Amelia – SQL, Airflow, Python
Amelia is an accomplished Data Engineer with in-depth expertise in streaming and batch data architectures, including hands-on experience with Kafka, Spark, and Airflow. She has demonstrated ownership of production systems, architectural decision-making, and end-to-end pipeline design on AWS and GCP. Amelia also brings experience as a Tech Lead and a strong track record in both startup and enterprise environments, such as Tripadvisor.
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Data Engineer & Solution Architect
It's a data and conversational automation platform designed to ingest data daily from an external API, process both historical and incremental datasets, and expose insights through a WhatsApp bot powered by an LLM.
- Designed the end-to-end data architecture.
- Implemented scalable ETL pipelines with Apache Airflow, processing a 24-month historical backfill and daily incremental updates.
- Modeled data to support both analytical and conversational queries.
- Integrated a WhatsApp chatbot with an LLM via n8n, ensuring reliability, observability, and cost-efficient MVP operation.
Distributed Data Engineer
It's a custom Trino connector for a proprietary big data and AI-oriented database, enabling distributed SQL query execution and metadata federation across large-scale datasets.
- Designed and implemented core connector components for schema discovery, query planning, and predicate pushdown.
- Optimized performance for handling large datasets.
- Ensured full compatibility with the Trino SPI.
- Collaborated with stakeholders to align technical solutions with production requirements.
Senior Data Engineer
It's a cloud-native data platform on AWS, supporting both batch and analytical workloads. The platform enabled data ingestion, transformation, governance, and visualization, providing high-quality datasets and insights for business decision-making.
- Built and maintained scalable data pipelines.
- Implemented data modeling and governance strategies.
- Optimized analytical queries using Iceberg and Athena.
- Delivered interactive data visualizations to support business stakeholders.
Senior Data Engineer
It's a robust data platform handling both real-time streaming and batch processing workloads.
- Implemented and optimized streaming and batch data pipelines.
- Improved data reliability, scalability, and performance.
- Managed infrastructure as code using Terraform.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver robust data solutions.
Senior Data Engineer
It's a large-scale enterprise data platform following data mesh principles. The platform enables domain-oriented data ownership, scalable data products, and both batch and streaming analytics across multiple business units.
- Contributed to the design and implementation of a data mesh architecture.
- Built scalable and maintainable data pipelines.
- Enhanced observability and system reliability.
- Supported multiple teams in delivering high-quality data products.