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Kevin Chen

@kevinchen9

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Senior Data Engineer building governed, near-real-time data platforms for analytics, experimentation, and ML.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a role where I can build governed, scalable data platforms—partnering with analytics and ML teams—while driving near-real-time pipelines, strong data quality/lineage, and reusable engineering frameworks.

I’m a Senior Data Engineer focused on turning complex operational data into trusted, governed analytics. At Instacart, I architected a Governance Transformation Platform using Snowflake, dbt, Airflow, Kafka, Debezium, Immuta, and Amundsen—enabling analytics, experimentation, and ML workloads with strong lineage and certification.

I build CDC pipelines and transformation infrastructure at scale, including ingesting thousands of operational tables and scaling 3,000+ dbt models and 400+ Airflow DAGs with reusable frameworks and CI/CD automation. Previously, as a Data Engineer, I delivered the Minerva Metrics Platform, modernized lakehouse infrastructure (Spark, Iceberg, S3), and introduced configurable data quality frameworks that reduced custom DAG work by 70%+.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Data Engineer

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Instacart

Oct 2022 - Present (3 years 9 months)

Architected a Governance Transformation Platform using Snowflake and dbt, establishing a foundation for analytics, experimentation, and ML workloads. Built CDC pipelines and scaled transformation infrastructure with governance, testing, lineage, and CI/CD automation.

Data Engineer

Airbnb

May 2018 - Sep 2022 (4 years 4 months)

Delivered the Minerva Metrics Platform using Airflow and distributed processing frameworks to support large-scale, standardized metric computation across business domains. Built distributed ETL and data quality/governance capabilities, including configurable SQL validation, anomaly detection, and SLA monitoring, and modernized lakehouse infrastructure.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Brandeis University

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Science

2016 - 2018

Developed product adoption analytics solutions using PySpark, Spark SQL, Databricks Notebooks, Azure services, and Power BI. Built analytical models integrating clickstream, CRM, and support/warehouse datasets and performed cohort, funnel, retention, and segmentation analyses.