Akash Haldankar
Senior Data Science Engineer
Mumbai
Summary
Senior engineering professional with deep expertise in data architecture, pipeline development, and big data technologies. Proven track record in optimizing data workflows, enhancing system efficiency, and driving business intelligence initiatives. Strong collaborator, adaptable to evolving project demands, with focus on delivering impactful results through teamwork and innovation. Skilled in SQL, Python, Spark, and cloud platforms, with strategic approach to data management and problem-solving.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
3
3
Languages
Work History
Senior Data Engineer
Nielsen
2022.05 - Current
- Playing a pivotal role in leading the data engineering team to design, develop, and maintain robust data pipelines and systems
- Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of data engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence
- Create Event driven and Workflow based serverless architecture on AWS
- Ensure consistency with cloud architecture principles
- Explore & implement Deep Learning MLOPS based solutions for AI-ML problems such as
Recommendation engine, Text analyses, Anomaly/Fraud detection - Staying current with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in data engineering and analytics.
- Prepared written summaries to accompany results and maintain documentation.
- Prepared documentation and analytic reports, delivering summarized results, analysis and conclusions to stakeholders.
- Designed and implemented effective database solutions and models to store and retrieve data.
- Ran statistical analyses within software to process large datasets.
- Analyzed large datasets to identify trends and patterns in customer behaviors.
Data Engineer
Nielsen
2019.04 - 2022.05
- Developed Fraud detection systems using a combination of Graph Data Science & LSH
- Communicated new or updated data requirements to global team.
- Developed and delivered business information solutions.
- Worked with several NoSQL based databases like Neo4j & MongoDB
- Worked with container orchestration tech like Kubernetes & Airflow.
- Collaborated on ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) tasks, maintaining data integrity and verifying pipeline stability.
Data Analyst
Experience Commerce
2016.11 - 2018.09
- Worked with the internal product team primarily on technologies like python, MongoDB, node js
- Collaborated with the Big Data & visualization team to deliver data & insights.
- Tested data prediction algorithms based on historical data.
- Collaborated with stakeholders to identify business needs and data sources.
- Optimized data access and storage to improve performance of analytics systems.
Data Science Intern
Fractal Analytics
2016.05 - 2016.08
- Worked with the internal product team primarily on technologies like python, MongoDB, node js
- Collaborated with the Big Data & visualization team to deliver data & insights.
- Created data visualization graphics, translating complex data sets into comprehensive visual representations.
- Translated cost and benefits of machine learning technology for non-technical audiences.
Education
Master's in Data Science with Big Data and Deep Learning - ML & Deep Learning
GreyAtom School of Data Science
Mumbai 2018.01 - 2019.01
Master's Degree, Computer Engineering - undefined
D J Sanghvi College Of Engineering
2014.01 - 2017.01
B.E, Computer Engineering - undefined
Shivajirao S Jondhale College of Engineering
2011.01 - 2014.01
Diploma in Computer Engineering - undefined
Navjeevan Polytechnic
2008.01 - 2011.01
Skills
Python Programming
NoSQL Databases
Machine Learning
Data Warehousing
Certification
Practical Data Science on the AWS Cloud
Publications
- A Cost Sensitive Classifier for Big Data
- A MapReduce based approach for Classification
Timeline
Senior Data Engineer
Nielsen
2022.05 - Current
Data Engineer
Nielsen
2019.04 - 2022.05
Master's in Data Science with Big Data and Deep Learning - ML & Deep Learning
GreyAtom School of Data Science
2018.01 - 2019.01
Data Analyst
Experience Commerce
2016.11 - 2018.09
Data Science Intern
Fractal Analytics
2016.05 - 2016.08
Master's Degree, Computer Engineering - undefined
D J Sanghvi College Of Engineering
2014.01 - 2017.01
B.E, Computer Engineering - undefined
Shivajirao S Jondhale College of Engineering
2011.01 - 2014.01
Diploma in Computer Engineering - undefined
Navjeevan Polytechnic
2008.01 - 2011.01