Databricks Beacons
The Databricks Beacons Program is our way of thanking and recognizing the community members, data scientists, data engineers, developers and open source enthusiasts who go above and beyond to uplift the data and AI community.
Whether they’re speaking at conferences, leading workshops, teaching, mentoring, blogging, writing books, creating tutorials, offering support in forums or organizing meetups, Databricks Beacons inspire others and encourage knowledge sharing while helping to solve tough data and AI problems.
Les Beacons partagent leur passion et leur expertise technique avec des communautés du monde entier. Ils contribuent à différents projets open source, notamment Apache Spark™, Delta Lake ou encore MLflow. N'hésitez pas à les contacter via les réseaux sociaux pour savoir sur quoi ils travaillent.
Israël
Adi Polak
Adi est Senior Software Engineer and Developer Advocate au sein de l'organisation Azure Engineering de Microsoft.
Israël
Adi Polak
Adi est Senior Software Engineer and Developer Advocate au sein de l'organisation Azure Engineering de Microsoft.
Israël
Adi Polak
Adi est Senior Software Engineer and Developer Advocate au sein de l'organisation Azure Engineering de Microsoft.
France
Bartosz Konieczny
Bartosz est consultant en Data Engineering et instructeur.
États-Unis
R. Tyler Croy
Tyler, directeur de l'engineering plateforme chez Scribd, est développeur de logiciels open source depuis plus de 14 ans.
CHINE
Kent Yao
Kent est un committer Apache Spark™ et ingénieur logiciel chez NetEase.
Irlande
Kyle Hamilton
Kyle est directeur de l'innovation et des données chez iQ4 et maître de conférences à l'université de Californie, Berkeley.
Pologne
Jacek Laskowski
Jacek est un freelance IT spécialisé dans Apache Spark™, Delta Lake et Apache Kafka.
États-Unis
Scott Haines
Scott est ingénieur logiciel distingué chez Nike, où il travaille pour l’adoption d’Apache Spark™.
Royaume-Uni
Simon Whiteley
Simon est directeur de l'engineering chez Advancing Analytics, il est MVP de Microsoft Data Platform et conférencier au Data + AI Summit.
États-Unis
Geeta Chauhan
Geeta dirige l'ingénierie du partenariat IA / PyTorch chez Facebook IA et se concentre sur les initiatives stratégiques.
Suisse
Lorenz Walthert
Lorenz Walthert est data scientist, contributeur MLflow, militant pour le climat et participant au GSoC.
Canada
Yitao Li
Yitao est ingénieur logiciel chez SafeGraph. Il assure actuellement la maintenance de sparklyr, une interface R pour Apache Spark™.
Pologne
Maciej Szymkiewicz
Maciej est un committer Apache Spark™. Il est disponible pour des services de mentorat et de conseil.
Japon
Takeshi Yamamuro
Takeshi est un ingénieur logiciel, un committer Apache Spark™ et un membre du PMC chez NTT, Inc. qui travaille principalement sur Spark SQL.
Alumni Beacons
UNITED STATES
Geeta Chauhan
Geeta leads AI/PyTorch Partnership Engineering at Facebook AI and focuses on strategic initiatives.
LinkedIn
POLAND
Maciej Szymkiewicz
Maciej is an Apache Spark™ committer. He is available for mentoring and consulting.
LinkedIn
JAPAN
Takeshi Yamamuro
Takeshi is a software engineer, Apache Spark™ committer and PMC member at NTT, Inc., who mainly works on Spark SQL.
LinkedIn
SWITZERLAND
Lorenz Walthert
Lorenz is a data scientist, MLflow contributor, climate activist and GSoC participant.
LinkedIn
CANADA
Yitao Li
Yitao is a software engineer at SafeGraph and the current maintainer of sparklyr, an R interface for Apache Spark™.
LinkedIn
Program Benefits
Becoming a Databricks Beacon does more than help you grow your public profile and professional development. It also comes with some great benefits.
Free attendance at the Databricks Data + AI Summit
Peer networking and sharing through a private community channel
Access to Databricks and OSS subject matter experts via a private channel under NDA
A Databricks Beacons badge that can be used on social media or websites
Recognition on the Databricks website and social channels
Amplification of some of your work on Databricks social channels
Custom Databricks Beacons swag
Speaker opportunities at Databricks events
Sponsorship and swag for selected meetups
Membership Responsibilities
Beacons are first and foremost practitioners in the data and AI community. Their technology focus includes Databricks, MLflow, Delta Lake, Apache Spark™ and related ecosystem technologies. Throughout the year, Beacons actively build up others by teaching, blogging, speaking, mentoring, organizing meetups, creating content, answering questions on forums and more.
As a Databricks Beacon, your responsibilities include a combination of the following:
Staying up to date on the latest Databricks developments
Organizing Databricks meetups or webinars
Contributing to technical or thought leadership blogs
Participating in first- and third-party events
Being an active member of community.databricks.com
Promoting Databricks events and solutions through social and individual networks
Engaging with new community members to ensure a welcoming and inclusive environment
Fostering community engagement
Driving the growth and success of the Databricks developer community
Interviewing new potential members
Signing a personal NDA to ensure you’re added to our private channels
These responsibilities are crucial for creating a vibrant and thriving developer community. As a Beacon, you’ll always follow the Databricks Code of Conduct.
Membership Renewals
The Databricks Beacons Program is offered only to a select few. Membership is awarded annually and renewed at the end of the year. Qualification is based on member activity in the community compared to other members during the same period. New members are vetted through an interview with the Databricks DevRel team and a current Databricks Beacon.
Nominer un confrère
Nous avons besoin de vos retours ! Dites-nous qui a beaucoup apporté à la communauté des données et de l'IA. Les candidats doivent être nominés par un membre de la communauté, et tout le monde — y compris les clients, les partenaires, les collaborateurs de Databricks ou même un Beacon actuel — est invité à soumettre une nomination. Les candidatures seront examinées au fur et à mesure, et l'adhésion est valable pour un an.