

What weโre about
โฅ๏ธ This meetup group is run by 100% volunteers who support the Seattle open source community. โจ Weโre a committed team, pouring our hearts into every event, made possible by the incredible generosity of our sponsors and their in-kind donations.๐Our meetup group exclusively welcomes in-kind donations and does not accept monetary contributions. Despite our very limited resources, weโre always striving to make each event better than the last! ๐ฅณ
๐ทYour reviews truly mean so muchโthey help us keep uplifting the incredible open source community and secure more in-kind donations!"
Seattle PyLadies is a Python programming group that welcomes members from all over the Puget Sound region.
PyLadies is an international mentorship group with a focus on helping more women become active participants and leaders in the Python open-source community. Our mission is to promote, educate and advance a diverse Python community through outreach, education, conferences, events and social gatherings.
PyLadies also aims to provide a friendly support network for women and a bridge to the larger Python world. Anyone with an interest in Python is encouraged to participate!
๐ท Our meetup events are made possible thanks to the open source community and a group of volunteers from a diverse background doing the best they can in every event
๐ For volunteering opportunities please fill in the details here ๐
Supporting over 9500+ software engineers and data scientists enthusiasts in the Seattle area ๐ท We provide all our meetup services free of charge thanks to generous sponsors that provide us with in kind donations in every event.
๐จ Attention
- Due to restrictions at our venue, strictly no children.
๐ ๐ Sponsor the open source community
Host an event at your company or provide some delicious food or snacks for our tech community attending our world class events ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฟ Please fill out the form here ๐
๐ We are looking for speakers! ๐ Many of our members are doing amazing data science projects with open source tools. We want to hear what you are up to!
If you have a presentation of between 10 minutes up to 40 minutes that you would like to share with our meetup group, please submit a short proposal. You can propose a talk, workshop or lightning talk for our monthly meetups and TalkNights hosted in Seattle and Bellevue.
Contact our host Eloisa Elias T and help us filling out this form here ๐
Find us on:
PyLadies Slack #city-seattle channel
Twitter @PyLadiesSEA
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Upcoming events (4+)
See all- ๐ค ๐ May the --force be with you ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฅณ Open Source Event!Databricks Bellevue WA, Bellevue, WA
Celebrating lessons learned and triumphant moments in our open source journey โจ๐
โฅ๏ธ This meetup group is run by 100% volunteers who support the Seattle open source community. โจ Weโre a committed team, pouring our hearts into every event, made possible by the incredible generosity of our sponsors and their in-kind donations.๐Our meetup group exclusively welcomes in-kind donations and does not accept monetary contributions. Despite our very limited resources, weโre always striving to make each event better than the last! ๐ฅณ
๐ทYour reviews truly mean so muchโthey help us keep uplifting the incredible open source community and secure more in-kind donations!"
Join us and support the open source community! ๐ฅณ๐ In-person event - This is your chance to connect with an extensive open source community with over 50+ Enterprises, Startups and Academia ๐๐
Your network is your fortune. Growing and nurturing your network is one of the most important things you can do for your career โฅ๏ธ
๐ฅณ ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฟ An event for our local tech community, with a strong focus on knowledge exchange, networking, and learning ๐ Get together with:
PyData Seattle | Seattle Spark + AI | PyLadies Seattle |
Google Developer Group (GDG) Bellevue / (WTM) Women Techmakers SeattleEvent program:
- 5:00 PM: Registration & Mingling โฅ๏ธ Food: Hamburgers, Fried Chicken, Tamales, Tacos, Cuban Sandwich, Vietnamese Sandwich, Mochi Donuts, and many more surprises! - Donated by Databricks and Delta Lake ๐ฟ๐ Swag: Google ๐ฉโ๐๐๐ ๐๐ท ๐ง๐ฉ
- โโ5:30 PM: Announcements + Welcome Remarks by:
- Mae LaPresta, Software Engineer at Google + PyLadies Seattle Organizer
- โโ6:00 PM โก๏ธ Session #1: Managing Healthy OSS Projects: Insights from Apache Sparkโข, Apache Icebergโข, Delta Lake, MLflow, Unity Catalog, and more!
