Experience

Scorability

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Data Engineer

  • Nov 2023 - Present



Alby

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Backend/Data Engineer

  • May 2023 - Nov 2023

  - Built GQL based backend microservices with Terraform in AWS on ECS Fargate - Set up data intake functionality using AWS Transfer Family SFTP on S3 - Utilized Lambda/Serverless framework to build serverless data pipelines powered by SQS/Kinesis to sync products from clients and enrich with LLM descriptions - Built search functionality in Algolia with AI Agent based facet searching - Architected data platform with FastAPI Analytics Service and Kinesis based CDC pipeline written into… Show more - Built GQL based backend microservices with Terraform in AWS on ECS Fargate - Set up data intake functionality using AWS Transfer Family SFTP on S3 - Utilized Lambda/Serverless framework to build serverless data pipelines powered by SQS/Kinesis to sync products from clients and enrich with LLM descriptions - Built search functionality in Algolia with AI Agent based facet searching - Architected data platform with FastAPI Analytics Service and Kinesis based CDC pipeline written into BigQuery - Used Astronomer IO with cosmos to orchestrate ETL jobs and flesh out data model to serve analytics dashboards in Looker Studio Show less



Self Financial, Inc.

• United States
• Financial Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Lead Data Engineer

  • May 2020 - May 2023

  Austin, Texas, United States - Acted as technical mentor for a team of 6, growing skillsets and experience for Junior-Senior Data Engineers - Oversaw expansion of data architecture and decision making - Built out extensive data model of dims & facts to serve data marts and facilitate data discovery - Provided datasets for machine learning models - Integrated data from acquisitions

• Sr. Data Infrastructure Engineer

  • Mar 2019 - May 2020

  Austin, Texas - Built data platform from the ground up based in AWS (Glue, Redshift, ECS Fargate, Airflow, Terraform, Tableau) - Utilized IAC in Terraform - Leveraged AWS Lambda/S3 as a data lake to serve as the raw repository of information from source systems



SpareFoot

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Data Platform Engineer

  • Nov 2017 - Mar 2019

  Austin, Texas Part of a fast growing data platform responsible for enabling BI and enterprise data syndication. We build and manage enterprise data platform by: - Consolidating data in data lake on S3 - Managing metadata in consolidated AWS Glue Metastore - Enabling at rest access of data through Athena and Redshift Spectrum - Automating schema management and data processing in SQS and lambda - Scheduling and orchestration of workflows in Airflow - Integrating new data across merging… Show more Part of a fast growing data platform responsible for enabling BI and enterprise data syndication. We build and manage enterprise data platform by: - Consolidating data in data lake on S3 - Managing metadata in consolidated AWS Glue Metastore - Enabling at rest access of data through Athena and Redshift Spectrum - Automating schema management and data processing in SQS and lambda - Scheduling and orchestration of workflows in Airflow - Integrating new data across merging companies

• Software Engineer II

  • Nov 2016 - Nov 2017

  Austin, Texas Area Transitioned to feature team as part of LESS agile framework adoption. Adapted to entirely new skillset with job responsibilities including: - Implement features while maintaining standards in various PHP & JS frontend frameworks (phalcon/react) - Deploy features behind A/B testing - Extend/create micro service architecture & API endpoints using Node (express) - Tag & track events in Google Analytics/Segment - Create unit/integration tests, validate builds, review pull requests… Show more Transitioned to feature team as part of LESS agile framework adoption. Adapted to entirely new skillset with job responsibilities including: - Implement features while maintaining standards in various PHP & JS frontend frameworks (phalcon/react) - Deploy features behind A/B testing - Extend/create micro service architecture & API endpoints using Node (express) - Tag & track events in Google Analytics/Segment - Create unit/integration tests, validate builds, review pull requests in CI deploy environment

• Data Engineer

  • Jun 2015 - Nov 2016

  Austin, Texas Integral part of the analytics team with job responsibilities including: - Model & implement ETL process for analytic data warehouse in Redshift sourced from RDS OLTP database - Built jobflow data ecosystem in Python/Airflow for data pipeline scheduling and maintenance. Migrated from Talend based sync process - Spearhead deep dive analytics requests for search algorithm performance - Scripted and deployed several custom data marts for various analytic requests; Created Tableau… Show more Integral part of the analytics team with job responsibilities including: - Model & implement ETL process for analytic data warehouse in Redshift sourced from RDS OLTP database - Built jobflow data ecosystem in Python/Airflow for data pipeline scheduling and maintenance. Migrated from Talend based sync process - Spearhead deep dive analytics requests for search algorithm performance - Scripted and deployed several custom data marts for various analytic requests; Created Tableau Dashboards for business consumption - Implemented AWS Lambda functions for processing log files as well as health monitoring - Participated in several internal hackathon projects such as text-to-speech for recorded call center calls, prototyping AWS EMR architecture for data lake, and a backend service for curating content. - Integrated external data from various disparate sources based on need.



