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Sayali Bendre

Pune

Summary

Senior Data Engineer with 7.5 years of experience in building and managing large-scale ETL pipelines on AWS Cloud. Specialized in developing automated, high-performance data workflows using Python, PySpark, Glue, and Redshift across finance and life sciences projects. Proven ability to lead end-to-end data integration initiatives, optimize ETL processes, and ensure data quality, security, and compliance. Skilled at translating business requirements into technical solutions, driving innovation in cloud data engineering environments.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

AWS Data Engineer

Cognizant
Pune
08.2023 - Current
  • Designed and maintained end-to-end data pipelines across diverse source and target systems for large-scale Finance and Life Sciences clients.
  • Engineered data ingestion frameworks with Python and PySpark, processing millions of records in structured and semi-structured formats.
  • Migrated on-premise data solutions to AWS Cloud, creating cost-effective and performance-optimized pipelines.
    Built robust data validation and exception handling mechanisms to ensure pipeline reliability and data quality.
  • Automated extraction of external datasets using custom Python scripts, reducing manual effort by 40%.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to translate business requirements into compliant technical data solutions.
    Tuned Spark jobs for improved performance, achieving approximately 30% reduction in ETL processing times.
  • Mentored junior team members on best practices for AWS cloud-based ETL development and data modeling.

AWS Developer

Nihilent
Pune
02.2022 - 08.2023
  • Developed and optimized ETL pipelines using AWS services such as Glue, S3, Lambda, and Redshift.
  • Created robust data workflows for finance and life sciences clients from diverse file and database sources.
    Engineered PySpark and Python scripts for efficient data extraction, transformation, and loading into cloud data lakes and warehouses.

AWS Data Engineer

Accenture
Pune
10.2017 - 02.2022
  • Designed and maintained scalable ETL pipelines utilizing Python, PySpark, and AWS services including Glue, S3, and Redshift.
  • Managed diverse data integration projects in finance and healthcare sectors, overseeing workflows from source extraction to cloud data warehouse loading.
    Focused on performance optimization and data quality throughout end-to-end data processing.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering Technology - Computer Engineering

Sinhgad Academy of Engineering
Pune
06.2017

Skills

  • Programming & Scripting:
    Python, PySpark, SQL
  • Cloud & Data Services:
    AWS Glue, Amazon S3, Lambda, Step Functions, Amazon Redshift, RDS, Athena, CloudWatch
  • ETL & Data Integration:
    ETL pipeline development, Data ingestion, Transformation (file-to-file, file-to-DB, DB-to-file, DB-to-DB), Data Lake and Data Warehouse implementation
  • Data Formats & Sources:
    CSV, JSON, Parquet, APIs, SharePoint
  • Data Quality & Optimization:
    Data validation, Error handling, Logging, Performance tuning, Partitioning
  • Tools & Orchestration:
    Autosys, Git, JIRA, Agile methodologies
  • Databases:
    Amazon Redshift, MySQL, PostgreSQL
  • Domains:
    Finance, Life Sciences,Banking

Websites

Certification

  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
  • AWS Certified Developer Associate

Accomplishments

  • ACE Award, 11/01/18 - Present, ACE Award in individual category in 2018.
  • Star of the Month, 11/01/19 - 11/30/19, Star of the Month Award in Nov 2019.
  • Star of the Month, 06/01/20 - 06/30/20, Star of the Month Award in June 2020.

Hobbies and Interests

  • Dance
  • Music
  • Singing

Languages

  • English, Full Professional Proficiency
  • Hindi, Native or Bilingual Proficiency
  • Marathi, Native or Bilingual Proficiency

Timeline

AWS Data Engineer

Cognizant
08.2023 - Current

AWS Developer

Nihilent
02.2022 - 08.2023

AWS Data Engineer

Accenture
10.2017 - 02.2022

Bachelor of Engineering Technology - Computer Engineering

Sinhgad Academy of Engineering

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