Rodrigo H.

Senior Data Engineer

Munich, Germany

Experience

Jan 2025 - Present
8 months
Munich, Germany
Hybrid

Data Engineer and Founder

SapientVase GmbH

Designed and implemented a cloud-based data platform to support precision medicine research projects in the pharma and biotech industry.

Responsibilities:

  • Developed a scalable data lakehouse architecture (Medallion Architecture) for efficient integration, processing, and analysis of large, complex research datasets.
  • Built data pipelines and real-time data streams for seamless delivery and analysis of research and production data.
  • Collaborated closely with business stakeholders to ensure data quality and fit-for-purpose data usage.
  • Created a semantic data model from public databases like HPA, Reactome, STRINGdb, ChEMBL, UniProt, XENA, and more.

Technologies & Tools: Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2, Azure Data Factory, Azure DevOps, Python (PySpark, BioPython, ML Flow), T-SQL, Power BI, Medallion Architecture, Data Modeling, PostgreSQL.

Apr 2024 - Jun 2024
3 months
Zürich, Switzerland
Remote

Data Engineer (Freelance)

Callista ACE AG, Client: DENNER AG

Responsibilities:

  • Developed cloud applications and their supporting infrastructure.
  • Designed and implemented a data quality review and validation strategy for an Azure data lakehouse with batch and streaming processing based on the Medallion Architecture.
  • Designed and built data pipelines within a lakehouse data platform.

Technologies: Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, Azure Functions, Event Hubs, Terraform, C#, Python, GX (Expectation Management).

Mar 2023 - Dec 2024
1 year 10 months
Munich, Germany
Remote

Data Engineer

Confiniti GmbH for Clients: ORAYLIS GmbH, Telefónica Deutschland, Volkswagen Financial Services (VWFS)

Clients: ORAYLIS GmbH, Telefónica Deutschland

  • Technical lead at the project level, coordinating teams of up to five people.
  • Responsible for designing, implementing, and successfully deploying new cloud data solutions to production.
  • Close alignment with stakeholders and technical coaching within the team.

Projects & Results:

  • Migrated an on-premise Oracle Exadata data warehouse to the cloud.
  • End-to-end development of data-driven applications including support and documentation.

Client: Volkswagen Financial Services (VWFS)

  • Built automation dashboards using PowerShell Universal and Azure Intune.

Technologies: Azure Databricks, Spark (Scala, SQL, Python), Synapse Analytics, Kafka, Power BI, Azure DevOps, ADLS Gen2, Spark Structured Streaming, PowerShell Universal, Microsoft Azure Intune.

Sep 2016 - Nov 2022
6 years 3 months
Munich, Germany
Hybrid

DevOps & Data Engineer

NTT DATA DACH

Lead Developer – Big Data & Software Development

Clients: BMW, Deutsche Börse

  • Served as technical lead at the project level, coordinating developer teams of up to five people.
  • Oversaw technical implementation of new products from design to go-live.
  • Collaborated closely with business and technical stakeholders to ensure project success and quality standards.
  • Planned and executed multiple successful production deployments for both clients.
  • Held technical leadership responsibilities: architectural decisions, technical reviews, and team member coaching.

Deutsche Börse:

  • Technical lead and co-designer of the C7 SCS service (EUREX SCS Reporting Engine), successfully deployed to production.
  • Ensured operational stability and performance of big data pipelines in live environments.

BMW:

  • Technical lead for developing new microservices for remote services in electric vehicles, successfully rolled out across multiple production environments.

Technologies: Hadoop (HDFS), YARN, Spark (Scala, Python), Kafka, Java, AMQP, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker, RESTful APIs, Swagger, Oracle, PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, Jenkins, Kibana, Grafana, Prometheus.

Jan 2015 - Aug 2016
1 year 8 months
Munich, Germany
On-site

Web Developer

Schönberger-Group

Developed ETL pipelines and web interfaces to automate order and delivery processes, inventory checks, payments, shipping, and customer feedback for e-commerce.

  • Full-stack web application and portal development.
  • Database administration and troubleshooting.
  • Testing and test plan design.

Technologies: PHP, Java, Python, JavaScript.

Apr 2012 - Aug 2013
1 year 5 months
Hamburg, Germany
On-site

Data Analyst - Student

Senvion SE

Responsibilities:

  • Performed ETL and analysis of data from SCADA systems in wind farms to identify performance issues and technical faults.
  • Developed tools in R to calculate the impact of wind and weather on turbine performance.
  • Created internal software tools.

Skills: C#, R, Statistics.

Summary

I am an experienced data engineer and entrepreneur with a proven track record designing, building, and maintaining big data pipelines for real-time streaming and batch workflows. I have hands-on expertise in microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, full-stack web development, and test automation applied in industries like pharma, biotech, and automotive. I have led projects from data ingestion to visualization, worked in agile environments, and coordinated cross-functional teams. I develop scalable solutions using tools like Azure, Python, SQL, Kafka, and Spark, ensuring data quality and efficient performance in cloud and on-premise infrastructures.

Languages

Spanish
Native
German
Advanced
English
Advanced

Education

Oct 2010 - Apr 2014

Technische Universität Hamburg

Master of Science · Information Technology · Hamburg, Germany

Mar 2003 - Jul 2007

Universidad de Guadalajara

Bachelor of Science, focused on distributed systems, database design and management, applied statistics · Computer Science · Guadalajara, Mexico

Certifications & licenses

DP-203 Certified Azure Data Engineer Associate

Confluent Certified Developer for Apache Kafka (CCDAK)

Confluent

Managerial Economics and Business Analysis (Online Specialization)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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