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Chand Shaker

@chandshaker

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Senior data engineer building cloud-native, reliable data platforms.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek senior/lead data platform roles where I can design cloud-native architectures, improve data quality, mentor teams, and partner with product to deliver long-lived, cost-efficient solutions.

I am a senior data engineer with 10+ years designing and operating scalable, cloud-native data platforms that power analytics and product decisions. I specialize in building reliable batch and real-time pipelines, modernizing legacy architectures, and establishing governed domain models that improve data quality, performance, and cost efficiency.

I have led platform redesigns unifying streaming and batch processing, implemented enterprise-grade data quality, security, and governance controls, and mentored engineering teams to raise standards. I partner closely with product, analytics, and business stakeholders to translate ambiguous requirements into durable, long-lived data solutions that support growth.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Staff Data Engineer

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Developers Alliance

May 2022 - Present (3 years 8 months)

Led end-to-end redesign of a cloud-native data platform unifying streaming and batch processing, established governed domain models and automated data quality/security controls, and shaped long-term platform strategy to improve reliability and cost efficiency.

Kafka Spark Databricks SQL Data Modeling Data Governance Airflow Cloud

Senior Data Engineer

Software Professionals, Inc.

Sep 2019 - Apr 2022 (2 years 7 months)

Architected and operated scalable production data pipelines across Azure, Snowflake, and Databricks, implemented observability and validation frameworks, and led modernization of legacy architectures to cloud lakehouse solutions.

Snowflake Databricks Azure SQL Data Quality Observability CI CD Performance Optimization

Data Engineer

Tech Army

Mar 2016 - Aug 2019 (3 years 5 months)

Built and maintained ETL pipelines, optimized SQL for reporting and validation, conducted data quality and reconciliation tasks, and supported cloud data platforms under senior engineering guidance.

ETL SQL Data Validation Cloud Storage Monitoring Data Modeling Pipeline Operations Documentation

Data Analyst

Tech Force Systems

Nov 2013 - Feb 2016 (2 years 3 months)

Collected and validated business datasets, analyzed trends and anomalies to support operational decisions, and produced reports while ensuring data accuracy and confidentiality.

Data Analysis Reporting Data Validation Confidentiality Trend Analysis