Hi, I'm Owain West

I'm a computer scientist, coder, and communicator with special interest in formal logic, mathematics, and all things data.

I'm currently a Data Engineer II at Beyond Identity, building Rust microservices for BI's passwordless security framework. Previously, I was the leading Data Engineer at TickPick.

My unique academic and professional background affords me a novel vantage point, allowing me to bring serious technical, analytical, and interpersonal skills to any role.

Technologically, I have expertise in:

• A number of programming languages (Python, Rust, SQL, Julia, OCaml, K), as well as a strong graduate-level understanding of algorithms and complexity
• Data Engineering, with strong experience leading team engineering using Snowflake, Airflow, dbt, dockers/k8s, databricks, and numerous Azure services
• Machine learning, with particular interest in ethical aspects; see some of my writing about fairness dynamics
• Current NLP research and tools, and experience with industry application; see this patent
• Formal methods and verification, and logic more generally; see this coauthored short, free general logic textbook
• Current bioinformatics and proteomics research tools+techniques, from BLAST to applied LLMs (language models)

While my primary personal interest is in formal logic, I also have deep interest in music, literature, mental health support and advocacy, photography, and wide areas of computer science, mathematics, and philosophy.