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Christopher Hronek

@christopherhronek

Staff Data Engineer at Parakeet Data building AI data access layers, including RAG pipelines and Claude Enterprise on Snowflake via MCP.

United States
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At Parakeet Data LLC, I design, build, and hand off modern data platforms that make data accessible through AI. I built platforms for five clients and created RAG pipelines, Slack agents, and Claude Enterprise on Snowflake via MCP; one AI access layer became a client's standard template for internal agents.

At Shopify, I designed the dimensional data model for product publications and consolidated conflicting status definitions into one canonical dbt model, resolving metric disagreements between merchandising and logistics.

At Engine, I migrated orchestration from EC2 to Airflow on EKS and introduced a Terraform framework. I also architected a Snowflake medallion data model with PII redaction and role-based access control.

At Astronomer, I authored Astronomer Cosmos, an open-source framework for orchestrating dbt with Airflow, and built migration utilities that cut enterprise customer onboarding time by 66%. Earlier, at Linqto, I built its modern data stack from the ground up as the first data hire.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Shopify logoSH

Staff Data Engineer

Jan 2026 - Jun 2026 (5 months)

Owned data modeling, transformation, and Airflow (Cloud Composer) orchestration for the merchandising domain, powering catalog, pricing, and inventory analytics. Designed the dimensional data model for product publications and consolidated conflicting definitions into one canonical model.

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Director of Data Engineering

Linqto

Jan 2023 - Jan 2025 (2 years)

Built Linqto's modern data stack from the ground up as the first data hire, leading data strategy, platform design, and team enablement. Introduced AI-driven automation of internal processes with Snowflake Cortex and designed scalable Airflow pipelines supporting analytics and machine learning workloads.

Astronomer logoAS

Senior Data Engineer

Jan 2021 - Jan 2023 (2 years)

Authored Astronomer Cosmos, an open-source framework for orchestrating dbt with Airflow, now used by data teams worldwide. Built migration utilities and automation that cut enterprise customer onboarding time by 66% and served as Airflow subject-matter expert for enterprise clients.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Western Governors University logoWU

Western Governors University

Master of Science, Data Analytics

Master of Science in Data Analytics from Western Governors University, completed in 2021.

University of Utah logoUU

University of Utah

Bachelor of Science, Information Systems

Bachelor of Science in Information Systems from the University of Utah, completed in 2017.

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