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Bilal Shafqat
From Pakistan
$35/hr or $72,000/yr

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Lead Data Engineer

Big Data Engineer
Available for hire
Years of experience
8+ years
Experience level
Lead
Available for
Full-time, Contract, Freelance
Available from
28 Oct 2026

Lead Data Engineer with 8+ years of experience delivering cloud-based data engineering and analytics solutions. Expertise in Databricks (Certified), Microsoft Fabric (Certified), Snowflake, Azure, Power BI, Python, and SQL, specializing in scalable ELT pipelines, Lakehouse architecture, and dimensional modeling. Proven track record of modernizing data platforms, optimizing performance, and leveraging AI-assisted development to accelerate delivery.

A person who is an expert in all 3: Data Engineering, Big Data, and Business Intelligence.

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Employment History

Lead Data Engineering Consultant at Authority Partners Inc Current 2023 - Now
- Designed and implemented enterprise-scale data engineering solutions using Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, Delta Lake, PySpark, SQL, and Power BI to enable high-performance analytics. - Led data platform modernization by migrating legacy reporting solutions to Databricks Lakehouse, implementing Medallion Architecture and dimensional modeling best practices. - Improved platform performance and cost efficiency through Spark optimization, incremental data processing, and modernization initiatives, significantly reducing execution times and costs. - Evaluated and introduced modern data engineering practices, including Databricks Change Data Feed (CDF), Databricks Asset Bundles (DAB), code maintainability, and developer productivity. - Mentored a team of 4 Data Engineers, guiding project planning, technical implementation, and smooth project transitions.
Senior Data Engineering Consultant at Authority Partners Inc 2022 - 2023
- Architected and delivered enterprise data engineering and analytics solutions using Azure Data Factory, Snowflake, SQL, and Power BI, supporting organization-wide decision-making. - Collaborated with business and technical stakeholders, including PMO, TA, TM, and Engineering, to define and compile requirements. - Designed scalable data pipelines, dimensional models, and optimized semantic models aligned with robust business logic. - Developed secure, high-performance Power BI solutions using advanced DAX, Power Query, drill-through reporting, and Row-Level Security (RLS) for executive reporting.
Software Engineer I (Data Office) at Bentley Systems Pvt Ltd 2018 - 2022
- Developed and maintained big data applications using Apache Spark (Databricks) to process Bentley product usage and feature telemetry. - Designed and implemented end-to-end data pipelines, from ingesting product usage data to transforming and loading datasets into Snowflake for BI and analytics. - Collaborated with product teams to onboard new data sources and extend existing data processing workflows to support evolving business requirements. - Developed unit and integration test cases and implemented Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines to automate the build, testing, and deployment of Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Azure Functions, and other Azure resources across multiple environments.

Education

Bachelors in Computer Science at National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences 2014 - 2018