- Denny Lee Apache Spark and MLflow contributor; Developer Relations at Databricks
- โโ6:30 PM โก๏ธ Session #2: Multi-year exabyte-scale lakehouse migration from one open source data management stack (Apache Spark on Iceberg and Parquet) to another nascent open source data management stack (Ray on DeltaCAT and Arrow).
- Patrick Ames Principal Engineer working on data management and optimization for big data technologies
- 7:00 PM โก๏ธ Keynote: "May the --force Be With You," celebrates lessons learned and triumphant moments in your startup's journey.
- Saurabh Sarkar Chicory - Co-Founder. Chicory automates data preprocessing and ML workflows with AI agents, enhancing productivity 100x on your existing tech stack.
- โโ7:55 PM: Closing Remarks by:
- Mae LaPresta, Software Engineer at Google + PyLadies Seattle Organizer
- โโ8:00 PM: Good night
โฅ๏ธ About Databricks
โโDatabricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide โ including Block, Comcast, Condรฉ Nast, Rivian, Shell and over 60% of the Fortune 500 โ rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to take control of their data and put it to work with AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe, and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse and Apache Sparkโข.
โโโ๐ Check out Tabular has joined Databricks towards a joint vision of the open lakehouse.
โโโ๐ฒ Follow Databricks on LinkedIn, X, and Facebook.
โโโ๐ฅ๏ธ Subscribe to Databricks YouTube.
โโ๐พ Sign up for Databricks Express Setup and get $400 free credits when using your work email.๐จ Attention
- Due to venue restrictions, please note that children are not permitted. Thank you for your kind understanding.
๐ WiFi: TBD
We recommend to arrive early as seats are limited and are first come first serve ๐ท๐ธ๐ผ
Parking options:
- There is paid parking at the building.
- Bellevue Place, Lincoln Square parking and Hyatt Bellevue are complimentary with validation from Bellevue Place and Lincoln Square retail, restaurants and entertainment. After 8:00 p.m. โ No validation is necessary.
Join Us at Our Next Event!
https://www.meetup.com/seattle-pyladies/events/๐ท Our meetup events are made possible thanks to the open source community and a group of volunteers from a diverse background doing the best they can in every event ๐ Volunteering opportunities - Details here ๐
Supporting over 13,250+ software engineers and data scientists enthusiasts in the Seattle area ๐ท We provide all our meetup services free of charge thanks to generous sponsors that provide us with in kind donations at every event.
โฅ๏ธ๐๐โจ Call For Proposals ๐ฉโ๐โฅ๏ธ๐๐
Weโre thrilled to invite you to share your ideas with our vibrant meetup community! If you have a 15โ45-minute presentation, workshop, or lightning talk, please submit a brief proposal here: Form. ๐ Connect with our chair, Eloisa Elias T , at pydataseattle@gmail.com and complete the form. Join us in creating an inspiring event! ๐ We especially encourage women and first-time speakers to submit proposals for our distinguished tech meetups in Seattle and Bellevue.๐ ๐ Sponsor the open source community
Host an event at your company or provide some delicious food or snacks for our tech community attending our world class events ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฟ Please fill out the form here ๐๐ Kindly share your highlights and constructive feedback with the organizer regarding Our Open Source Events ๐ form here
๐๐ NumFOCUS, 501(c)(3) a nonprofit that supports world-class, innovative, open source scientific projects for Data Science, including: Pandas, NumPy, Julia, SciPy, Sympy, scikit-learn, R project and many more!. NumFOCUS envisions an inclusive scientific and research community that utilizes actively supported open source software to make impactful discoveries for a better world.
