Abel Shiferaw
Senior Data Engineer with extensive industry experience building and maintaining ETL pipelines, data warehouses and BI solutions across the major cloud platforms--AWS, Azure & GCP
- Role
- Senior Data Engineer at Meta
- Location
- Woodbridge, VA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Abel Shiferaw
Results-driven Senior Data Engineer with over 10 years of experience designing, building, and optimizing scalable data pipelines and cloud-based data solutions. Expertise in Snowflake, AWS, Azure, and GCP, with a strong focus on data integration, ETL/ELT workflows, and data governance. Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver actionable insights and drive data-driven decision-making. Passionate about leveraging cutting-edge technologies to solve complex business challenges and improve operational efficiency.TECHNICAL SKILLS Cloud & Databases: AWS (S3, EC2, Glue, Lambda, RDS), Snowflake, BigQuery, Azure Synapse, HDFS, Hive, Impala Data Engineering & ETL: Ab Initio, Hadoop (Cloudera), Airflow, dbt, Snowpipe, Terraform, AWS Glue, Looker Programming: Python, SQL, Java, JavaScript, PowerShell Data Integration & Pipelines: Ab Initio CDC, ETL Design, Data Warehouse Fundamentals, OLTP & OLAP Models Operating Systems & Scripting: Linux/Unix, Shell Scripting Version Control & CI/CD: Git, GitHub, Terraform, Jenkins Agile Development & Testing: Unit Testing, Automated Testing, Agile Best Practices
Experience
Senior Data Engineer
Jan 2024 — Present · US
Designed and maintained scalable data pipelines using SQL, Python, and internal tools to process large-scale datasets for Facebook feeds, ads, marketplace, and Instagram Reels.• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into data solutions, improving data accessibility and insights for decision-making.• Optimized ETL workflows using Presto and Hive, reducing latency by 25% and enhancing data processing efficiency.• Implemented data quality checks and monitoring systems, ensuring 99.9% data accuracy and compliance with privacy and security standards.• Automated production processes, reducing manual intervention by 40% and improving operational efficiency.
Education
Jimma University
Bachelor's degree, Economics
University of St.Gallen
Certificate of Achievement, Regional and Sustainable Trade, International Business/Trade/Commerce
2012 — 2012
Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna
Master of Science (MSc), Quantitative Finance, specialization in Financial Engineering
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