About
Data Engineer — building lakehouse platforms, streaming pipelines, and the infrastructure around them.
I'm a Data Engineer specializing in building scalable, efficient data platforms that drive business value. With deep expertise in Apache Spark, Delta Lake, and Databricks on Azure, I architect lakehouse solutions that prioritize data governance, cost optimization, and performance.
My approach combines technical depth with business context — data infrastructure should scale, but it also needs to deliver measurable ROI through intelligent design.
Data engineering is not about moving data — it's about creating robust, maintainable systems that let organizations make decisions at scale. Architecture first, cost-conscious always, governance by design.
Career Journey
Aug 2024 – Present
Staff Developer
CEDES · Berlin, Germany (Remote)
Taking care of Data, ML Operations and Databricks Platform on Azure.
Aug 2022 – Jul 2024
Technical Lead
relayr · Berlin, Germany
Leading the development of an innovative IIoT solution: Equipment as a Service (EaaS), seamlessly connecting OEMs, customers, IoT platforms, and IFS FinOps ERP systems from inception to implementation.
Jan 2021 – Oct 2022
Senior Data Engineer
relayr · Berlin, Germany
Expertly managed terabytes of data ingestion from Kafka into distributed PostgreSQL (Citus) and Azure Data Lake for analytics. Developed from scratch, including Grafana monitoring. Implemented sophisticated recovery solutions between hot and cold storage layers.
Aug 2018 – Jan 2021
Scala IoT Developer
relayr · Berlin, Germany
Engineered a robust solution to eliminate frequent downtime in critical IoT ingestion points, ensuring uninterrupted service with 99.999% availability. Led end-to-end development of an Enterprise HiveMQ MQTT-based system supporting 30,000 IoT devices, processing 15k messages per second.
Jul 2017 – Jul 2018
Software Developer
Springer Nature · Pune, India
Migrated data from a 25-year-old SQL-based database to MongoDB for research content using Kafka Connect-based Change Data Capture. Implemented Kafka Connect and Akka Streams solutions for seamless data transition.
Feb 2016 – Jun 2017
System Analyst
Bitwise Inc · Pune, India
Led creation of the Hydrograph ETL tool from scratch using Eclipse SDK & RCP Plugin + GEF framework, integrated with Scala and Hadoop backend. Successfully completed PoC, design, development, and distribution.
Jul 2015 – Feb 2016
Program Analyst
Bitwise Inc · Pune, India
Key contributor to the Test Data Management web app built from scratch with OSGi Felix. Developed client-specific applications using IBM BPM.
Jul 2014 – Jul 2015
Software Engineer
Tech Mahindra · Pune, India
Successfully convinced both the team and department head to adopt the AngularJS framework for the ActiveVOS BPM tool, resulting in the implementation of a feature-rich frontend solution.
Jun 2012 – Jun 2014
Associate Software Engineer
Tech Mahindra · Pune, India
Independently learned the ActiveVOS BPM tool and swiftly integrated into the project, emerging as a key contributor to the overall solution.