Jimit Modi
Building Scalable Data Platforms | AWS, GCP, Databricks Specialist | Engineering Leader | Real-Time & Big Data Systems
- Role
- Director at JioHotstar
- Location
- Mumbai, MH, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jimit Modi
Experienced Data Platform Leader with 15 years of building scalable data systems, cloud platforms, and engineering teams across high-growth consumer tech.Currently heading the Data Platform team at Jiohotstar, I drive end-to-end architecture for large-scale ingestion, processing, and analytics platforms across AWS, GCP (BigQuery, DataProc), and Databricks. My background spans real-time data pipelines (30K+ events/sec), modern data warehousing, infrastructure automation, and platform reliability.I bring deep technical expertise combined with a strategic leadership style, having delivered mission-critical data infrastructure at brands like JioCinema, Hotstar, and Shaadi.com.Self-taught and execution-driven, I am passionate about scaling platforms, mentoring high-performing teams, and enabling data-driven decision-making at a global scale.Core ExpertiseData Platforms | Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, GCP)| Databricks | Big Data Systems | Data Engineering | Real-Time Ingestion | Data Warehousing | Kafka Ecosystem | Platform Scalability | Leadership & Strategy
Experience
Director
Apr 2023 — Present · Mumbai, IN
At JioCinema, I lead the Data Platform team, managing 16 engineers and building highly scalable data systems supporting over 2 billion events daily.Key Highlights:Built a robust ingestion platform scaling to 15M RPS, integrating schema governance and analytics sinks.Delivered a real-time Ads Impression Tracking system (20M RPS) with unique reach reporting across 16+ dimensions in seconds.Developed a Cohorting Service for dynamic audience curation, integrating with Ad servers and CleverTap.Led the design of JioCinema’s Analytics Layer using DBT and BigQuery under a governed Medallion Architecture.Part of the core leadership team in migrating infrastructure from AWS to GCP.Standardized Databricks usage across teams, promoting cost governance and faster pipeline delivery.Reduced ingestion costs by 60% and enabled rapid, self-serve analytics for business teams.Recognized with the \"Superhit\" award for creating innovative solutions and advancing Viacom18’s vision.Tech: Kafka, Kubernetes, BigQuery, Databricks, Airflow, DBT, DataProc, GCP, Protobuf, Python.
Education
L N College of Management & Technology
BCA, Computers
2008 — 2011
Fatima Devi English High School
High School
1992 — 2004
Skills
- Html
- Wordpress
- Jsonp
- Mysql
- Linux
- Zend Framework
- Git
- Php
- Lighttpd
- Django
- Web Development
- Ajax
- Javascript
- Fabric Deployment
- Apache
- Emacs
- Json
- Css
- Python
- Jquery
- Web Servers
- Apache 2
- Xml
- Xmpp
- Paypal Integration
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