About Me
Intro
I’m a data engineer based in Europe.
I build data platforms and products that continue to run and scale even after I stop actively working on them.
Recent Data Jobs
Hotjar
Senior Data Engineer 2022—
I learnt how to do proper, hands-on data engineering at Hotjar (now part of Contentsquare). Finally, I was building the data infrastructure instead of just using it.
I learnt too many technologies to list, but I especially enjoyed working with Terraform, the Kafka ecosystem, dbt, and serverless AWS services. I also learnt some Java, which gave me a completely different perspective compared to Python.
After the acquisition by Contentsquare, I was happy to switch to Snowflake and Dagster, which I had long wanted to use.
Meta
Lead Data Engineer (2020-2022)
My time at Facebook turned me into a huge fan of big data technologies, working with Spark, Presto, and the predecessor of Airflow.
Besides Python, I could finally work with a new language: PHP Hack.
Helping build products that impact billions of people was a life-changing experience. Working on child safety projects was probably the most rewarding area I can imagine as an engineer.
Skyscanner
Analytics Lead (2018-2020)
My data career started here when the company introduced Databricks but didn’t have any data engineers.
Before that, I focused on AWS optimisation, and suddenly I was writing loads of SQL and Python (and never stopped).
Later, a very kind senior engineer gave me the chance to contribute to the revenue forecasting service, which was an amazing learning opportunity.
Favourite Books
I’ve read many books over the years, but these are the ones that have shaped me the most as a data engineer:
- Designing Data-Intensive Applications
- Architecture Patterns with Python
- The Hundred-page Machine Learning Book
Next on my reading list:
