Chris Beaumont
Data Scientist
San Jose, California, United States
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Top SchoolChris Beaumont is a data scientist with 16 years of experience building pragmatic, evidence-driven solutions across experimentation, causal inference, and data infrastructure. Currently at OpenAI and previously a Staff Data Scientist at Google and senior roles at Netflix, he specializes in lowering barriers for analysts to run robust A/B tests and translating complex, heterogeneous data into actionable insight. He co-founded a data science and visualization consultancy and led development of Glue, a widely used open-source scientific visualization tool, and has contributed backend fixes to the prominent astropy astronomy library. With a PhD in Astrophysics, Chris blends academic rigor with product-focused engineering—often favoring simple, reliable tools (like his smother test selector) that accelerate iteration in high-stakes teams. Based in San Jose, he combines hands-on coding, experimentation platform design, and advisory experience to make complex analysis more intuitive and reproducible.
16 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Physics, B.S., Physics at Calvin UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astrophysics at University of Hawaii at Manoa
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Github Skills (6)
astropy10
python10
astrophysics10
testing10
wcs9
numpy9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
astropy/astropy
Jun 2013 - May 2014
Astronomy and astrophysics core library
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA EngineerContributions:27 commits, 12 comments, 1 issue in 10 months
Contributions summary:Chris contributed to the core `astropy` library by implementing features like a `copy()` method for tables and adding an `ignore_blank` keyword to `fits.open`. They also made changes to the `wcsaxes` module by implementing new methods and fixing a test failure. The user's work included modifications to testing files to ensure the library's functionality.
core-librarypythonastronomyscienceastrophysics
ChrisBeaumont/mpl-modest-image
Jul 2012 - Jan 2019
Friendlier matplotlib interaction with large images
Contributions:23 commits, 4 PRs, 3 pushes in 6 years 7 months
large-imagematplotlib
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