open
English (Native or bilingual proficiency)Report WritingBusiness AnalysisRetail Sales+17
18
Michael Young11y exp
Tech Lead at Robinhood
San Francisco Bay AreaRecently started
Statistical Data AnalysisData ModelingBig DataData Analytics+16
19
Jin Gong7y exp
Founding Engineer & Tech Lead | AI / ML / Data Infrastructure
San Francisco Bay AreaRecently started
Chinese (Native or bilingual proficiency)English (Professional working proficiency)JavaJavaScript+18
20
Mike Partelow26y exp
Staff Software Engineer | Tech Lead | Infrastructure | Amateur Dog Walker | Gluten Farmer | Not Verified Yet
United StatesRecently started
platform engineeringSite Reliability EngineeringInfrastructureobservability+55
21
Joe Duchnowski18y exp
Product engineer | Staff+ | Pre-GPT | Tech lead
Denver Metropolitan Area· 1y at co.
TypeScriptEarly-Stage StartupsReact.jsJavaScript+66
22
Marcus Irven16y exp
Engineering Executive | Software Architect | Consultant | Entrepreneur | Mentor | Team Builder | Applied Artificial Intelligence (AI) | Applied Machine Learning (ML) | Distributed Systems | Data Engineering
New York, New York, United States· 1y at co.
EntrepreneurshipNext.jsCoachingProduct Road Mapping+96
23
Fintan Palmer16y exp
Senior Backend Software Engineer & Team Lead | Team Builder & Mentor | System Design | Operational Excellence | Distributed Systems | Cloud Architecture | AWS
Greater Seattle AreaRecently started
Coaching & MentoringScalabilityContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Operational Excellence+16
24
Dan Bucatanschi15y exp
Google Staff Software Engineer | Tech Lead | Mentor
Brooklyn, New York, United States· 2y at co.Likely open
Distributed File SystemsBig DataDistributed Team ManagementParallel Processing+20
25
Ilker Deligoz23y exp
Staff+ SWE and Tech Lead | Architecture, Code Health, Large-Scale Systems | #1 Ranked C++ Mentor at Google | ex-Google, Zoox
San Francisco Bay Area· 3y at co.Likely open
English (Native or bilingual proficiency)LinuxBazelMercurial+38
Aditya Nambiar11y exp
Databricks | Co-Founder @ Fennel AI | Tech Lead at IG & Meta | Ex-Google Research | EB1A recipient
Mountain View, California, United States· 1y at co.
English (Full professional proficiency)Hindi (Full professional proficiency)Malayalam (Native or bilingual proficiency)Programming+19
Matt Gill12y exp
Unity Developer | Tech Lead | VR
Ithaca, New York, United StatesRecently started
English (Native or bilingual proficiency)Chinese (Elementary proficiency)Python (Programming Language)Xcode+31
Paul Warren32y exp
Tech Lead, Tanzu Developer & Operator Tools, VMWare at VMware
San Ramon, California, United States· 10y at co.Possibly open
SaaSEnterprise ArchitectureCloud ComputingJava Enterprise Edition+15
Brandon Bailey17y exp
Lead AI Solution Architect @ Westinghouse Electric Company | Co-Founder @ NOLAscape | Tech Entrepreneur
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States· 15y at co.Possibly open
Apache KafkaDistributed SystemsTrading SystemsAutomated Trading+16
Jose Pagan, MSEE, MSCS 🦾 Embedded Technologist21y exp
Principal Embedded Engineer • RTOS, C/C++, Firmware Architecture • High Reliability • Vertical Scalability • 🤖 Robotics (ROS2) • FPGA • Controls • Leader • 💡Innovator • ✨Visionary • 📡 Pedagogist • Mentor
McKinney, Texas, United States· 1y at co.
