Nikhil Gurram
Data Engineer at TikTok
- Role
- Data Engineer at TikTok
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Nikhil Gurram
I am a results-driven Data Engineer with significant experience at TikTok and Microsoft, where I\'ve leveraged my expertise in SQL, Python, Spark, and big data technologies to solve complex problems and drive business growth. My work spans developing scalable data warehouses, enhancing data processing efficiencies, and ensuring compliance with global data privacy laws, notably contributing to product improvements and regulatory adherence.Holding a Master\'s in Computer Science with a specialization in Data Science, I am passionate about turning data into actionable insights and strategic decisions. My achievements include boosting product adoption rates, dramatically reducing data processing latencies, and implementing innovative data solutions that support business objectives and compliance requirements.I\'m enthusiastic about exploring new challenges in data engineering and analytics, aiming to use my skills to contribute to impactful projects and continuous improvement within forward-thinking teams.
Experience
Data Engineer
Nov 2022 — Present · Seattle, WA, US
Work as an R&D Data Engineer to build Enterprise Analytical Data Warehouses for Minor Safety and Privacy products.Skills: SQL, Spark, Python, Hadoop (HDFS, Hive, HBase), Doris, Dorado (Similar to Airflow), ByteCloud(similar to AWS)• Achieve 83% increase in Adoption Rate, 58% increase in DAU, 5x organic conversion rate by developing a Data Warehouse for Minor Safety products (Screen Time Management, Family Pairing, Balanced Engagement Index)(~75M+ DAU) from the ground up to enable Data Scientists and Product Managers with visibility on 100+ penetration, usage, and adoption metrics.• Prevented $250M+ in fines from the EU Govt. by developing a highly available data backend (through. Doris) for a huge dataset (~1PetaByte full dataset size) consisting of 23 major data points (video views, search, share, live, comment, etc.) for data interoperability API complying with Digital Markets Act 6.9 in EU region.• Own 100% of offline data pipeline for the Download Your Data (complying EU GDPR laws) feature by maintaining SLA’s, monitoring daily data alerts and ETL data jobs as the user base keeps increasing.• Decreased the latency by to 10sec) for the Download Your Data feature data request (~1M+ DAU) from end user by refactoring the legacy offline HDFS batch pipeline to highly available Doris online pipeline.• Mitigating app ban risk by serving 10+ legal requests complying to Govt.’s, 3rd parties and stakeholders (CEO, Legal etc.).• Optimize team by performing regular On-Call duties, holding Internal & Design Review meetings, solving team’s pain points
Education
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science
2017 — 2019
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science
2017 — 2018
Vellore Institute of Technology
Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering
2017
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