Allison Wang

Allison Wang is a skilled Software Engineer with extensive experience in data engineering and software development. Currently employed at Databricks since June 2020, Allison specializes in Databricks Runtime, focusing on Spark SQL and PySpark. In July 2024, Allison became an Apache Spark Committer with The Apache Software Foundation. Previous roles include significant contributions at Robinhood, where Allison helped launch crypto and options trading while building a data lake using AWS S3, Airflow, Spark, Presto, and Looker. Early career experiences include teaching assistance at Carnegie Mellon University, internships at Airbnb, Expii, and Twitter, and a fellowship at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Allison holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science with a minor in Statistics from Carnegie Mellon University.