โฅ๏ธ๐ The Apache Software Foundation - Software for the Public Good
Apache Spark is a multi-language engine for executing data engineering, data science, and machine learning on single-node machines or clusters.Spark has a thriving open source community, with contributors from around the globe building features, documentation and assisting other users.
- ๐๐ช ๐ฅ๐บ๐ A Tech Summer Party ๐โ๏ธ๐ฆ๐ Pride + Health & HealthcareDatabricks Bellevue, Bellevue, WA
Celebrating lessons learned and triumphant moments in our open source journey โจ๐
โฅ๏ธ This meetup group is run by 100% volunteers who support the Seattle open source community. โจ Weโre a committed team, pouring our hearts into every event, made possible by the incredible generosity of our sponsors and their in-kind donations.๐Our meetup group exclusively welcomes in-kind donations and does not accept monetary contributions. Despite our very limited resources, weโre always striving to make each event better than the last! ๐ฅณ
๐ทYour reviews truly mean so muchโthey help us keep uplifting the incredible open source community and secure more in-kind donations!"
Join us and support the open source community! ๐ฅณ๐ In-person event - This is your chance to connect with an extensive open source community with over 50+ Enterprises, Startups and Academia ๐๐
Your network is your fortune. Growing and nurturing your network is one of the most important things you can do for your career โฅ๏ธ
๐ฅณ ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฟ An event for our local tech community, with a strong focus on knowledge exchange, networking, and learning ๐ Get together with:
PyData Seattle | Seattle Spark + AI | PyLadies Seattle |
Google Developer Group (GDG) Bellevue / (WTM) Women Techmakers SeattleEvent program:
- 6:00 PM: Registration & Mingling โฅ๏ธ Food: Hamburgers, Fried Chicken, Tamales, Tacos, Cuban Sandwich, Vietnamese Sandwich, Mochi Donuts, and many more surprises! - Donated by Databricks and Delta Lake ๐ฟ๐ Swag: Google ๐ฉโ๐๐๐ ๐๐ท ๐ง๐ฉ
- โโ6:30 PM: Announcements + Welcome Remarks by:
- Honorable MC:
- โโ7:00 PM โก๏ธ Session #1:
- Speaker:
- โโ7:30 PM โก๏ธ Session #2:
- Speaker:
- 8:00 PM โก๏ธ Keynote Talk:
- Keynote:
- โโ8:55 PM: Closing Remarks by:
- Honorable MC
- โโ9:00 PM: Good night
โฅ๏ธ About Databricks
โโDatabricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide โ including Block, Comcast, Condรฉ Nast, Rivian, Shell and over 60% of the Fortune 500 โ rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to take control of their data and put it to work with AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe, and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse and Apache Sparkโข.
โโโ๐ Check out Tabular has joined Databricks towards a joint vision of the open lakehouse.
โโโ๐ฒ Follow Databricks on LinkedIn, X, and Facebook.
โโโ๐ฅ๏ธ Subscribe to Databricks YouTube.
โโ๐พ Sign up for Databricks Express Setup and get $400 free credits when using your work email.๐จ Attention
- Due to venue restrictions, please note that children are not permitted. Thank you for your kind understanding.
๐ WiFi: TBD
We recommend to arrive early as seats are limited and are first come first serve ๐ท๐ธ๐ผ
Parking options:
- There is paid parking at the building.
- Bellevue Place, Lincoln Square parking and Hyatt Bellevue are complimentary with validation from Bellevue Place and Lincoln Square retail, restaurants and entertainment. After 8:00 p.m. โ No validation is necessary.
Join Us at Our Next Event!
https://www.meetup.com/seattle-pyladies/events/๐ท Our meetup events are made possible thanks to the open source community and a group of volunteers from a diverse background doing the best they can in every event ๐ Volunteering opportunities - Details here ๐
Supporting over 13,250+ software engineers and data scientists enthusiasts in the Seattle area ๐ท We provide all our meetup services free of charge thanks to generous sponsors that provide us with in kind donations at every event.
