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Venugopal Kathirvel

SAN RAMON,CA

Summary

Experienced and innovative Data Engineer with over 15 years of expertise in designing and developing features for distributed systems. Proven proficiency in Cloud platforms, APIs, and Snowflake. Skilled in building performance optimized

and cost-effective data pipelines. Strong leadership skills with a background in mentoring junior engineers and collaborating

with global engineering teams. Hands-on development experience in Python, coupled with a deep

understanding of Linux/Unix OS and DevOps tools.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Data Engineer

VMware
04.2020 - Current

• Led a team of 6 data engineers in designing and implementing a scalable and resilient data platform that processed 3.2 terabytes of data daily, resulting in a 55% reduction in processing time.

• Developed and maintained ETL pipelines using SAP Hana/Python to extract, transform, and load data from various sources, ensuring data accuracy and consistency.

• Collaborated with data scientists and analysts to design and optimize data models for business intelligence and reporting, leading to actionable insights and improved decision-making.

• Introduced performance optimization strategies, resulting in a 78% improvement in query response times and reduced resource utilization.

• Conducted regular code reviews, mentored team members, and organized training sessions to enhance technical skills and promote a culture of continuous learning.

Data Engineer

Aura
10.2018 - 03.2020

* Maintained data pipelines up-time 99.9% while ingesting streaming and transactional data across 8 different primary data sources using Kafka, Spark, Apache Airflow, S3, Python & Snowflake

* Created ready to consume data sets for BI tools like Tableau & Mode using SQL, Salesforce API & Python to create Views & Materialized views for Live & Trending dashboards

Education

Master of Science - Computer Applications

Bharathidasan University
Trichy, India
06.2002

Bachelor of Science - Physics

Bharathiar University
Coimbatore, India
06.1998

Skills

- Data Platform Design and Architecture

- AWS – S3

- ETL Pipeline Development

- Tableau, Einstein Analytics

- Big Data Technologies: Hadoop(Map Reduce), Spark

- Data Warehousing: SAP Hana, Snowflake

- SQL and NoSQL Databases

- Data Modeling and Integration

- Performance Tuning and Optimization

- Team Leadership and Collaboration

- Agile/Scrum Methodology

Timeline

Senior Data Engineer

VMware
04.2020 - Current

Data Engineer

Aura
10.2018 - 03.2020

Master of Science - Computer Applications

Bharathidasan University

Bachelor of Science - Physics

Bharathiar University
Venugopal Kathirvel