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Sadaf Rash

@sadafrash

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I am a Lead Data Engineer specializing in cloud data platforms, MLOps, and scalable data infrastructure.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I'm seeking senior roles building scalable cloud lakehouse platforms and MLOps/LLMOps solutions where I can lead platform modernization, mentor teams, and deliver compliant, production-grade data and AI infrastructure.

I am a Lead Data Engineer with 12+ years building scalable cloud lakehouse platforms and data infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP. I led migrations to Snowflake and BigQuery, drove a platform overhaul that cut pipeline costs 25%, and built real-time ingestion pipelines reducing latency by 60%.

I design end-to-end MLOps/LLMOps systems—feature stores, CI/CD, observability, and governance—mentoring teams to deliver compliant, production-grade AI solutions. I champion platform modernization, reverse ETL, and secure data practices to enable actionable analytics and faster product delivery.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Lead Data Engineer

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Milestone Systems

Mar 2021 - Present (4 years 5 months)

Directed full-stack lakehouse environments with Databricks and Delta Live Tables and led cloud migrations to Snowflake and BigQuery, reducing costs 25% and improving scalability. Pioneered real-time analytics with Kinesis, Spark Structured Streaming and Flink, established CI/CD via Argo Workflows, and implemented RBAC and encryption-at-rest for secure data access.

Databricks Delta Lake Snowflake BigQuery Spark Flink Kinesis Docker Helm

Cloud Data Engineer

Apporto

Feb 2016 - Feb 2021 (5 years)

Built serverless ingestion and feature pipelines using PySpark, Delta Lake and Databricks, delivering real-time ingestion that reduced data latency 60% and improved reliability to 99.99%. Automated deployments with GitLab CI, Kubernetes and Terraform, created embedding repositories (Pinecone/Weaviate) with LangChain, and implemented monitoring for drift and latency.

Pyspark Delta Lake Databricks Lang Chain Pinecone Gitlab CI Kubernetes Terraform Flask MLFlow

Data Infrastructure Engineer

Clover Health

Jan 2013 - Jan 2016 (3 years)

Devised distributed storage fabrics with Hadoop/HDFS and S3 to support petabyte workloads and provisioned clusters with Kubernetes and autoscaling to guarantee uptime. Implemented high-throughput messaging with Kafka and Flink, enabled schema evolution with Iceberg/Hudi, and improved query performance using Trino and Redshift Spectrum while enforcing SOC2 and HIPAA controls.