Ashwani Kumar

About Ashwani Kumar

I\'m a Data Engineering professional with 6+ years of experience in building scalable data solutions that power business intelligence and decision-making. Currently at GEP, I design and manage end-to-end Spark-based pipelines on Azure Databricks, optimizing data workflows that process billions of records. I’ve led key initiatives around data lake architecture, CI/CD, Unity Catalog access control, and automation testing.Previously at Optum (UHG), I combined data science and engineering to build predictive healthcare cost models, directly impacting $800K+ in project revenue. My strength lies in solving complex data problems using Spark, Scala, SQL, and Python, while bridging the gap between infrastructure and analytics.Always curious, I’m passionate about performance optimization, LLM-driven data enrichment (like transliteration via ChatGPT), and building robust data ecosystems that scale.

Experience

1. Senior Data Engineer

   GEP Worldwide

   Mar 2025 — Present

   Design and manage end-to-end Spark-based pipelines on Azure Databricks, optimizing data workflows that process billions of records. I’ve led key initiatives around data lake architecture, CI/CD, Unity Catalog access control, and automation testing.

Education

• Bangalore Institute of Technology

  B.E., Computer Science and Engineering

  2015 — 2019