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Abhishek Parmar

Pune

Summary

Motivated and result-driven Data Engineer with a strong background in designing and optimizing data pipelines for high-performance processing in the payments industry. Leveraging technologies like Spark, Apache Hudi, and AWS to ensure data integrity and drive operational efficiencies. Dedicated team player with a passion for innovation and commitment to contributing significantly to business success.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Data Engineer

NomuPay
09.2022 - Current
  • Part of Data warehouse team at a digital payments firm which specializes in cross border and multi currency payments
  • Led the development of a cross-border forex payment functionality that enabled NomuPay to process payments and disbursements in multiple currencies for clients and third-party ISOs, resulting in significant increase in the customer base and profits in Southeast Asia driven by forex fees and expanded market reach
  • Executed a critical design change in the transaction processing pipeline that reduced the overall processing time by 10%
  • It also enabled on time payouts by meeting SLAs, improved efficiency and quality of the pipeline, and reduced costs significantly
  • Engineered a comprehensive data monitoring framework using Spark and Apache Airflow, delivering crucial insights into data ingestion and downstream pipeline processes, significantly enhancing data visibility and operational efficiency
  • Managed transactional data integrity by handling diverse data streams from various payment processors, utilizing Apache Hudi as the backbone for reliable and consistent data management
  • Developed and optimized data pipelines for fraud detection, leveraging Visa data to analyze and decode fraud patterns
  • This initiative empowered merchants to reduce operational costs by proactively identifying and mitigating fraudulent transactions
  • Designed and implemented multiple reporting pipelines using a robust combination of technologies, including Spark, Airflow, HUDI, AWS Lambda, Kinesis, and SQS
  • These pipelines provided detailed reports that enabled the management to analyze merchant balances and make informed decisions, leading to increased company profits
  • Created a localized testing framework for payments data, facilitating unit testing in a controlled environment
  • Additionally, developed an end-to-end pre-production data pipeline that enabled the team to verify core business logic before deployment, ensuring seamless and reliable production releases
  • Gained deep expertise in payments processing and digital payments technologies, with hands-on experience in Spark, Apache HUDI, and a range of AWS services.

Data Engineer

Barclays
08.2021 - 08.2022
  • Part of Data Engineering Team in Next-Gen Consumer Banking Platform
  • Engineered 10+ high-performance real-time ETL pipelines using Spark Structured Streaming and AWS services, transforming data processing by enabling seamless, real-time data upserts to the data lake, which significantly enhanced data accessibility to downstream consumers
  • Built a highly scalable and adaptive end-to-end outbound data transfer framework, capable of transferring terabyte-level of data monthly
  • This framework, orchestrated using AWS CloudWatch and triggers, streamlined massive data transfers with increased efficiency and reliability
  • Conducted in-depth research on Spark and HUDI configurations to tackle complex challenges, such as merging and evolving schemas
  • Created frameworks for extensive unit testing, load testing, and schema management.

Education

Information Technology -

K.J.Somaiya College Of Engineering
06.2021

Skills

  • Apache Spark
  • Apache HUDI
  • AWS
  • Python
  • Data Warehouse
  • SQL
  • Data Analysis
  • Apache Hadoop
  • Problem-Solving
  • Spark performance tuning
  • Jenkins
  • Data Warehousing
  • Data Modeling
  • ETL development
  • Database Design

Certification

Google Digital Marketing, 2021

Publications

IEEE paper on using blockchain based voting system, 2021

Hobbies

Swimming and Trekking 

Timeline

Data Engineer

NomuPay
09.2022 - Current

Data Engineer

Barclays
08.2021 - 08.2022

Information Technology -

K.J.Somaiya College Of Engineering
Abhishek Parmar