โฅ๏ธ๐๐โจ Call For Proposals ๐ฉโ๐โฅ๏ธ๐๐
Weโre thrilled to invite you to share your ideas with our vibrant meetup community! If you have a 15โ45-minute presentation, workshop, or lightning talk, please submit a brief proposal here: Form. ๐ For more inquiries connect with our host, Eloisa Elias T. Join us in creating an inspiring event! ๐ We especially encourage women and first-time speakers to submit proposals for our distinguished tech meetups in Seattle and Bellevue.๐ ๐ Sponsor the open source community
Host an event at your company or provide some delicious food or snacks for our tech community attending our world class events ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฟ Please fill out the form here ๐๐ Kindly share your highlights and constructive feedback with the organizer regarding Our Open Source Events ๐ form here
๐๐ NumFOCUS, 501(c)(3) a nonprofit that supports world-class, innovative, open source scientific projects for Data Science, including: Pandas, NumPy, Julia, SciPy, Sympy, scikit-learn, R project and many more!. NumFOCUS envisions an inclusive scientific and research community that utilizes actively supported open source software to make impactful discoveries for a better world.
โฅ๏ธ๐ The Apache Software Foundation - Software for the Public Good
Apache Spark is a multi-language engine for executing data engineering, data science, and machine learning on single-node machines or clusters.Spark has a thriving open source community, with contributors from around the globe building features, documentation and assisting other users.
- ๐พ๐ฏ๐งฉ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ Gamers Party ๐ฒ๐Databricks Bellevue WA, Bellevue, WA
Celebrating lessons learned and triumphant moments in our open source journey โจ๐
โฅ๏ธ This meetup group is run by 100% volunteers who support the Seattle open source community. โจ Weโre a committed team, pouring our hearts into every event, made possible by the incredible generosity of our sponsors and their in-kind donations.๐Our meetup group exclusively welcomes in-kind donations and does not accept monetary contributions. Despite our very limited resources, weโre always striving to make each event better than the last! ๐ฅณ
๐ทYour reviews truly mean so muchโthey help us keep uplifting the incredible open source community and secure more in-kind donations!"
Join us and support the open source community! ๐ฅณ๐ In-person event - This is your chance to connect with an extensive open source community with over 50+ Enterprises, Startups and Academia ๐๐
Your network is your fortune. Growing and nurturing your network is one of the most important things you can do for your career โฅ๏ธ
๐ฅณ ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฟ An event for our local tech community, with a strong focus on knowledge exchange, networking, and learning ๐ Get together with:
PyData Seattle | Seattle Spark + AI | PyLadies Seattle |
Google Developer Group (GDG) Bellevue / (WTM) Women Techmakers SeattleEvent program:
- 5:00 PM: Registration & Mingling โฅ๏ธ Food: Hamburgers, Fried Chicken, Tamales, Tacos, Cuban Sandwich, Vietnamese Sandwich, Mochi Donuts, and many more surprises! - Donated by Databricks and Delta Lake ๐ฟ๐ Swag: Google ๐ฉโ๐๐๐ ๐๐ท ๐ง๐ฉ
- โโ5:30 PM: Announcements + Welcome Remarks by:
- Honorable MC:
- โโ6:00 PM โก๏ธ Session #1:
- Speaker:
- โโ6:30 PM โก๏ธ Session #2:
- Speaker:
- 7:00 PM โก๏ธ Keynote Talk:
- Keynote:
- โโ7:55 PM: Closing Remarks by:
- Honorable MC
- โโ8:00 PM: Good night
โฅ๏ธ About Databricks
โโDatabricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide โ including Block, Comcast, Condรฉ Nast, Rivian, Shell and over 60% of the Fortune 500 โ rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to take control of their data and put it to work with AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe, and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse and Apache Sparkโข.
