About
I've been building data systems since 2013, back when the job was called "software engineer who touches the database." Since then I've designed real-time streaming pipelines, deployed ML models to production, and built data platforms from zero.
The startup years
In 2020 I joined SO1 as a founding engineer right after the parent company went insolvent (Wirecard). Built the data platform with one other engineer, ran technical presales, and stayed through acquisition by Schwarz Gruppe — the world's 4th largest retailer. That platform became the foundation of Schwarz Media, now serving Lidl and Kaufland across 12,000+ stores in 30+ countries.
The rebuild
After that I joined Tourlane as their sole data engineer — rebuilt the entire data infrastructure powering $100M+ in annual bookings. Orchestration, streaming, ML serving, infrastructure-as-code, all from scratch. Reduced infra costs by 90% and cut new pipeline delivery from a month to three days.
How I work
I do my best work as the first data engineer at a company that needs its data foundation built right. Zero to production, not slide decks.
Stack: Python, SQL, AWS, GCP, Kafka, Flink, Spark, dbt, Dagster, Snowflake, Terraform, Ray Serve.
Get in touch
Best way to reach me: alex@bogdanov.wtf