Alenka Frim

My software development journey began with the open-source and the Apache Arrow project. In 2021, I made my first contribution to the Arrow R package—an experience that sparked my interest in software development and open-source collaboration. During my internship at Quansight, I was introduced to the Python DataFrame API standard, which deepened my understanding of interoperability challenges.

In 2022, after over a year of contributions, I became an Apache Arrow committer, primarily focusing on the Python implementation. I continued my work as a PyArrow maintainer at Voltron Data until mid-2024.

Apache Arrow remains the project I’m most passionate about, and I’m still actively involved in its development as a freelancer.