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Affi Ahmad

@affiahmad

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Experienced Data Engineer with a passion for optimizing data systems.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I am looking for a role that fosters innovation and collaboration, where I can leverage my data engineering expertise to drive impactful projects and contribute to a forward-thinking team.

I am an experienced and highly skilled Data Engineer with over 10 years of success in architecting, developing, and optimizing data pipelines and infrastructure at scale. My proven track record spans large-scale data environments in finance, healthcare, logistics, and SaaS. I have deep expertise in building ETL/ELT workflows, managing data lakes and warehouses, and implementing data governance.

Throughout my career, I have demonstrated my ability to work with diverse data ecosystems and cloud platforms, delivering efficient, secure, and reliable data systems that power business intelligence and machine learning initiatives. I am passionate about mentoring junior engineers and collaborating with cross-functional teams to streamline data workflows and integrate advanced analytics solutions.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Data Engineer

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GlidePath Logistics, LLC

Apr 2021 - Present (4 years 4 months)

Spearheaded the migration of 120+ legacy ETL pipelines from SSIS to a modern AWS-based stack (Glue + Lambda + S3 + Redshift), reducing processing times and increasing reliability. Designed and implemented event-driven data pipelines using Kafka and Spark Streaming to ingest real-time tracking data for logistics analytics. Built data lake architecture using S3 and Lake Formation to standardize data

Python Airflow AWS Glue Snowflake Kafka Spark DBT Terraform Gitlab

Data Engineer III

HealthMotion Analytics

Feb 2017 - Present (8 years 6 months)

Engineered high-volume ETL pipelines in Apache NiFi and Spark to ingest and process patient records, device telemetry, and claims data from multiple providers. Developed a HIPAA-compliant data warehouse solution on Azure Synapse and implemented robust encryption, logging, and auditing. Collaborated with Data Scientists to deliver machine learning-ready feature stores refreshed daily using Airflow

Scala Apache NiFi Azure Synapse Spark SQL Server ELK Stack Power BI Kafka

Data Engineer II

FinEdge Technologies

Jan 2014 - Present (11 years 7 months)

Designed and maintained ETL pipelines for ingesting transaction and customer data from over 30 financial sources using Informatica and SSIS. Implemented dimensional modeling (Star & Snowflake) in SQL Server Data Warehouse to support regulatory reporting and fraud analytics. Migrated and refactored batch jobs to Apache Airflow, improving maintainability and runtime visibility.

SQL Server Informatica SSIS Airflow T SQL Tableau Dimensional Models

Junior Data Engineer

BrightTrack Solutions

Jul 2012 - Present (13 years 1 month)

Assisted in the development and support of ETL pipelines that processed customer behavior and telemetry logs from B2B SaaS products. Performed data validation, profiling, and cleansing on new data integrations using Python and Bash. Maintained PostgreSQL databases and wrote automation scripts to schedule daily imports and reports.

PostgreSQL Python BASH Linux SQL Data Validation ETL

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Preston University

Master of Science, Computer Science

Completed a Master of Science in Computer Science. The program focused on advanced topics in computer science, preparing for complex data engineering challenges.