Summary
Javier Carrasco is a Lead Data Engineer based in London with 11 years of experience building data platforms and privacy-aware analytics at scale, currently driving logging, modeling and measurement for WhatsApp Business API and internal privacy risk tooling at Meta. He combines strong statistical and forecasting expertise with hands-on engineering across Kafka, Spark and production ML pipelines, and a track record in privacy engineering from Privitar. Javier is also an experienced instructor of AI and deep learning tools, bringing clarity to complex topics for industry and academic audiences. Comfortable bridging technical teams and business stakeholders, he has delivered high-impact projects across fintech, retail and marketing analytics. An unusual asset: alongside his technical career he performs professionally as a magician, honing presentation and audience-engagement skills that amplify his leadership and communication.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Telecommunication Engineer, Telecommunication Engineer at College of Engineering University of Seville, Seville (Spain)
Big Data specialization, Big Data specialization at U-Tad, Madrid (Spain)
Telecommunication Engineer, ACADEMIC EXCHANGE, Telecommunication Engineer, ACADEMIC EXCHANGE at Elite Technical University of Dresden, Dresden (Germany)
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Thomas College, Waterville, ME (U.S.A.)
Spanish, English, German