Data Engineers D.C. Presents: Applied Data Engineering in the Startup World

Join us for September's Data Engineers DC (DEDC) Meetup. We have two exciting talks from two founders in the startup world who are doing applied data engineering. It's going to be an awesome event! TALKS Talk #1: Building a Database of Candidates for Public Sector Recruiting Talk #1 Abstract: Javier is building Ayla, the AI-powered talent platform that helps government and defense organizations identify and hire high-performing technical talent, drawing on intelligence from over 500 official public-sector sources. The platform is designed to fast-track public-sector hiring by sourcing qualified candidates for government agencies far faster than traditional methods allow. In this session, Javier will go behind the scenes on the data engineering that powers Ayla, sharing how he built such a comprehensive candidate database so quickly. Speaker #1 Bio: Javier Dutan is a Technical Recruiter with over a decade of experience building forward-thinking engineering teams across growth-stage startups, FAANG companies, and Fortune 500s. He has scaled 25+ technical teams across Latin America and placed specialized engineering leaders within the Federal Government and The White House. Talk #2: HEAT Trading: A Platform for Weather Derivatives and the Climate Risk Markets Talk #2 Abstract: Arthur has aggregated an enormous amount of weather data and has built a weather trading platform that's comprehensive in functionality: instrument-level weather records, probabilistic pricing, trading, and risk management. He will talk about the lessons learned in this endeavour. Speaker #2 Bio: Arthur Collé, Founder / CEO of Distributed Systems, Inc. AGENDA