Dylan Sather

Dylan Sather is a co-founder and software engineer at Pipedream, a company he helped establish in November 2018.4 He leads the DevRel (Developer Relations), Customer, and Data organizations within the company.14

Professional Background

Prior to co-founding Pipedream, Dylan's career included several notable positions:

• Senior Software Engineer in the Data Science Platform team at Instacart (July 2018 - November 2018)4
• Instructor for the Data Analytics Bootcamp at UC Berkeley Extension (November 2017 - July 2018)4
• Co-founder and CTO of MailCoach (January 2017 - June 2018)4
• Lead Product Hacker at Yahoo (June 2013 - April 2016)4
• Product Manager and Product Support Manager at BrightRoll (October 2011 - June 2013)4

Education and Skills

Dylan graduated from Grinnell College with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Government. His technical expertise spans various programming languages and tools, including:

• Python, pandas, R
• JavaScript, Node.js
• SQL, Redshift
• AWS services
• Machine learning with scikit-learn
• Data visualization tools like Tableau, D3, and Leaflet4

Role at Pipedream

At Pipedream, Dylan describes himself as the "chief glue coder + sous-chef".4 The company focuses on creating an integration platform for developers, aiming to simplify the process of building integrations and automations.2 Dylan is passionate about making developers more productive by streamlining data movement between different applications and services, including platforms like Snowflake.3

Personal Insights

Dylan's journey into software development began during his high school job at Target, where he became curious about fixing broken hardware and exploring computer systems.2 This experience sparked his interest in technology and coding, which he pursued alongside his political science studies in college.2