Danny Goldstein
Member Of Technical Staff at OpenAI
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolDanny Goldstein is a software engineer with 13 years of experience who transitioned from an academic career in astrophysics (PhD, Berkeley) and a NASA Hubble Fellowship into building developer tools and core product features for ML systems. After roles at Berkeley Lab and progressive engineering positions at Weights & Biases—through its acquisition—he now contributes to ChatGPT core product engineering as a Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI in New York. He combines rigorous scientific thinking with production-grade software design, focusing on scalable, developer-friendly ML tooling and platform services. Not obvious from titles alone: his background in physics and independent research fellowship informs a data-driven, hypothesis-led approach to debugging and feature design that helps bridge research and product.
14 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astrophysics at University of California, BerkeleyWalt Whitman High SchoolBachelor's degree, Physics, Bachelor's degree, Physics at University of PennsylvaniaProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
dannycalegari/circle_pack
Aug 2012 - Aug 2012
Contributions:43 commits in 8 days
dannycalegari/kleinian
Feb 2014 - Mar 2014
Contributions:60 commits in 20 days
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