English (Native or bilingual proficiency)Spanish (Native or bilingual proficiency)Hardware DevelopmentHardware Debugging+18
André Srinivasan26y exp
Technical business development leader, hands-on field architect, and mentor, keeping customers happy with solutions that work
San Francisco, California, United States· 2y at co.Likely open
Security SalesPresentation SkillsContract NegotiationChannel Account Management+60
Alan Wood27y exp
Principal Software Engineer | Architect | Mentor
Southbury, Connecticut, United States· 1y at co.
English (Native or bilingual proficiency)Software ObservabilityManagementIT Leadership+99
Andrew Smith16y exp
Staff Engineer | React.js & Frontend Architecture | Technical Leadership | DX & Performance at Scale | Mentor | OSS Contributor
Marietta, Georgia, United StatesRecently started
Technical LeadershipFront-end ArchitectureSoftware ArchitectureFull-Stack Development+48
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Huaxing Tang22y exp
Principal Engineer at Mentor Graphics
Wilsonville, Oregon, United States· 22y at co.Possibly open
MandarinEnglishSoftware EngineeringAlgorithms+11
Faizal Sheriff19y exp
Principal Engineer - Personalization AI Data(PAID) @ Panasonic Avionics | Startup Mentor | Technology Leader
Irvine, California, United StatesRecently started
EnglishHindiTamilUrdu+20
Aditya Chugh Amar24y exp
Entrepreneur, Engineering Leader, Mentor,
Sr. Principal Software Engineer at Dell Networking (Data Center & Enterprise)
Santa Clara, California, United States· 12y at co.Possibly open
English (Native or bilingual proficiency)Hindi (Native or bilingual proficiency)Punjabi (Native or bilingual proficiency)TCP/IP+45
Stacey Price30y exp
Senior Principal Software Engineer @ Dell Technologies | DevOps, AI, Mentor & Technical Leader
Houston, Texas, United States· 5y at co.Likely open
English (Native or bilingual proficiency)Spanish (Limited working proficiency)LeadershipTechnology Design+18
Gordon Force Jr38y exp
IT Leader & Principal Engineer | Driving Cloud-Native Solutions with Java & Azure | Mentor & Architect
Half Moon Bay, California, United States· 4y at co.Likely open
KubernetesMicrosoft AzureAuthenticationQuarkus+44
Sanjay Bakshi23y exp
Principal Engineer | AI Security | Responsible AI| Confidential Computing | Secure Payments | Blockchain | Data Privacy | Web Authentication | Virtualization | Standards | Mentor
Portland, Oregon, United States· 5y at co.Likely open
EnglishSecuritySystem ArchitectureIntel+15
AbderRahman Sobh14y exp
Data Scientist, Machine Learning Engineer, Software Developer, Mentor
Sunnyvale, California, United States· 8y at co.Possibly open
EnglishArabicJapaneseComputer Science+31
Amitabha Banerjee21y exp
Full-stack performance engineer. Excellent team builder and collaborator across cross-functional teams. Valuable leader and mentor. Accomplished Innovator with 5 patents and 30+ peer-reviewed research publications.
Belmont, California, United States· 4y at co.Likely open
HindiBengaliMachine LearningOperating Systems+18
Kerry Kurian24y exp
20+ Year Software Engineer | Ally, Sidekick, Mentor
Bellingham, Washington, United StatesRecently started
Start-upsEntrepreneurshipSoftware DevelopmentPatents+16
Steve Torchia32y exp
Principal Software Engineer | Hands-On Manager | Engineering Leader & Mentor | Cloud Architecture Strategy & Implementation | Delivering value by Integrating AI into Development & Testing.
Boston, Massachusetts, United States· 9y at co.Possibly open
Test AutomationAgile MethodologiesTestingSelenium+42
Jake Brandt19y exp
👋 Principal Cloud & ML Engineer | AWS Serverless & AI | Presales & Architecture | Tech Mentor
Rochester, New York Metropolitan Area· 1y at co.
English (Native or bilingual proficiency)Amazon Web Services (AWS)PythonAWS Bedrock+17
Yuvaraj M.21y exp
Technology Leader | Mentor
New York City Metropolitan Area· 2y at co.Likely open
TamilEnglishBig DataCloud Computing+35
Erik Schweller19y exp
Engineering leader with 15+ years of experience. Passionate about leveraging data-driven insights to optimize performance, harden security, and mentor high-growth engineering teams.
