Data Engineering & Analytics Lead at SaaS startup

Data Scientist

Data Engineer

AI Developer

AWS

dbt

Python

Pinwheel

Key outcomes

Please see the Project Description section below for more information on the project.

✔️ Managed a team of two data analysts.

✔️ Led the adoption of DBT for modularizing existing SQL scripts, standardizing metrics, reducing redundant/duplicate code, testing data models, and improving developer productivity.

✔️ Maintained and developed all ETL pipelines ingesting data from Stripe, Postgres, DynamoDB, Sentry, Cognito, etc. using Fivetran and custom Python scripts.

✔️ Centralized the orchestration of all data services and products using Dagster, resulting in greater accuracy and improved visibility and logging.

✔️ Led the adoption of git for tracking the version history of SQL transformations.

Project description

Pinwheel

is a technology company focusing on improving children's relationship with technology. Its primary offering is a smartphone with age-appropriate guardrails and parental controls.

I owned all data engineering functions at the company and led its adoption of the Modern Data Stack to supercharge developer productivity, improve stakeholder confidence in data products, and automate processes.