Capital One

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• MIS Analyst - Data Engineer - Auto Marketing Campaigns

  • Jul 2014 - Jun 2015

  Plano TX Job responsibilities included: - Coding reports for marketing campaigns using advanced SAS & SQL scripting - Applying suppression as privacy stipulations for marketing require; attention to detail & thoroughness are paramount - Developing data products for business customers using full stack technologies in python (sqlalchemy, flask, pyodbc) , javascript (riotjs, jquery, ajax), and frontend (html5, css, materialize, d3) - Implementing periodic task automation using unix… Show more Job responsibilities included: - Coding reports for marketing campaigns using advanced SAS & SQL scripting - Applying suppression as privacy stipulations for marketing require; attention to detail & thoroughness are paramount - Developing data products for business customers using full stack technologies in python (sqlalchemy, flask, pyodbc) , javascript (riotjs, jquery, ajax), and frontend (html5, css, materialize, d3) - Implementing periodic task automation using unix scripting to save time and reduce risk - Requirements gathering for campaigns; necessitates an advanced understanding of business processes to deliver complete code solutions - Working with different environments such as MVS mainframe with JCL as part of campaign privacy solution - Adhoc analysis for root cause analysis: solution design and implementation at a rapid pace - Serving internal business customers by empowering them with answers/solutions/changes as needed - Interfacing with third party vendors and other external parties to coordinate campaigns and design

• Associate Software Engineer - ETL Developer - EDS Data Warehouse

  • Jul 2013 - Jul 2014

  Plano, TX ETL Development in Data Warehouse (Capital One Auto Finance). Developed skills in numerous data technologies such as: - Ab Initio - Teradata SQL - Unix scripting - Control M Contributed to growth and adaptation of agile methodologies to BAU data warehouse. Used tools like VersionOne to track velocity and improve processes. Involved in initial exploration and exposure to open source technologies such as Hadoop. Coordinated nightly with offshore resources in a diverse work… Show more ETL Development in Data Warehouse (Capital One Auto Finance). Developed skills in numerous data technologies such as: - Ab Initio - Teradata SQL - Unix scripting - Control M Contributed to growth and adaptation of agile methodologies to BAU data warehouse. Used tools like VersionOne to track velocity and improve processes. Involved in initial exploration and exposure to open source technologies such as Hadoop. Coordinated nightly with offshore resources in a diverse work environment. Hands on experience with every stage of delivery process life cycle. Assisted and delivered in every stage from: - Requirements gathering, documentation, and analysis of incoming requests - Actual development and solution implementation - Unit and system testing - Implementation/release activities such as compliance, version control



Popspace Software

• CIO/Backend Developer

  • Feb 2014 - Jun 2015

  Plano, Texas Mobile application project developing social media based iOS app. Working with Python/Google App Engine/NDB/blobstore



Self-Employed

• SAS & SQL Tutor

  • Jan 2014 - May 2014

  Various - Worked as SAS & SQL tutor concurrent with role at Capital One - Tutored for graduate level advanced SAS & SQL classes at SMU



Texas A&M University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Master's Student in Management Information Systems

  • Aug 2011 - May 2013

  College Station, TX - Finalist in 2011 CMIS Case Competition - IT Officer/Webmaster of Aggie Consulting Club - Part of A&M's team for 2013 SAS Enterprise Miner Data Mining Competition Graduate Certificates: *Applied Statistics | Data Mining Emphasis - Joint Program with SAS® *Supply Chain Management



Willbros Engineers, Inc.

• Oil and Gas
• 100 - 200 Employee

• WilTime Mobile App Developer

  • May 2012 - Sep 2012

  Austin, Texas Area - Primary developer for a mobile touch web app extension of existing desktop version in Sencha Touch 2.0 framework - Extensive use of JavaScript, CSS, HTML5, AJAX, ColdFusion - Complete autonomy in training and ramp up, with no prior mobile development experience - Developed entirely using MVC structure - Worked remotely coordinating with project managers in virtual environment; entirely self-directed and self-taught