Caleb Devine
Caleb Devine

Staff Software Engineer – Data Platform & Backend Infrastructure

Actively looking · Member since 28 Jun 2026
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I am a staff-level software engineer, hands-on technical lead, and engineering manager focused on performance-sensitive data platforms, backend data systems, and large-scale analytical processing. I design Snowflake and Spark/EMR systems over 10T+ record datasets and build Scala/Java extensions, UDFs, lookup jobs, backfills, and transformation code.

I specialize in turning cost- or timeout-constrained analyses into reliable production runs. My work centers on query optimization, workload optimization, data modeling, production escalation, and technical leadership across high-volume geospatial signal systems.

At Unacast, I was promoted from Senior Software Engineer to Manager, Software Engineering for the Complex Algorithm Team. I led work on high-scale geospatial data systems, analytical performance, and production data reliability while serving as a technical escalation point for roughly 1,000 daily production data jobs.

I redesigned Snowflake data models, query shapes, and execution strategies to avoid cost, timeout, and optimizer bottlenecks on datasets exceeding 10T records. I also developed Scala/Java JARs, UDFs, and production data-processing code for Snowflake, Spark/EMR, S3, and DynamoDB systems.

My background also includes backend and distributed systems work at Leidos, where I rewrote C++ REST API code paths and backend analysis as Scala services while preserving interoperability with legacy Fortran systems. Earlier, at Xometry and NIST, I worked on computational geometry, machine-learning feature generation, scientific software infrastructure, and automation for research and acquisition decisions.

I hold advanced training in mathematics, including a PhD in Mathematics by the end of this year from West Virginia University, along with an M.S. and B.S. in Mathematics and Physics. My research and publication history includes performance optimization for gravitational-wave analysis and other mathematical work.

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Career history

Senior Software Engineer → Manager, Software Engineering Unacast

Hands-on technical lead promoted to Manager for the Complex Algorithm Team; redesigned Snowflake data models and query strategies; developed Scala/Java JARs, UDFs, and production data-processing code; led data-quality and forensic flagging work; served as escalation point for roughly 1,000 daily production data jobs; mentored engineers and supported hiring.

Computer Scientist / Distributed Systems Engineer Leidos

Rewrote C++ REST API code paths and backend analysis as Scala services; delivered containerized backend REST services with Jenkins CI/CD; maintained interoperability with legacy Fortran systems; worked under strict stakeholder, architectural, security, and correctness requirements.

Data Scientist / Algorithmic Engineer Xometry

Built computational-geometry feature-generation logic from 3D mesh data for machine-learning pricing models; improved quote accuracy for complex parts; applied computational geometry and optimization to reduce potential profit loss on difficult pricing analyses.

Computer Scientist National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Maintained scientific software infrastructure for research teams and built license-analysis automation supporting acquisition decisions while improving usage-count accuracy and renewal planning.

Lead Research Assistant West Virginia University / LIGO Scientific Collaboration

Wrote and owned final production C analysis code for gravitational-wave signal analysis; rebuilt fragmented analysis code into optimized C; introduced mathematical, numerical, compiler, and memory-management optimizations that accelerated analysis significantly.

Education

Learning history

West Virginia University

PhD in Mathematics

West Virginia University

M.S. in Mathematics

West Virginia University

B.S. in Mathematics & Physics

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