Data Engineer
Feb 2024 - Sep 2024 · 8 mos
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Built multi-step ETL/ELT pipelines with Python and Airflow, enabling data ingestion into Azure Blob Storage and transformation across Snowflake and SQL Server environments.
- Optimized user experience and data retrieval by redesigning slow, cluttered Tableau dashboards.
- Collaborated with subject matter experts and non-technical users to define integration and data product requirements.
- Delivered on-call production support by diagnosing and troubleshooting issues with databases, data integrity, Airflow, and organization-wide applications.
- Led the transition to DBT as the primary SQL management and dimensional modeling framework for Snowflake, replacing an in-house SQL management system built in C#.
- Designed CI/CD processes, environment tooling, and automation that led to an 80% reduction in deploy time and a 75% reduction in escaped defect rate.
- Learned industry regulations around data governance and established protocols to ensure compliance to these regulations.
- Engineered a custom LLM chatbot in Python/Azure OpenAI deployed via a Streamlit application for non-technical users.
- Developed integrations and automation tools on Microsoft Azure and Office 365 Enterprise platforms.
Manager, Data Science (Data Engineer)
May 2022 - Feb 2024 · 1 yr 10 mos
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Established data integrations between Snowflake, Salesforce, and Azure Blob Storage to support data science and predictive analytics workflows.
- Developed and deployed a suite of predictive models for higher education clients using Python, and MLFlow/Azure ML Studio.
- Developed a central record of client data across disparate systems, connecting and de-duplicating client records in the CRM, marketing platform, and finance platform.
- Analyzed finance and application user data to evaluate client account status, leading to more than $250,000 in collections from past due invoices.
- Drove strategic product partnerships by analyzing client engagement data from HubSpot and Salesforce.
- Created a predictive model evaluating client engagement with software.
- Led the Matching Gifts software development team as product owner.
- Supervised a team of data analysts and data science interns, ensuring timely project delivery.
Data Operations Lead
Aug 2021 - May 2022 · 10 mos
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Supported data operations during organizational consolidation and rebrand into Affinaquest.
- Established protocols to maintain governance and consistent delivery across teams.
Data Operations Specialist
Jul 2020 - Aug 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Executed data operations and analytics support across internal and client-facing systems.
- Contributed automation and process improvements using Python-driven workflows.