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Rikesh Kayastha

@rikeshkayastha

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Airflow-certified Data Engineer specializing in scalable ETL, cloud pipelines, and analytics.

Nepal

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What I'm looking for

I seek a senior-level data engineering role where I can lead ETL/cloud modernization, mentor teams, and deliver scalable analytics solutions within a collaborative, growth-oriented company.

I am an Airflow-certified Data Engineer with over eight years of experience building scalable ETL pipelines, data integrations, and analytics solutions for healthcare, retail, and e-commerce clients.

I have delivered end-to-end data solutions including RAG-enabled pipelines, EDI parsers, and large-scale ETL modernizations using tools such as Databricks, Snowflake, Airflow, and Redshift.

I have led teams and projects—most recently managing a 16-member analyst group within a 34-person analytics organization—overseeing sprint execution, stakeholder communication, and delivery for 90+ US healthcare clients.

I combine strong programming (Python, SQL, Scala), cloud and DevOps experience (AWS, Docker, Git), and BI skills (Tableau, PowerBI) with a pragmatic, results-driven approach to reduce manual work, improve efficiency, and produce actionable insights.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Data Consultant

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Freelance

May 2025 - Present (5 months)

Built end-to-end data pipelines and production services including a Kafka–Databricks–Tableau stock reporting app and a RAG pipeline using Airflow, DuckDB, ChromaDB and FastAPI for clients.

Python Airflow Databricks Kafka Tableau fastAPI DuckDB ChromaDB Web Scraping

Associate Data Analytics Manager

CedarGate Technologies

Apr 2024 - May 2025 (1 year 1 month)

Led a team of 16 data analysts within a 34-member analytics organization delivering insights for 90+ US healthcare clients and oversaw project planning, sprint execution, and stakeholder communication.

Team Leadership Data Analytics Stakeholder Management Project Planning Healthcare Analytics SQL Airflow Snowflake ETL

Senior Data Engineer

CedarGate Technologies

Oct 2023 - Mar 2024 (5 months)

Designed and optimized ETL pipelines for large-scale retail and healthcare datasets using SQL Server, Databricks and Redshift, and supported ETL modernization efforts with Snowflake and Airflow.

ETL SQL Server Databricks Amazon Redshift Snowflake Airflow Data Modeling Performance Tuning Data Warehousing

Senior Software Engineer

LIS Nepal Pvt. Ltd.

Feb 2022 - Aug 2023 (1 year 6 months)

Led data integration projects using SSIS and SQL Server, improving integration efficiency by 30% across healthcare and enterprise datasets.

SSIS SQL Server Data Integration Stored Procedures T SQL ETL Data Quality Performance Optimization

Teaching Assistant

Bhaktapur Multiple Campus

Jul 2019 - Sep 2022 (3 years 2 months)

Instructed students in programming and database management and assisted in curriculum design and evaluation for the BSc CSIT program.

Teaching Database Management Curriculum Design SQL Python

Python Developer

PrimeVendor

Dec 2020 - Jan 2022 (1 year 1 month)

Developed automation algorithms for data cleansing and transformation and built internal reporting and web-scraping tools using Python, Pandas and Selenium.

Python Pandas Selenium Data Cleanse ETL Web Scraping Automation Reporting

Web Developer

Atom Creative Studios

Sep 2017 - Dec 2018 (1 year 3 months)

Built responsive web applications and maintained REST APIs using Django, HTML and CSS, and implemented basic web security standards.

Django HTML CSS REST APIs Web Development JavaScript Security Best Practices Frontend Development

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Nepal Engineering College

Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering

2012 - 2016

Activities and societies: Participated in teaching assistance for programming and database management; completed capstone and data engineering projects.

Completed a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering with coursework and projects in data engineering, web development, and databases.