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Umer Sheikh

@umersheikh

Senior data engineer building scalable ETL, streaming, and cloud analytics platforms.

United States
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What I'm looking for

I seek roles where I can architect scalable, observable cloud data platforms and streaming pipelines, collaborate with ML and analytics teams, and optimize cost and reliability in production.

I am a senior data engineer with five years of experience designing and delivering scalable data pipelines, real-time streaming systems, and cloud-based analytics platforms. I specialize in building production-ready ETL/ELT workflows and enabling analytics and ML teams with high-quality datasets.

My recent work includes designing event-driven workflows and real-time ingestion frameworks using Spark, Kafka, Airflow, and AWS services. I focus on reliability, observability, and cost optimization through monitoring, partitioning, and efficient data modeling.

I have implemented cloud-native pipelines across AWS, GCP, and Azure, worked with Snowflake, Delta Lake, and BigQuery, and supported ML feature engineering and MLOps practices. I automate data validation and monitoring to maintain pipeline stability and data quality.

I bring strong hands-on experience with distributed processing, infrastructure-as-code, and observability tooling, and I am committed to building robust data platforms that scale and reduce operational costs.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Current

Real-Time Data Engineer

BMC

Mar 2023 - Present (3 years)

Built scalable data pipelines using Spark, Kafka, and AWS (S3, Glue, Lambda, Redshift); developed real-time ingestion frameworks and event-driven Airflow workflows, improving pipeline reliability with Prometheus/Grafana monitoring and automated alerting.

CL

Streaming Data Engineer

3Cloud

Aug 2021 - Feb 2023 (1 year 6 months)

Developed cloud-based pipelines with Python, Spark, and Airflow; built ELT workflows using Snowflake and Delta Lake, implemented automated data validation and monitoring, and prepared feature datasets for ML, reducing warehouse costs via query optimization.

CR

Distributed Systems Engineer

Cruise

Jun 2020 - Jul 2021 (1 year 1 month)

Built ingestion pipelines for SaaS analytics using Python and SQL, integrated API and event data into centralized warehouses, maintained ETL workflows to improve stability, and produced curated datasets and dashboards for BI teams.

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