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We specialize in functional backend systems, data platforms, and distributed infrastructure.
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Senior Data Engineer
Built end-to-end pipelines and APIs for historical and near-real-time news analytics, supporting customer data access and ongoing dataset updates. Improved ingestion efficiency by consolidating database writes through batch processing, reducing per-record overhead.
- Functional program design in Scala
- Big-data analysis with Scala and Spark
- Published research on intelligent interactive systems
- Distributed data-platform engineering
Data Engineer
Engineered large-scale data processing pipelines using Apache Spark and Scala, significantly enhancing data throughput. Developed real-time data ingestion systems with Apache Kafka, ensuring high availability and fault tolerance. Expert in streaming analytics, applying Flink for dynamic data transformations in IoT applications.
- Integrated Scala Play for responsive web data visualization
- Utilized Cats Effect for functional programming concurrency control
- Designed a custom schema registry for Kafka message validation
- Implemented end-to-end data encryption in distributed environments
Senior Data Engineer
- Led migration of monolithic system to microservices architecture
- Built high-throughput data pipeline processing 1M+ events per second
- Designed and implemented real-time monitoring and alerting platform
Big Data Engineer
Led the design and implementation of distributed data processing systems handling petabyte-scale datasets. Spearheaded the integration of Kafka with Spark for real-time analytics pipelines in financial services. Architected a high-performance data ingestion framework using Akka to optimize processing speed and reliability.
- Developed custom SQL query optimization techniques for large datasets
- Implemented Git versioning for complex data workflows
- Pioneered Akka-based microservices for scalable data processing
- Optimized Spark jobs reducing runtime by 30%
Software Engineer / Data Engineer
Developed large-scale distributed data processing systems for real-time analytics. Specialized in building high-performance ETL pipelines and data warehousing solutions. Designed and optimized custom consensus protocols for fault-tolerant systems.
- Implemented complex event-driven architectures for financial services.
- Architected scalable microservices using Go and Rust.
- Enhanced database internals for improved query performance.
Senior Big Data Engineer
Engineered large-scale data processing frameworks leveraging Scala and Apache Spark for real-time analytics. Integrated complex event processing on cloud platforms, achieving seamless interoperability across AWS and Google Cloud. Pioneered the deployment of robust streaming solutions with Kafka, ensuring high-throughput data ingestion.
- Implemented Airflow for orchestrating complex ETL workflows.
- Designed scalable data lakes on Google Cloud Storage.
- Enhanced Spark job performance with custom memory management.
- Built self-healing data pipelines with automated fault recovery.
Staff Data Engineer
Architected large-scale data pipelines using Apache Spark and Scala, optimizing for real-time analytics in the e-commerce domain. Spearheaded the migration of data infrastructure to Databricks, enhancing processing speed and reliability. Developed a custom data validation framework in Python, ensuring data integrity across distributed systems.
- Implemented Rust-based data transformation tools for performance gains
- Designed SQL-based ETL workflows for complex data models
- Automated data quality checks using custom-built Python scripts
Staff Protocol Engineer
Designed MLS group-state features for secure messaging, including per-field permissions, in-place migration of live groups, and invite flows based on external commits. Built a Rust and Go bidirectional streaming transport with ordered delivery, heartbeats, reconnect handling, and database transaction boundaries enforced through async traits.
- Reduced 100-device invite payloads from 8 MB to 200 KB
- Cut full group loads from 13 database reads to one
- Built Rust-backed GraphQL and FFI layers for untrusted drivers
- Worked on edge computer-vision and blockchain-indexing systems
Senior Data Engineer
Built a medallion-based data platform with Airflow and PySpark to standardize raw-material, production, supplier, and pricing data for margin analysis. Developed cross-entity data integration that mapped product relationships across heterogeneous source systems, enabling end-to-end product and cost traceability.
- Deployed data workloads across Azure and Kubernetes
- Modeled analytical data in PostgreSQL
- Instrumented pipelines and services with Grafana
- Refactored legacy Scala and TypeScript with expanded unit coverage
Senior Big Data Engineer
Replaced a costly external service with an in-house near-real-time platform processing 1.5 billion events daily, reducing latency from 15 minutes to 5. Designed custom watermark joins and dependency handling for late-arriving data, preserving unmatched records until upstream datasets were complete and correctly matched.
- Built Spark and Airflow production pipelines
- Operated workloads on Kubernetes and AWS
- Delivered audience data to roughly 30 partners
- Used Aerospike for durable intermediate state
Software Engineer
Built full-stack systems spanning frontend delivery, backend services, relational database design, and deployment operations. Implemented Kafka-based ingestion across multiple servers with Spark processing for real-time analytics and data storage.
- Erlang development on the BEAM runtime
- Continuous integration for rapidly changing feature releases
- ScalaTest, Cucumber, and Selenium test automation
- Unit, acceptance, integration, and performance testing
Data Engineer / Contractor
Specialized in building data pipelines using Scala and Java for large-scale ETL processes. Designed graph database solutions using Cypher and CQL to improve data retrieval efficiency.
- Automated data processing workflows with Groovy
- Enhanced data integration using Python scripts
- Implemented graph algorithms for advanced data insights
Freelance Software | Data | ML Engineer
Developed machine learning pipelines for real-time data analysis and prediction. Deployed distributed systems on AWS Fargate for scalable processing.
- Optimized text processing with TF-IDF and k-NN
- Automated data migration using AWS DMS
- Implemented dimensionality reduction with PCA for feature optimization
Software Engineer IV
Developed high-performance distributed systems for financial trading platforms, optimizing latency and throughput for real-time data processing. Designed and implemented scalable consensus protocols for blockchain networks, enhancing security and reliability. Spearheaded the migration of legacy systems to cloud-native architectures, significantly improving deployment efficiency and scalability.
- Architected microservices for telecom billing systems handling millions of transactions
- Built custom compilers for domain-specific languages in the automotive industry
- Implemented machine learning pipelines for predictive analytics in healthcare
- Optimized graph-based algorithms for social network analysis applications
Senior Data Engineer
Designed and implemented robust data pipelines using PySpark and Scala for large-scale analytics. Developed and optimized Lakehouse and Medallion architectures to streamline data processing and storage. Spearheaded the migration of legacy data systems to cloud-based solutions, improving performance and scalability.
- Built real-time data ingestion frameworks with Python and SQL
- Engineered automated ETL processes for high-volume data environments
- Enhanced data governance through advanced schema management techniques