Senior Data
Engineer

Databricks · PySpark · SQL · Azure

I build reliable data platforms and scalable pipelines, turning complex business requirements into production-ready data solutions.

6+ years in Data Engineering · 8+ years across data, automation and software engineering · Based in Spain · Available for remote European roles

Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Selected Data Engineering Work

01

Agriculture Data Platform

Kynetec
SQL ServerPythonDatabricksPySparkAzure

Owned and maintained the production data pipelines supporting a 20-country agricultural operation. Developed complex SQL transformations, automated data processing with Python, supported production incidents, and designed the migration path from SQL Server toward Databricks and PySpark with reusable patterns across countries.

15+Production Pipelines
99%+Data Quality
30%Fewer Failures
02

Energy Analytics Platform

Accenture
Azure SynapsePySparkPower BISQL

Designed and developed an Azure-based analytics platform for the energy sector using Azure Synapse, PySpark and Power BI. Migrated business transformations from DAX into scalable data-processing pipelines and analytical datasets.

100+Concurrent Users
40%Faster Queries
03

Enterprise Data Platform Migration

Accenture
SparkHadoopClouderaHiveImpala

Led the migration of enterprise Hadoop and Spark workloads from Cloudera 6.3.4 to 7.1.7 across multiple production clusters for a pharmaceutical environment, maintaining platform stability throughout.

0Disruption to Production

Experience

8+ years

Kynetec

2023 — 2026

Senior Data Engineer

Owned the end-to-end data platform for a 20-country agricultural operation. Designed the migration path from SQL Server to Databricks and PySpark, resolved high volumes of production and stakeholder requests, mentored engineers across APAC and EMEA, and built RPA automation in VBA to eliminate manual reporting bottlenecks.

15+Production Pipelines
99%+Data Quality
50+Requests / Month

Accenture

2021 — 2023

Data Engineer

Designed scalable ETL and orchestration workflows (Python, Scala, Airflow) consolidating Oracle data across banking business units. Built an Azure Synapse analytics platform for the energy sector, migrating DAX logic to PySpark, and led the Cloudera 6.3.4 → 7.1.7 migration with zero service disruption. Developed large-scale Hadoop/Spark pipelines for retail and pharmaceutical clients.

40%Faster Queries
100+Concurrent Users
5+Banking BUs

DXC Spain

2020 — 2021

Data Engineer

Designed Spark/Sqoop ingestion pipelines centralizing high-volume data from DB2 and Oracle Exadata into Hadoop. Led the on-premises-to-cloud migration to Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory and Snowflake with zero data loss, and strengthened governance with automated sensitive-field masking and validation.

35%Faster Queries
50+ETL Jobs Migrated
25%Lower Infra Costs

Lionbridge

2017 — 2019

Senior Automation Engineer

Designed process automation (Python, VBA, regex) for globally distributed teams across Costa Rica, China, Poland, the USA, India and Spain, mentoring junior engineers on automation frameworks.

20%Fewer QA Issues
500+Users Supported

Mobilize.Net

2016

Intern

Built a PowerBuilder to HTML5 generator in C#, parsing complex tree structures into responsive output.

Standard Fruit Company (Dole)

2011

Developer

C# web services, SQL Server and T-SQL database work, IIS administration, and SharePoint services.

Education

  • MSc Big Data & Massive Data Analysis — Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
  • BSc Computer Science — Tecnológico de Costa Rica

Certifications

  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate
  • Scrum Manager
  • DOMO Accreditation

Additional Training

  • Artificial Intelligence — Texas Tech University
  • XTOL Data Analytics & Big Data — Universidad Cenfotec

Languages

  • English — C1
  • Spanish — Native
  • Galician — B2

Achievements & Leadership

  • President — AJERGA (2020–2025), leading a non-profit supporting 200+ members through workshops and mentorship programmes
  • Most Innovative Initiative Award — IV Hackathon Big Data & Analytics, FDS Spain (2020)
  • Excelencia Mocidade Exterior Scholarship (2019)