Hopkinton, Massachusetts, United States· 2y at co.Likely open
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)GitPythonSoftware Engineering+16
Timothy Welch25y exp
Software Engineer | Certified Scrum Master | Code Reviewer | Mentor | C++ | C# | Python
Derry, New Hampshire, United States· 6y at co.Likely open
C++Technical LeadershipAgile MethodologiesSoftware Engineering+31
Lewis Cunningham25y exp
Data Engineer | Cloud Data Architect | Data Platform Migration | Mentor
Riverview, Florida, United StatesRecently started
Google Cloud DataflowData EngineeringGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)Amazon Web Services (AWS)+51
Chary Vielma6y exp
Software Engineer | Experience with Hardware & Software | Mentor & Professor | Project Manager | Lead Technical Team
Orange County, California, United States· 3y at co.Likely open
Software DevelopmentSoftware Project ManagementEmbedded SoftwareSoftware Testing+21
Jeremy Toepp13y exp
Learning from latent space | NLP, VAEs, & thoughtful ML | Military Veteran Advocate and Mentor
Greater Billings AreaRecently started
Claude Agent SDKClaude Code SubagentsModel Context Protocol (MCP)Claude Skills+65
Shahms King26y exp
Software Engineer at BrontoSource | ex-Google | ex-Zoox | C++ Mentor | Designing, Developing & Maintaining Tech Solutions that Solve Complex Challenges and Improve Business Operations
Seattle, Washington, United StatesRecently started
GoCompilersSoftware EngineeringC+++27
Joseph Werle15y exp
Staff Engineer | Founder | Partner | Technical Advisor | Mentor
New York, New York, United States· 1y at co.
English (Native or bilingual proficiency)Spanish (Limited working proficiency)French (Limited working proficiency)Operational Execution+70
Frank Moley23y exp
Engineering Leader & Software Architect | Designing Scalable Cloud Platforms | Kubernetes | Java, Go, Python | Systems Design | Security & Reliability | Mentor
Spring Hill, Kansas, United States· 17y at co.Recently started
EnglishInfrastructureCassandraCloud Automation+60
Weston Bassler16y exp
Scaling ML and Cloud Native things | K8s, MLOps, LLMOps, DevOps, GitOps | Mentor, Instructor, Coach, Developer
Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area· 3y at co.Likely open
EnglishVMware vSphereLinux System AdministrationTerraform+17
Sravan Bodapati14y exp
Sr. Staff Agentic AI SWE @ Google || AI Startups Mentor || ex- Principal Scientist at AWS Nova Foundation Models : LLM Post Training & Inference
San Francisco Bay Area· 1y at co.
TeluguEnglishHindiStart-up Consulting+34
Andy Lee37y exp
Software Developer/Architect/Mentor
Marlborough, Massachusetts, United States· 11y at co.Possibly open
Distributed SystemsC++AgileJava+16
Vu Pham16y exp
Senior Staff Software Engineer at Reddit, ex-ACM ICPC World Finalist, Tech Mentor
Mercer Island, Washington, United States· 1y at co.
ChineseEnglishMicroservicesService Design+18
Tej Kumar Balusu8y exp
Staff Software Engineer | Applied AI | Mentor
Greater Fayetteville, AR Area· 1y at co.
