data-engineering

Expert backend architect specializing in scalable API design, microservices architecture, and distributed systems. Masters REST/GraphQL/gRPC APIs, event-driven architectures, service mesh patterns, and modern backend frameworks. Handles service boundary definition, inter-service communication, resilience patterns, and observability. Use PROACTIVELY when creating new backend services or APIs.

Build scalable data pipelines, modern data warehouses, and real-time streaming architectures. Implements Apache Spark, dbt, Airflow, and cloud-native data platforms. Use PROACTIVELY for data pipeline design, analytics infrastructure, or modern data stack implementation.

Build features guided by data insights, A/B testing, and continuous measurement

Build production Apache Airflow DAGs with best practices for operators, sensors, testing, and deployment. Use when creating data pipelines, orchestrating workflows, or scheduling batch jobs.

Implement data quality validation with Great Expectations, dbt tests, and data contracts. Use when building data quality pipelines, implementing validation rules, or establishing data contracts.

Master dbt (data build tool) for analytics engineering with model organization, testing, documentation, and incremental strategies. Use when building data transformations, creating data models, or implementing analytics engineering best practices.

Optimize Apache Spark jobs with partitioning, caching, shuffle optimization, and memory tuning. Use when improving Spark performance, debugging slow jobs, or scaling data processing pipelines.