Nathan Eastwood
Senior Data Architect & Data Engineering Practice Lead @Silverbullet
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Data Architect & Data Engineering Practice Lead @Silverbullet
Plymouth, GB
Lead architect for a major enterprise data platform programme in UK hospitality (c. 2,600 venues; multi-million pound annual programme).•Own architecture strategy, delivery governance, and engineering leadership across a multi-platform ecosystem (Databricks, Treasure Data, Braze).•Design and oversee a Databricks lakehouse using a medallion (bronze, silver, gold) data model for large-scale analytical workloads (millions to billions of records).•Architect metadata-driven ingestion frameworks integrating 30+ enterprise data sources (customer, loyalty, booking, marketing, application data, etc.).•Lead design and implementation of a universal customer data model and CDC pipelines into Braze to support analytics and marketing activation while optimising cost and performance. Reduced data point sends from 350M/week to <15M/week.•Define and implement engineering governance covering coding and testing standards, CI/CD requirements, documentation, and platform deployment processes.•Design DevOps pipelines for automated testing, release candidate management, and controlled deployments to Databricks and Treasure Data environments.•Author the engineering operating model (release management, trunk-based development, schema evolution, environment strategy).•Lead the Testing and Governance programme, securing additional funding and implementing data assurance and test data management practices (including GDPR-compliant anonymisation).•Provide leadership and mentoring to a data engineering team of seven (engineers and QA specialists) and run architecture reviews, design workshops, and stakeholder sessions.•Support pre-sales activities (solution architecture, proposals, technical consultation) and collaborate with Databricks, Treasure Data, and Braze on platform issues and joint case studies.•Technologies: Databricks, Spark, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Delta Sharing, Python, SQL, Azure, CI/CD pipelines, metadata-driven data frameworks.
EDUCATION
The University of Sheffield
Master of Science (MSc.) (part-time), Statistics
University of Plymouth
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Mathematics and Statistics
SKILLS
ABOUT NATHAN EASTWOOD
Senior Data Architect and Data Engineering leader with extensive experience delivering enterprise data transformation programmes across consulting environments. Proven ability to design and implement modern data platforms, define engineering standards, and lead cross-functional teams to deliver large-scale analytics and customer data solutions. Currently leading architecture and delivery for a multi-million pound enterprise data programme within the hospitality sector, overseeing platform strategy across Databricks, Treasure Data, and Braze. Experienced in translating complex business requirements into scalable technical architectures while mentoring engineering teams and establishing governance frameworks that improve reliability, delivery speed, and platform maturity. Strong background in consulting across multiple industries including government, insurance, marketing, and life sciences. Known for building reusable frameworks, modernising legacy data pipelines, and establishing engineering operating models that support enterprise data platforms and real-time analytics.
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