Vili Dhamo - Senior Data Engineer, Data Architect, Software Engineer

Q: Where is Vili based?

Vili is based in Neuenhagen, Germany and can operate in on-site , hybrid , and remote work models.

Q: What languages does Vili speak?

Vili speaks the following languages: Albanian (Native), German (Advanced), English (Advanced) .

Q: How many years of experience does Vili have?

Vili has at least 20 years of experience. During this time, Vili has worked in at least 13 different roles and for 4 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 4 months . Note that Vili may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Vili's latest experience?

Vili's most recent position is Technical Lead, Data Engineer at Mercedes-Benz Consulting .

Q: What companies has Vili worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Vili has worked for Mercedes-Benz Consulting and Lufthansa Systems .

Q: Which industries is Vili most experienced in?

Vili is most experienced in industries like Aerospace and Defense , Information Technology (IT) , and Education . Vili also has some experience in Automotive and Professional Services .

Q: Which business areas is Vili most experienced in?

Vili is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology (IT) , Quality Assurance (QA) , and Product Development . Vili also has some experience in Project Management , Research and Development (R&D) , and Business Intelligence .

Q: Which industries has Vili worked in recently?

Vili has recently worked in industries like Aerospace and Defense , Information Technology (IT) , and Automotive .

Q: Which business areas has Vili worked in recently?

Vili has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology (IT) , Quality Assurance (QA) , and Product Development .

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Neuenhagen, Germany

Experience

Nov 2025 - Present

4 months

Technical Lead, Data Engineer

Mercedes-Benz Consulting

Optimized the data architecture (medallion) to better decouple processing stages and improve transparency and reproducibility
Ensured technical quality of data processing in Databricks by introducing schema enforcement, data quality checks and a structured data architecture
Orchestrated pipelines with Azure Data Factory
Professionalized and automated the development and deployment process by integrating Git and GitHub Actions
Led the Data Engineering team (3 members) in a functional role
Conducted workshops to optimize and stabilize the data platform and the development process
Collected and prioritized new requests, maintained the product backlog
Technologies: Microsoft Azure (Data Lake, Data Factory), Databricks, Apache Spark (PySpark), Python, SQL, Git, Confluence, Power BI, Power Apps, Dataverse, MS SharePoint, Mural

Oct 2024 - Present

1 year 5 months

Project Manager, Solution Architect, Data Engineer

Mercedes-Benz Consulting

Led a development team (7 members) with responsibility for architecture design, data modeling and backend development
Developed and optimized data processing steps in Databricks
Created and orchestrated ETL pipelines using Databricks Jobs
Performance optimization, testing, debugging
Project management, stakeholder management, support during go-live phase
Requirements engineering, consulting on solution design
Applied agile project management methods, including creating and maintaining the product backlog
Technologies: Microsoft Azure (Data Lake, FunctionApp, WebApp), Databricks, Apache Spark (PySpark), Python, SQL, Git, Jira, Confluence, Power BI, MS SharePoint, Mural

Sep 2023 - Feb 2024

6 months

Data Engineering Lead, Data Engineer

Mercedes-Benz Consulting

Functionally responsible for developing new features for the company's internal AI-based Q&A system
Onboarded and processed new data formats, optimized system integration and performance with large data volumes
Coordinated and integrated interfaces to the client's external IT systems, responsible for system connectivity
Technologies: AWS (EC2, S3, Glue, Lambda, Step Functions, DynamoDB, Neptune, Athena, SageMaker, OpenSearch Service, Cloud9, CLI, ECS, API Gateway, Cognito, CloudFormation, CodeCommit, CloudWatch, SNS), Microsoft Azure, Databricks, Apache Spark (PySpark), Python, SQL, REST APIs, Postman, Jira, Git, Confluence

May 2023 - Sep 2023

5 months

Project Manager, Data Engineer

Mercedes-Benz Consulting

Designed and developed ETL pipelines in Databricks to process and provide production data for process mining analysis tools
Developed configuration logic for the ETL pipelines to apply to different production plants and prepare data for various aggregation levels
Agile project management, customer communication, requirements engineering
Documented the data pipelines and their configurations
Technologies: Microsoft Azure, Databricks, SQL, Python, Apache Spark (PySpark, Structured Streaming), YAML, Power BI, PAFnow, Git, OneNote

