Grant Sherrick
Staff Software Engineer (ML Search) at Etsy
Denver, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolGrant Sherrick is a Staff Software Engineer based in Denver with a decade of experience building scalable data platforms, streaming pipelines, and developer tooling. At Etsy, he leads initiatives on the Streaming Data Platform, enabling teams to construct Kafka-based pipelines on Google Kubernetes Engine and deliver reliable data flows at scale. Previously, he architected a Kubernetes-backed platform and real-time ETL at Activision Blizzard, including a six-week DC/OS to Kubernetes migration for 300 applications and a real-time ETL pipeline delivering 2.5-second end-to-end latency used by game studios. His career spans CA Technologies, Rafflecopter, and robotics-focused roles, where he built and operated CI/CD, cloud platforms, and real-time control systems. He blends strong systems engineering with a passion for developer productivity, evidenced by templated Helm charts, Airflow, Superset, Amundsen tooling, and a Jenkins global shared library. A graduate of Texas A&M (BS in Applied Mathematics and Computer Engineering) and UMass Amherst (MS in CS), he applies rigorous algorithmic thinking to practical, scalable software solutions.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Applied Mathematics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Applied Mathematics at Texas A&M UniversityUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
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Github Skills (200)
python10
diffusion-models10
semantic-search10
etl10
automation10
retrieval-augmented-generation10
mlops10
image-generation10
deep-learning10
orchestration10
embedding10
data-engineering10
atlas10
scheduler10
audio10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
thealmightygrant/cfg
Jan 2015 - Sep 2020
Contributions:16 pushes in 5 years 9 months
thealmightygrant/thealmightygrant.github.io
Oct 2016 - Jul 2019
Contributions:19 pushes in 2 years 8 months
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