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Louis Lafata

@louislafata1

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I build scalable cloud data platforms, ETL pipelines, and analytics products on AWS.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to build scalable cloud data platforms, ETL/ELT workflows, analytics products, and ML-enabled solutions that help cross-functional teams make better business decisions.

At Dell Technologies, I architect and scale end-to-end ETL/ELT pipelines and Airflow workflows supporting over 1 million monthly active users with 99.9% uptime. I optimize Redshift data models and SQL transformations to improve performance and reduce costs.

I operationalize ML models, build BI tools in Tableau and Amazon QuickSight, and help Marketing Science and Analytics teams act on CAC, ROAS, LTV, and conversion-funnel metrics. I also establish data governance, monitoring, validation, and anomaly-detection practices that strengthen trust in reporting.

Previously, I built full-stack applications, cloud-native services, microservices, and data platforms at Qualcomm and TechMD. I bring hands-on experience across Python, SQL, AWS, Airflow, Docker, Kubernetes, React, and Vue.js.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Software Engineer

Current

Dell Technologies

Nov 2021 - Present (4 years 11 months)

Architected and scaled end-to-end ETL/ELT pipelines and Airflow-driven workflows, supporting over 1 million monthly active users with 99.9% uptime. Optimized SQL transformations and data models on Amazon Redshift, and operationalized ML models for business insights.

Python SQL Airflow AWS Amazon Redshift S3 AWS Glue Amazon Athena AWS Lambda Docker Kubernetes AWS ECS Amazon EKS GitHub Actions Gitlab CI Tableau Amazon Quicksight DBT ETL ELT Data Modeling CI CD

Full Stack Engineer

Qualcomm

Apr 2017 - Oct 2021 (4 years 6 months)

Developed scalable full-stack web applications with a focus on performance and user experience. Implemented DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-based solutions on AWS, and engineered AI-driven features including conversational AI and LLM integrations.

Python SQL AWS Airflow Docker Kubernetes Amazon EKS GitHub Actions React Vue.Js NodeJS Java PostgreSQL MongoDB REST APIs Microservices CI CD

Full Stack Engineer

TechMD

Jun 2014 - Mar 2017 (2 years 9 months)

Built and maintained ETL pipelines and data models for business intelligence reporting. Developed SQL transformations, created Tableau dashboards, and implemented data quality checks to ensure accurate and reliable reporting.