Rohan Urkude
Bengaluru
Summary
Lead Data Engineer with 9+ years of experience building high-performance data platforms in Agile and DevOps environments. EPFL-certified in Scala and Big Data, with expertise across the full data lifecycle—design, development, optimization, and delivery. Strong in Spark, distributed systems, and debugging at scale. Proven leader managing a 6-member team, mentoring interns, and aligning solutions with stakeholder goals.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
5
5
Certificate
Work History
Lead Data Engineer
Morgan Stanley
08.2022 - Current
- Designed and built Hyperloop, a universal data movement framework processing 900 jobs daily across SQL, NoSQL, MQs, file systems, and Snowflake.
Achieved ingestion of over 1.6 billion records in 45 minutes. Increased throughput by 40% while reducing Spark nodes by 10%. - Developed Lighthouse, a platform observability suite for access control, job lineage, anomaly detection, and cost analysis. Reduced incidents by 95%, improved compute efficiency by 25%, and saved $100K+/year in license fees.
- Created a Spark utility framework reducing job setup time from 1 week to under 4 hours. Adopted by 150+ developers across 6 departments. Enabled seamless deployment on Cloudera, Kubernetes, and Azure Databricks.
- Developed a data archival tool for Hadoop data lifecycle management using ECS S3.
Senior Data Engineer
HERE Technologies
10.2019 - 08.2022
- Migrated legacy Oracle and Java-based geospatial batch pipelines to Apache Spark, reducing processing time from 3-4 days to 4.5 hours.
- Architected ID Manager, a high-throughput RESTful web service using Scala + Akka on AWS (Aurora + NLB), handling 3M+ unique IDs/min.
- Played a key role in HD Lanes project for clients like Mercedes-Benz and Audi, enhancing map layer details.
- Streamlined HD Lanes processing pipeline, decreasing generation time from 22 hours to 9 hours.
Software Developer
Travelex
12.2017 - 09.2019
- Engineered cost-effective, scalable SSO system using Java Spring Boot on AWS Lambda with DynamoDB, lowering monthly authentication costs to $108.
- Replaced costly enterprise SSO tools while enabling support for federated identity providers like Ping Identity and Microsoft AD for major clients.
- Developed a currency exchange web application for the North American market, utilizing Spring Boot, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, and REST APIs, ensuring responsive UI and secure transaction handling.
- Created a Due Diligence API to monitor and flag high-risk forex transactions, improving compliance with global anti-fraud regulations and reducing manual screening time.
System Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services
08.2015 - 12.2017
- Constructed high-throughput RESTful web service using Java to process over 10,000 leads per hour from various digital marketing channels.
- Developed advanced features for Web2Call CRM platform, facilitating predictive lead scoring and conversion analytics.
- Enabled seamless switching between auto and manual dialing modes to improve sales conversions.
- Automated daily and weekly performance reports detailing lead inflow trends and conversion ratios for stakeholders.
- Streamlined daily and weekly performance reports outlining lead inflow trends and conversion ratios —distributed to VP and Director-level stakeholders for monitoring campaign efficiency and agent productivity.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics
Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering
Nagpur, India06.2015
Skills
- Programming languages: Scala, Java, SQL
- Data technologies: Spark, Hive, Impala, Hadoop, Snowflake, RDBMS, Kafka, Redis, Object Store, Databricks
- Data management: Quality assurance, Observability, Governance, Archival, RBAC
- Frameworks: Akka, Spring Boot, REST APIs
- Development tools: Git, Maven, SBT, Jenkins, IntelliJ, Postman
- Cloud platforms: AWS, Azure
Certification
- Scala Language - Professional : Lightbend
- Functional Program Design in Scala : EPFL
- Functional Programming Principles in Scala : EPFL
- Big Data Analysis with Scala and Spark : EPFL
- Data Engineering - Data Principles : Lightbend
Accomplishments
- Lead With Exceptional Ideas, Morgan Stanley – Successfully migrated the platform from Cloudera CDH to CDP with zero issues.
- UMap Champ, HERE Technologies – Automated manual deliverables, saving significant man-days and eliminating human error.
- Kudos Award, HERE Technologies – Recognized for BEBOLD values and ensuring successful UMap deliveries.
- Innovation Award, Travelex – Deployed Travelex's first serverless application on AWS.
- Technical Excellence, Tata Consultancy Services – Enabled CRM auto-dialer to go live, earning recognition for technical impact.
Timeline
Lead Data Engineer
Morgan Stanley
08.2022 - Current
Senior Data Engineer
HERE Technologies
10.2019 - 08.2022
Software Developer
Travelex
12.2017 - 09.2019
System Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services
08.2015 - 12.2017
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics
Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering
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