May 2022 - Apr 2024

2 years

Product Owner, Solution Architect, Data Engineer

Mercedes-Benz Consulting

Functionally responsible for data engineering, including onboarding, processing and unifying content from documents, relational databases and audio/video
Led the data engineering team (up to 5 members) in a functional role
Managed external service providers for product development, improving system stability and quality
Designed and developed ETL pipelines with AWS Lambda, Glue, ECS and Step Functions
Designed and developed a graph database with Amazon Neptune for storing and querying data and relationships using Cypher
Developed JSON, XML and PDF parsers to extract relevant content
Integrated a speech-to-text LLM into the ETL pipelines to extract content from audio and video files
Developed unit tests (PyTest, unittest) and automated testing
Designed the architecture and interfaces between product modules and external systems
Defined the product, created and prioritized the product backlog, tracked development progress with Jira
Communicated between stakeholders and the development team, documented in Confluence
Technologies: AWS (EC2, S3, Glue, Lambda, Step Functions, DynamoDB, Neptune, Athena, SageMaker, OpenSearch Service, Cloud9, CLI, ECS, API Gateway, Cognito, CloudFormation, CodeCommit, CloudWatch, SNS), Python, Cypher, REST APIs, Postman, Jira, Git, Confluence

Feb 2022 - May 2022

4 months

Project Lead, Solution Architect, Data Engineer

Mercedes-Benz Consulting

Technical lead of the project team, design of the target architecture (Medallion)
Creation of the migration plan and orchestration of migrating on-premises MS SQL databases to Azure Data Lake
Analysis of existing Pentaho data pipelines and translating them into Databricks ETL pipelines
Adapting Power BI dashboards and connecting them to Azure Data Lake
Documenting the migration steps, target architecture, and data pipelines in Confluence and handing over to the maintenance team
Technologies: Microsoft Azure (ADLS Gen2, Data Factory), Databricks, Power BI, Pentaho, Git, Confluence, Apache Spark (PySpark), SQL, Python, Microsoft SQL Server

Nov 2021 - May 2022

7 months

Project Lead, Power BI Dashboard Developer

Mercedes-Benz Consulting

Agile project management with KanBo, customer communication
Requirements engineering and consulting on solution design
Building the data model and defining measures (DAX) to calculate KPIs
Developing the Power BI dashboard and connecting source data from MS SharePoint
Creating a playbook and deploying it in the Power BI Service
Documenting the data model and development in Git
Technologies: Power BI, DAX, Power BI Service, MS SharePoint, MS Office, KanBo, Git

Nov 2021 - Jan 2022

3 months

Methodology Expert, Data Engineer

Mercedes-Benz Consulting

Exploratory analyses and ML-driven data analyses including correlation analysis and feature engineering
Development of a Python algorithm to identify and handle missing or inconsistent data
Design and development of a forecasting model in Databricks to predict the sales trend of digital services, evaluating and optimizing forecast accuracy
Development of a method to simulate what-if scenarios to support data-driven decision-making
Technologies: Microsoft Azure, Databricks, SQL, Python, Apache Spark (PySpark), Git, Mural, Power BI

Aug 2018 - Oct 2021

3 years 3 months

Methodology Expert, Software Developer

Lufthansa Systems

Development of a platform-independent C++ core library for calculating the Earth's magnetic field and central geodetic problems
Providing different solutions based on precision and performance requirements
Development of a web-based testing application in JavaScript and CSS
Implementation of wrappers in Java, C#, and C
Bug analysis and fixing
Implementation and optimization of CI/CD processes in TeamCity
Development of unit tests and test automation
Creating and maintaining technical and functional documentation with Doxygen
Technologies: C++, JavaScript, CSS, C#, C, Java, MS Visual Studio, .NET (Framework/Core/Standard), LiteDB, Git, Jira, Bitbucket, TeamCity, SourceTree, CMake, NuGet, Doxygen