โโโ๐ Check out Tabular has joined Databricks towards a joint vision of the open lakehouse.
โโโ๐ฒ Follow Databricks on LinkedIn, X, and Facebook.
โโโ๐ฅ๏ธ Subscribe to Databricks YouTube.
โโ๐พ Sign up for Databricks Express Setup and get $400 free credits when using your work email.๐จ Attention
- Due to venue restrictions, please note that children are not permitted. Thank you for your kind understanding.
๐ WiFi: TBD
We recommend to arrive early as seats are limited and are first come first serve ๐ท๐ธ๐ผ
Parking options:
- There is paid parking at the building.
- Bellevue Place, Lincoln Square parking and Hyatt Bellevue are complimentary with validation from Bellevue Place and Lincoln Square retail, restaurants and entertainment. After 8:00 p.m. โ No validation is necessary.
Join Us at Our Next Event!
https://www.meetup.com/seattle-pyladies/events/๐ท Our meetup events are made possible thanks to the open source community and a group of volunteers from a diverse background doing the best they can in every event ๐ Volunteering opportunities - Details here ๐
Supporting over 13,250+ software engineers and data scientists enthusiasts in the Seattle area ๐ท We provide all our meetup services free of charge thanks to generous sponsors that provide us with in kind donations at every event.
โฅ๏ธ๐๐โจ Call For Proposals ๐ฉโ๐โฅ๏ธ๐๐
Weโre thrilled to invite you to share your ideas with our vibrant meetup community! If you have a 15โ45-minute presentation, workshop, or lightning talk, please submit a brief proposal here: Form. ๐ For more inquiries connect with our host, Eloisa Elias T. Join us in creating an inspiring event! ๐ We especially encourage women and first-time speakers to submit proposals for our distinguished tech meetups in Seattle and Bellevue.๐ ๐ Sponsor the open source community
Host an event at your company or provide some delicious food or snacks for our tech community attending our world class events ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฟ Please fill out the form here ๐๐ Kindly share your highlights and constructive feedback with the organizer regarding Our Open Source Events ๐ form here
๐๐ NumFOCUS, 501(c)(3) a nonprofit that supports world-class, innovative, open source scientific projects for Data Science, including: Pandas, NumPy, Julia, SciPy, Sympy, scikit-learn, R project and many more!. NumFOCUS envisions an inclusive scientific and research community that utilizes actively supported open source software to make impactful discoveries for a better world.
โฅ๏ธ๐ The Apache Software Foundation - Software for the Public Good
Apache Spark is a multi-language engine for executing data engineering, data science, and machine learning on single-node machines or clusters.Spark has a thriving open source community, with contributors from around the globe building features, documentation and assisting other users.
- ๐ค๐๐ฌโ๐ฝ๐โฅ๏ธ๐ Generative AI multi-series: AI PoetryDatabricks Bellevue WA, Bellevue, WA
Celebrating lessons learned and triumphant moments in our open source journey โจ๐
โฅ๏ธ This meetup group is run by 100% volunteers who support the Seattle open source community. โจ Weโre a committed team, pouring our hearts into every event, made possible by the incredible generosity of our sponsors and their in-kind donations.๐Our meetup group exclusively welcomes in-kind donations and does not accept monetary contributions. Despite our very limited resources, weโre always striving to make each event better than the last! ๐ฅณ
๐ทYour reviews truly mean so muchโthey help us keep uplifting the incredible open source community and secure more in-kind donations!"
