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Nitin

Data & Software Engineering Professional
Dublin,CA

Summary

Data Engineer with 14+ years of experience designing and optimizing data solutions across Retail, Telecom, and Healthcare. Skilled in building scalable ETL pipelines and leveraging cloud technologies (Azure, GCP), big data frameworks (Apache Spark, Azure Databricks, Kafka), and AI-driven solutions (Generative AI, Vertex AI). Proficient in Python, SQL, and cloud platforms, with a proven ability to lead teams, drive innovation, and deliver impactful results in fast-paced environments.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Sr. Software Engineer

Safeway
Pleasanton, California
11.2019 - Current
  • Company Overview: Albertsons Companies
  • Joined Safeway (Albertsons Companies) through SRS Consulting in November 2019 as a contracted Data Engineer and transitioned to a full-time position in September 2021
  • Played a key role in the Digital Catalog project, migrating from legacy systems to Azure Cosmos DB, implementing Azure Databricks for improved scalability, and integrating real-time streaming for enhanced business insights
  • Migration from Legacy to NextGen: Led the migration of data to the NextGen Catalog, improving data consistency and scalability
  • Azure Cloud Architecture Redesign: Transitioned to Microsoft Azure, splitting the catalog into three systems (Item, Inventory, Price), reducing migration downtime by 20%
  • Kafka Streaming Implementation: Conducted a POC and implemented Kafka streaming, reducing data latency by 50% and enhancing real-time updates for product pricing and inventory
  • Real-Time Reporting Pipeline: Worked with the Enterprise Data Warehouse team to set up streaming pipelines from Cosmos MongoDB to Snowflake DB, enabling real-time reporting and reducing reporting time from 24 hours to near real-time
  • Micro-Batch Processing: Re-engineered a critical process, improving the time-to-market for updates by 80% and reducing batch processing time by 60%
  • AI-Driven Data Enrichment: Executed a POC with ChatGPT and led the team to implement this solution using GCP's Vertex AI and GenAI models, improving product data enrichment and filter capabilities, leading to a 20% increase in user engagement
  • Image-to-Text Conversion: Currently working on GenAI Vision for Image-to-Text conversion to extract product details, enhancing accuracy and customer experience
  • Collaboration: Worked closely with business stakeholders, data engineers, and architects to address post-deployment issues, ensuring the system was scalable and met evolving business needs

Data Specialist

Vodafone Qatar
DOHA, QATAR
05.2019 - 10.2019
  • Company Overview: IBM
  • Built new data warehouse for Vodafone Qatar to support analytics and reporting for prepaid, postpaid, and landline services
  • This system integrated billing, sales, usage, and payment data streams to enable better decision-making and operational insights
  • Migrated ETL processes from WhereScape Red to IBM DataStage, ensuring seamless data transformation and improved performance
  • Translated PL/SQL scripts into DB2 SQL workflows, optimizing query performance for large-scale datasets
  • Automated batch jobs and data reconciliation tasks, improving data accuracy and reducing manual workload

Data Specialist

Bharti Airtel
Gurgaon, India
02.2017 - 04.2019
  • Company Overview: IBM
  • Led development of management information system that integrated data from multiple streams, such as billing, recharge, and payments
  • This system provided executives with actionable insights to improve business performance and customer satisfaction
  • Designed and implemented ETL pipelines to consolidate diverse data streams into unified system
  • Supported development of interactive dashboards in Cognos Analytics by providing data and insights, enabling data-driven decision-making at executive level
  • Mentored team of engineers, ensuring successful delivery of high-quality solutions and adherence to deadlines

Senior Software Engineer

United Healthcare Group
Gurgaon, India
06.2010 - 02.2017
  • Company Overview: Optum
  • Contributed to one of most comprehensive healthcare data warehouses, supporting global operations with reliable and accurate data for analytics
  • System integrated customer, pharmacy, claims, and financial data streams for actionable reporting
  • Developed scalable ETL workflows and optimized DataStage processes to improve performance by 25%
  • Led production deployments, resolved critical job failures, and ensured data quality across all pipelines
  • Enhanced platform by migrating and upgrading DataStage versions, reducing system downtimes significantly
  • In later stages of project, took ownership of data quality, implementing strict validation processes and ensuring data integrity across all stages of pipeline

Education

B.Tech - Computer Science and Engineering

B.M. Institute Of Engineering & Technology
Haryana, India
07.2005 - 07.2009

Skills

Python

Timeline

Sr. Software Engineer

Safeway
11.2019 - Current

Data Specialist

Vodafone Qatar
05.2019 - 10.2019

Data Specialist

Bharti Airtel
02.2017 - 04.2019

Senior Software Engineer

United Healthcare Group
06.2010 - 02.2017

B.Tech - Computer Science and Engineering

B.M. Institute Of Engineering & Technology
07.2005 - 07.2009

Corecompetencies

Python, Pandas, Unix Shell Scripting, SQL, PL/SQL, Apache Spark, PySpark, Azure Databricks, Spark Streaming, BigQuery, Snowflake, MongoDB, Oracle, DB2, Azure Cosmos DB, Generative AI (GenAI), Vertex AI, Machine Learning Models, GCP, Microsoft Azure, IBM InfoSphere DataStage, Autosys, TWS, DataStage Scheduler, Jira, Confluence, SharePoint

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