Zahid Galea

Zahid Galea

Swieqi, Malta

linkedin.com/in/zahidgalea

+356 9981 7146

[email protected]

Professional Experience

ACID Labs — Lead of Data Engineering

Santiago, Chile (Remote) | April 2023–Present

Data Engineer with 6 years of experience in technology. Specialized in designing and optimizing data solutions, with strong expertise in cloud computing (GCP). Complementary skills in Full Stack development and DataOps. Pioneer in implementing AI Generative practices.

Enterprise Data Architecture

Led the development and data architecture of the consultancy's own enterprise data, focusing on NoOps tools specific to the GCP suite.

Technologies:

  • Google Cloud Platform - Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, Cloud Storage
  • Dataplex - Data governance
  • Dataform - ELT processes
  • Looker Studio - Visualization
  • Bitbucket Pipelines - CI/CD
  • Terraform - Infrastructure as Code
Coca-Cola Chile Logistics Project

Tech lead on a logistics-oriented project for Coca-Cola Chile, aimed at flattening the delivery curve in B2B.

Technologies:

  • AWS - Cloud infrastructure
  • CloudFormation - Infrastructure as Code
  • Lambda - Serverless computing
  • Athena - Query service
  • DynamoDB - NoSQL database
Leadership & Certification

Led the attainment of 4 certifications as GCP Professional Data Engineer, leading Data Analytics specialization. Consultatively led 20+ data engineers, participated in performance evaluations and career roadmap development.

AI Innovation & Pre-sales

Developed multiple POCs in pre-sales and research phases, creating new services within the organization specifically in AI technologies.

Technologies:

  • OpenAI - AI models
  • Google AI - AI models
  • Langraph - AI framework
  • LlamaIndex - AI framework
  • KSQL - Streaming architecture
  • Apache Hudi - Lake House technology

ACID Labs — Data Engineer Senior

Santiago, Chile | February 2022–April 2023

Worked with Walmart Chile on data infrastructure modernization and automation.

Data Migration & Architecture

Migrated manual data loading processes from MSSQL Server to automated process using Docker & Kubernetes, moving data to corporate BigQuery. Designed data architecture for operations team.

Technologies:

  • Docker - Containerization
  • Kubernetes - Container orchestration
  • BigQuery - Data warehouse
  • dbt - ELT transformations
  • Microsoft Azure - Cloud platform
  • Jenkins - CI/CD

Kavak.com — Senior Software Engineer

Santiago, Chile | October 2022–March 2023

Freelance position focused on automation and optimization.

Tableau Access Management

Developed automated GitOps-based system for Tableau access management using CI/CD practices.

Technologies:

  • Tableau API - Access control
  • GitOps - Infrastructure management
AWS Optimization

Designed and implemented small file compaction processes over CDC S3 Files, improving system performance and reducing costs. Optimized AWS Glue processes.

Technologies:

  • AWS S3 - Storage
  • AWS Glue - ETL service

WOM — Data Engineer

Santiago, Chile | October 2020–February 2022

Focus on logistics automation and data warehouse migration.

Logistics Automation

Developed automated processes for the logistics department, enhancing operational efficiency.

Technologies:

  • Apache Airflow - Process orchestration
  • Cloud Functions - Serverless computing
  • DBT - ELT tool
Data Warehouse Migration

Consulted on migration of on-premises data warehouse from Netezza to GCP and IBM DataStage

Technologies:

  • GCP - Cloud platform
  • IBM DataStage - Data integration
  • Netezza - Legacy data warehouse

Education

Duoc UC

Engineer's degree, Information Technology

Santiago, Chile | 2020 - Unfinished


CaleiSeis Foundation

Machine Learning Specialization

Santiago, Chile | 2018


Desafío Latam

Fullstack Bootcamp

Santiago, Chile | 2018


Universidad Central de Venezuela

Geography licenciature

Caracas, Venezuela | 2015 - Unfinished

Professional Certifications

Languages

  • Spanish - Native
  • English - B2