Sep 2016 - Oct 2021

5 years 2 months

Methodology Expert, Software Developer

Lufthansa Systems

Design and implementation of a C++ library for visualizing aeronautical routes
Using evolutionary algorithms and heuristics based on Kohonen networks
Development of a web-based testing application in C# and .NET
Implementation of wrappers in Java, C# (.NET Framework, .NET Standard), and C
Bug analysis and fixing
Implementation and optimization of CI/CD processes in TeamCity
Development of unit tests (using Catch) and test automation
Creating and maintaining technical and functional documentation with Doxygen
Technologies: C++, C#, C, Java, MS Visual Studio, .NET (Framework/Core/Standard), Git, Jira, Bitbucket, TeamCity, SourceTree, CMake, NuGet, Doxygen

Dec 2014 - Sep 2017

2 years 10 months

Customer Support Manager, Business Analyst

Lufthansa Systems

Functional support of a system to support reactive and proactive pricing for a Tier 1 airline (at least 25 million passengers per year)
Specification of customer requirements and preparation of proposals for change requests
Creation of the functional specification for new product features
Technical project management and functional leadership of the development team (6 members)
Monitoring project progress and cost tracking
Liaison between customers, development, maintenance, and operations teams
Incident analysis, coordination, prioritization, and monitoring of issue resolution
Conducting system and integration tests
Delivering presentations and training to the customer's IT department
Technologies: SQL, Jira, Confluence, MS Office

Jun 2012 - Dec 2014

2 years 7 months

Methodology Expert, Software Developer

Lufthansa Systems

Time series analysis on bookings, cancellations, no-shows, etc. to identify events, seasonality, trends, anomalies, and noise
Development of decomposition and smoothing methods to handle anomalies
Modeling, implementation, and calibration of statistical and OR methods in C++ to improve demand forecasting
Development of a new generalized linear model (GLM) to improve cancellation forecasts and integration into the existing system
Comparative analysis of different modeling approaches (time series, regression models)
Generalization and refactoring of existing C++ components to improve scalability
Development of components for automated monitoring and ensuring data integrity
Measurement, analysis, and interpretation of forecast quality on large datasets
Bug identification and resolution, as well as implementation and validation of tests
Creation and expansion of functional and technical documentation
Technologies: C++, PL/SQL, Java, MS Visual Studio, Jenkins, MKS, Oracle DB, MS Office, Confluence

Apr 2012 - May 2012

2 months

Automotive Function Developer

Berner & Mattner Systemtechnik

Apr 2007 - Mar 2012

5 years

Research Associate

Technische Universität Berlin

Apr 2005 - Mar 2007

2 years

Working Student

Lufthansa Systems

Industries Experience

See where this freelancer has spent most of their professional time. Longer bars indicate deeper hands-on experience, while shorter ones reflect targeted or project-based work.

Experienced in Aerospace and Defense (11.5 years), Information Technology (7 years), Education (5 years), Automotive (4 years), and Professional Services (4 years).

Aerospace and Defense

Information Technology

Education

Automotive

Professional Services

Business Areas Experience

The graph below provides a cumulative view of the freelancer's experience across multiple business areas, calculated from completed and active engagements. It highlights the areas where the freelancer has most frequently contributed to planning, execution, and delivery of business outcomes.

Experienced in Information Technology (13.5 years), Quality Assurance (9 years), Product Development (8 years), Project Management (5 years), Research and Development (5 years), and Business Intelligence (4.5 years).

Information Technology

Quality Assurance

Product Development

Project Management

Research and Development

Business Intelligence

Summary

Many years of practical experience in demanding digitization projects with a focus on data analytics (from descriptive to prescriptive) and artificial intelligence (NLP, generative AI) using leading cloud technologies (Azure and AWS) and Databricks
Technical leadership of development teams, responsible for software architecture (layered architecture, client-server architecture), data modeling (dimensional, object-oriented and graph models), and building and orchestrating ETL pipelines
Designing and optimizing statistical and operations research methods (regression and time series analysis, multivariate procedures, linear/nonlinear/dynamic optimization, simulation) for data-driven decision support
Several years of software development experience (with Python and C++) in international, distributed and interdisciplinary teams
Experience in key roles such as Product Owner, Project Manager, Data Engineer, Software Engineer and Business Analyst