Join us and support the open source community! ๐ฅณ๐ In-person event - This is your chance to connect with an extensive open source community with over 50+ Enterprises, Startups and Academia ๐๐
Your network is your fortune. Growing and nurturing your network is one of the most important things you can do for your career โฅ๏ธ
๐ฅณ ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฟ An event for our local tech community, with a strong focus on knowledge exchange, networking, and learning ๐ Get together with:
PyData Seattle | Seattle Spark + AI | PyLadies Seattle |
Google Developer Group (GDG) Bellevue / (WTM) Women Techmakers SeattleEvent program:
- 5:00 PM: Registration & Mingling โฅ๏ธ Food: Hamburgers, Fried Chicken, Tamales, Tacos, Cuban Sandwich, Vietnamese Sandwich, Mochi Donuts, and many more surprises! - Donated by Databricks and Delta Lake ๐ฟ๐ Swag: Google ๐ฉโ๐๐๐ ๐๐ท ๐ง๐ฉ
- โโ5:30 PM: Announcements + Welcome Remarks by:
- Honorable MC:
- โโ6:00 PM โก๏ธ Session #1:
- Speaker:
- โโ6:30 PM โก๏ธ Session #2:
- Speaker:
- 7:00 PM โก๏ธ Keynote Talk:
- Keynote:
- โโ7:55 PM: Closing Remarks by:
- Honorable MC
- โโ8:00 PM: Good night
โฅ๏ธ About Databricks
โโDatabricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide โ including Block, Comcast, Condรฉ Nast, Rivian, Shell and over 60% of the Fortune 500 โ rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to take control of their data and put it to work with AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe, and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse and Apache Sparkโข.
โโโ๐ Check out Tabular has joined Databricks towards a joint vision of the open lakehouse.
โโโ๐ฒ Follow Databricks on LinkedIn, X, and Facebook.
โโโ๐ฅ๏ธ Subscribe to Databricks YouTube.
โโ๐พ Sign up for Databricks Express Setup and get $400 free credits when using your work email.๐จ Attention
- Due to venue restrictions, please note that children are not permitted. Thank you for your kind understanding.
๐ WiFi: TBD
We recommend to arrive early as seats are limited and are first come first serve ๐ท๐ธ๐ผ
Parking options:
- There is paid parking at the building.
- Bellevue Place, Lincoln Square parking and Hyatt Bellevue are complimentary with validation from Bellevue Place and Lincoln Square retail, restaurants and entertainment. After 8:00 p.m. โ No validation is necessary.
Join Us at Our Next Event!
https://www.meetup.com/seattle-pyladies/events/๐ท Our meetup events are made possible thanks to the open source community and a group of volunteers from a diverse background doing the best they can in every event ๐ Volunteering opportunities - Details here ๐
Supporting over 13,250+ software engineers and data scientists enthusiasts in the Seattle area ๐ท We provide all our meetup services free of charge thanks to generous sponsors that provide us with in kind donations at every event.
โฅ๏ธ๐๐โจ Call For Proposals ๐ฉโ๐โฅ๏ธ๐๐
Weโre thrilled to invite you to share your ideas with our vibrant meetup community! If you have a 15โ45-minute presentation, workshop, or lightning talk, please submit a brief proposal here: Form. ๐ For more inquiries connect with our host, Eloisa Elias T. Join us in creating an inspiring event! ๐ We especially encourage women and first-time speakers to submit proposals for our distinguished tech meetups in Seattle and Bellevue.๐ ๐ Sponsor the open source community
Host an event at your company or provide some delicious food or snacks for our tech community attending our world class events ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฟ Please fill out the form here ๐๐ Kindly share your highlights and constructive feedback with the organizer regarding Our Open Source Events ๐ form here
๐๐ NumFOCUS, 501(c)(3) a nonprofit that supports world-class, innovative, open source scientific projects for Data Science, including: Pandas, NumPy, Julia, SciPy, Sympy, scikit-learn, R project and many more!. NumFOCUS envisions an inclusive scientific and research community that utilizes actively supported open source software to make impactful discoveries for a better world.
โฅ๏ธ๐ The Apache Software Foundation - Software for the Public Good
Apache Spark is a multi-language engine for executing data engineering, data science, and machine learning on single-node machines or clusters.Spark has a thriving open source community, with contributors from around the globe building features, documentation and assisting other users.