WINSON

Principal Data Engineer / Consultant

About Me

Principal Data Engineer / Consultant with +10 years of experience, skilled at designing and scaling enterprise data ecosystems in fintech and technology. Adept in cloud-native platforms, modern data stacks, ML, and data analytics. Proven ability to set data strategy, architect complex systems, and influence executives and engineers alike. Passionate about building platforms that enable real-time insights, ML at scale, and data-driven innovation.

Work Experience

Data Engineer (Data Products)

Cuscal Limited | Sydney | 2025

  • Productionized the core data pipelines in Databricks for the new data products domain, involving +20 analytical models based on the medallion architecture (bronze, silver, gold).
  • Helped grow Agile development, data modelling, software engineering and AI best practices in a core team of 4.
  • Proposed and implemented enhancements to the data operations (DataOps) workflows - like improving the Continuous Integration and Delivery (CICD), testing, monitoring and documentation — reducing delivery friction.
  • Implemented a multi-format PySpark transformation pipeline and an appropriate test suite for transactional data, enhancing an enrichment data product.

Independent Project & Startup Tech Lead

@Fishburners | Sydney | 2024

  • Delivered the POC from MVP to Production for a travel app using Django, PostgreSQL, and Next.js in a team of 3.
  • Delivered fundamental software engineering and impactful coding workshops, mentoring junior developers and uplifting modern engineering practices.

Senior Data Engineer (Data Platforms)

Hub24 Limited | Sydney | 2023

  • Rolled out Databricks onto the Google Cloud Platform, an initiative to drive closer integration for the group.
  • Completed a 6-month data platform migration from Snowflake to Databricks, with Data Build Tool (DBT) pipelines. This cross-org initiative helped consolidate data sources and cut infrastructure costs.
  • Designed and implemented AWS cloud data ingestion from +10 data sources to Databricks.
  • Helped drive Agile and DevOps practices, and delivered releases in line with IT change management.

Data Engineer

Viator, Tripadvisor | Sydney | 2022

  • Optimised and maintained BigQuery data analytics pipelines powering Tableau dashboards for global analytics teams across the UK, APAC, and USA.
  • Partnered with CRM and marketing team to integrate customer data into a central platform, enabling targeted campaigns and revenue uplift.

Data Engineer

Interworks | Sydney | 2021

  • Delivered an AWS Snowflake-DBT-Tableau data platform implementation for an Adelaide mining client, enabling production analysis of millions of daily tonnage records to optimise operational productivity for active mines.

Education

Fullstack Bootcamp

Le Wagon (Melbourne) - 2019

MSc. in Business Analytics

Arizona State University - 2017

B.Com, Finance & Accounting

University of Melbourne - 2010

Skills

Data Platforms & Tools

Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery, DBT, Fivetran, Airflow, Confluent

Programming & DevOps

Python, SQL, GitHub Actions, Terraform, CI/CD

Cloud

AWS, GCP, Azure

Analytics & Visualization

Tableau, Power BI, GraphDB

Full-stack Development

Django, Node, Flask, FastAPI, Next.js, React Native, Flutter

Leadership

Agile delivery, stakeholder engagement, team mentorship, data architecture