Ahmed Awan
@ahmedawan1
Lead Data Engineer specializing in cloud-based, scalable analytics and data reliability.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I am a data engineering leader with 11+ years building and operating large-scale data pipelines and cloud analytics platforms for U.S. technology companies. I design scalable, fault-tolerant data architectures, define modeling standards, and drive data governance to deliver trusted, analytics-ready datasets.
I have led platform initiatives at dbt Labs and built batch and near-real-time systems at Netflix and Monte Carlo, optimizing performance, reliability, and cost. I mentor engineers, partner with stakeholders to align technical solutions with business goals, and continuously improve observability and data quality across the lifecycle.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Architected and implemented cloud data platforms and scalable, fault-tolerant pipelines that improved data reliability and reduced processing latency while controlling cloud costs; mentored engineers and established governance and modeling standards.
Designed and maintained batch and near-real-time pipelines for product analytics and experimentation, implemented data quality checks and monitoring, and optimized pipeline performance to reduce infrastructure costs.
Data Platform Engineer
Monte Carlo
Jul 2018 - Dec 2021 (3 years 5 months)
Built and maintained ETL pipelines and dimensional models for marketing and product analytics, automated workflow scheduling and retries, and performed data profiling to detect anomalies and schema changes.
Associate Data Engineer
Datameer
Aug 2014 - Jun 2018 (3 years 10 months)
Supported ingestion and transformation pipelines for large log and event datasets, authored complex SQL transformations, and assisted in maintaining relational and NoSQL stores for analytics use cases.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Preston University
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Completed a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science focused on foundational computer science principles and programming.
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