Skills

16 Years Of Experience Developing Complex Software Solutions With Solid Methodological Expertise
Several Years Of Experience In Software Architecture, Data Modeling And Building Etl Pipelines On Cloud Platforms (Azure, Aws) And Databricks
Developing And Implementing Forecasting Models And Optimization Methods (Python, C++, Matlab) As Well As Intelligent Q&a Systems Using Nlp And Generative Ai
Strong Knowledge Of Agile Approaches, Software Development Processes And Agile Project Management
Programming: Python, Pyspark, C/c++, Sql, C#, C++/cli, Java, Pl/sql, Dax, Cypher
Databases: Oracle, Microsoft Sql Server, Amazon Dynamodb, Amazon Neptune, Mongodb, Litedb
Cloud / Data / Ai Platforms: Microsoft Azure (Delta Lake, Data Factory, Functionapp), Aws (S3, Glue, Lambda, Step Functions, Dynamodb, Neptune, Athena, Sagemaker, Opensearch Service, Ec2, Cli, Ecs, Api Gateway, Cloudformation, Sns), Databricks (Data Intelligence Platform, Uc, Acls, Lakeflow, Dlt, Sdp, Workflows, Jobs, Pipelines, Batch, Structured Streaming, Dab, Dataops, Ci/cd, Sdk, Cli)
Tools / Frameworks: Apache Spark, Apache Kafka, Docker, Power Bi, .Net (Framework / Core / Standard), Git, Svn, Bitbucket, Teamcity, Jenkins, Cmake, Ms Visual Studio, Nuget, Rest Apis, Postman, Salesforce Sales & Service Cloud, Pentaho, Matlab, Ms Office, Jira, Confluence, Sharepoint, Mural, Doxygen
Soft Skills: Analytical, Structured And Solution-oriented Work Style
Soft Skills: Strong Ability To Abstract
Soft Skills: Leadership, Strong Coordination And Team Orientation

Languages

Albanian

Native

German

Advanced

English

Advanced

Education

TU Berlin

PhD in Mathematics · Mathematics · Berlin, Germany

TU Berlin

Diploma in Mathematics · Mathematics · Berlin, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate

Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional

Professional Scrum Product Owner I

Profile

Created

February 2026

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Frequently asked questions

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Where is Vili based?

Vili is based in Neuenhagen, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.

What languages does Vili speak?

Vili speaks the following languages: Albanian (Native), German (Advanced), English (Advanced).

How many years of experience does Vili have?

Vili has at least 20 years of experience. During this time, Vili has worked in at least 13 different roles and for 4 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 4 months. Note that Vili may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Vili be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Vili would be well-suited for roles such as: Technical Lead, Data Engineer, Project Manager, Solution Architect, Data Engineer, Data Engineering Lead, Data Engineer.

What is Vili's latest experience?

Vili's most recent position is Technical Lead, Data Engineer at Mercedes-Benz Consulting.

What companies has Vili worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Vili has worked for Mercedes-Benz Consulting and Lufthansa Systems.

Which industries is Vili most experienced in?

Vili is most experienced in industries like Aerospace and Defense, Information Technology (IT), and Education. Vili also has some experience in Automotive and Professional Services.

Which business areas is Vili most experienced in?

Vili is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology (IT), Quality Assurance (QA), and Product Development. Vili also has some experience in Project Management, Research and Development (R&D), and Business Intelligence.

Which industries has Vili worked in recently?

Vili has recently worked in industries like Aerospace and Defense, Information Technology (IT), and Automotive.

Which business areas has Vili worked in recently?

Vili has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology (IT), Quality Assurance (QA), and Product Development.

What is Vili's education?

Vili holds a Doctorate in Mathematics from TU Berlin.

Does Vili have any certificates?

Vili has 3 certificates. These include: Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate, Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional, and Professional Scrum Product Owner I.

What is the availability of Vili?

Vili is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

What is the rate of Vili?

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