English (Full professional proficiency)Hindi (Limited working proficiency)Telugu (Native or bilingual proficiency)Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)+19
Roopa G.9y exp
Staff Applied AI Engineer@Stealth Startup|Ex-Microsoft, GE ,Gartner, Nagarro | 2X Top Machine Learning Voice| Mentor@upgrad,scaler|Masters(Data Science)@IIIT
San Francisco Bay Area· 2y at co.Likely open
EnglishHindiStatisticsGenerative AI+29
Nathan Koester13y exp
Security & Tech Enthusiast | Father | Mentor | GDSA | GPEN | CISSP
Dayton, Ohio, United StatesRecently started
Civil AffairsSecurity Architecture DesignZero trustVulnerability Management+56
Sindhuja R.10y exp
Staff Software Engineer @ IBM | AWS Certified Developer - Associate | SWE - Mentor
Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area· 2y at co.Likely open
EnglishHindiTeluguAppDynamics+19
Jack Reichert21y exp
Full Stack Philosopher ★ Software Engineering Manager ★ Technical Lead ★ Software Engineer ★ Essayist ★ Speaker ★ Mentor/Coach
New York, New York, United States· 2y at co.Likely open
Hands-on Technical LeadershipSoftware ArchitectureVue.jsSystem Architecture+32
Abhijit Joshi17y exp
ML | Data Engineering | Mentor | Speaker
San Jose, California, United States· 4y at co.Likely open
EnglishHindiMarathiRussian+20
Robert Hodge13y exp
Staff Metrology Engineer | Technical strategist, innovator, and mentor
Cincinnati, Ohio, United StatesRecently started
Solution FocusedDimensional MetrologyCoaching & MentoringTechnical Communication+41
Dmitry Bryndin24y exp
Technical Advisor & Mentor | early Uber Engineer
San Bruno, California, United States· 2y at co.Likely open
English (Full professional proficiency)Russian (Native or bilingual proficiency)Ukrainian (Limited working proficiency)Python (Programming Language)+51
David Montes de Oca15y exp
🚀 | Experienced Lead SDET | Performance Testing Expert | Innovative Problem Solver | Automation Framework Pro | Coding Enthusiast | Mentor & Collaborator | Creative App Developer 📱 | Driving Digital Reliability
San Diego, California, United States· 5y at co.Likely open
English (Native or bilingual proficiency)Spanish (Native or bilingual proficiency)OptimizationProcess Improvement+18
Rob Castellow18y exp
Engineering Leader | Scalable Platforms & DevSecOps Advocate | Cloud-Native Systems | Mentor & Team Builder
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, United StatesRecently started
English (Native or bilingual proficiency)German (Limited working proficiency)Amazon Web Services (AWS)AWS Lambda+18
Matthew Peterson17y exp
Staff Fullstack Engineer @ Beautiful.ai | API Development | Mentor | Growth Engineering
San Francisco Bay AreaRecently started
Database DesignTeam LeadershipAPI DevelopmentREST APIs+16
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Madhavaa Rao14y exp
Staff Engineer |Ex Gemini |Engineering Leader | Mentor| Building Low Latency Trading Systems
New York City Metropolitan Area· 1y at co.
UnixPython (Programming Language)Cryptocurrency TradingElectronic Trading Systems+2
Thom Harp26y exp
Software Engineer | Tool Developer | Quality Stickler | Automation Enthusiast | Mentor | Problem Solver
Freedom, Pennsylvania, United StatesRecently started
Technical LeadershipSoftware ArchitecturePython (Programming Language)Process Automation+16
John Ptasznik27y exp
Technology leader and mentor in all things technology
Troy, Michigan, United States· 3y at co.Likely open
English (Native or bilingual proficiency)Web ApplicationsLeadershipSoftware Architecture+17
Ranjith Kanakasabha22y exp
Lead Software Engineer | Expert in Cloud Computing & SaaS | Championing DevOps Culture | Cloud Infrastructure Architect | Mentor & Thought Leader
Sunnyvale, California, United States· 7y at co.Possibly open
MicroservicesApache KafkaElasticsearchDistributed File System (DFS)+44
Roojuta Lalani16y exp
Staff Backend Engineer | Global Professional Mentor | Speaker
San Francisco Bay Area· 4y at co.Likely open
HadoopJavaEclipseJUnit+15
Peter Eltgroth21y exp
Make the right thing the easy thing | Leader | Mentor | Builder | Learner
St Cloud, Minnesota, United States· 3y at co.Likely open
Requirements AnalysisREST APIsDemosCommunication+85