Farbod S.
About Farbod S.
Farbod S. is a Staff Software Engineer currently employed at Segment, where he has contributed to significant improvements in data analytics systems. He has a strong background in software engineering, having worked at various companies including Chegg Inc. and Udacity, and holds a Master of Science in Computer and Information Sciences from the University of Houston-Clear Lake.
Work at Segment
Farbod S. currently serves as a Staff Software Engineer at Segment, a position he has held since 2023. In this role, he supports the scaling of the largest self-hosted OLAP system, which manages approximately 2.5 million requests per second. His responsibilities include optimizing data processing and ensuring system efficiency.
Previous Experience in Software Engineering
Before joining Segment, Farbod S. worked at Chegg Inc. as a Senior Software Engineer from 2020 to 2022. He implemented automatic monitoring and backups for distributed systems, which enhanced data retention policies and improved query performance. Prior to that, he held the position of Software Engineer II at Chegg Inc. from 2018 to 2020.
Education and Expertise
Farbod S. earned a Master of Science in Computer and Information Sciences from the University of Houston-Clear Lake, where he studied from 2014 to 2016. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from Sepahan University of Science and Technology, which he completed from 2010 to 2013. His educational background provides a strong foundation for his expertise in software engineering.
Contributions to OLAP Systems
Farbod S. has led significant projects in the design and development of OLAP systems. He modernized an OLAP system for ClickHouse data analytics clusters, which resulted in a substantial reduction of operational overhead. His work included optimizing OLAP data inserters, saving approximately $30,000 per month in compute costs, and migrating 100TB of data to new ClickHouse clusters, achieving a cost reduction of $21,000 per month.
Teaching and Early Career
In addition to his engineering roles, Farbod S. served as a Teaching Assistant at the University of Houston System in 2016. He also gained experience as a Software Engineer at Stanford University and WriteLab in 2017. His early career experiences contributed to his development as a software engineer in various environments.