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Alexander User

@alexanderuser8

Data Platform & Operations Leader architecting enterprise data platforms, governance, and observability to scale global operations.

United Kingdom

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead data platform and operations work where governance, lineage, and observability are treated as product—building scalable pipelines, reducing downtime, and enabling teams with reliable, self-service insights.

I’m a Data Platform & Operations Leader with over 8 years of experience architecting data infrastructure, driving large-scale enterprise cloud migrations, and running data operations across London-based organizations.

I build systems that let executives move faster with confidence—aligning data governance and observability with business strategy, establishing end-to-end lineage, automated freshness SLAs, anomaly detection, and auditability that reduces downtime for mission-critical reporting.

I’ve led architectural transformations (including migrating legacy infrastructure to Airflow), delivered scalable orchestration and platform capabilities, and partnered with cross-functional teams to eliminate operational bottlenecks—whether in Palantir Foundry, cloud data platforms, or production-grade AI and automation ventures.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Palantir Data Engineer

Equans

Sep 2024 - Dec 2024 (3 months)

Designed and built high-performance data pipelines using Python/PySpark and SQL with Palantir Foundry, supporting enterprise data migrations. Accelerated a business-critical migration by transitioning legacy SAP ETL into secure Palantir cloud infrastructure and enforced unit tests, data-quality checks, and end-to-end telemetry via Palantir lineage and governance.

Palantir Foundry Python Pyspark SQL Data Warehousing ETL Data Lineage Data Quality SAP Data Migration

Palantir Lead Data Engineer

Chelsea and Westminster Trust

Nov 2023 - Oct 2024 (11 months)

Led a cross-functional team of 3 engineers and business analysts to deliver Palantir Foundry Data Operations and Governance initiatives. Developed and documented Palantir Foundry data applications using TypeScript, Python/PySpark, and SQL, defining technical data governance and data-quality frameworks and advancing observability for testing and development.