Principal Data Engineer with 8+ years of experience architecting petabyte-scale data platforms for Fintech, AdTech, and Maritime sectors. Proven track record of replacing expensive SaaS tools with open-source infrastructure, resulting in 40%+ cost reductions. Expert in designing Modern Data Stacks (Airbyte, Airflow, dbt, Kubernetes, etc) and Enterprise Warehouses (Snowflake, Redshift, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, etc) to drive operational automation and AI readiness.