Alvin B.

Data Engineer

Alvin is a seasoned Data Engineer with 17 years of experience, demonstrating remarkable proficiency in SQL and Java. He has extensive experience with languages like Python and Scala and is adept at using Apache Spark for big data processing.

Alvin has shown excellent skills in data warehousing with Snowflake and possesses substantial expertise in PostgreSQL. Throughout his career, he has focused on developing robust data solutions, spending the majority of his time at HealthReveal and PatientPing.

Alvin's versatility, combined with his impressive skill set, positions him as a valuable asset in the IT industry.

Main expertise

  • SQL
    SQL 17 years
  • ELT 5 years
  • ETL
    ETL 15 years

Other skills

  • Java
    Java 17 years
  • Agile
    Agile 12 years
  • Spring Boot
    Spring Boot 10 years
Alvin

Alvin B.

United States

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Selected experience

Employment

  • Director Software Engineering

    Accolade, Inc. - 1 year 1 month

    • Led data acquisition team of 4 engineers to develop and maintain data ingestion pipelines of Accolade.

    • Built on top of PySpark, AWS Batch, and AWS EMR.

    • Provided domain expertise to the task force responsible for integrating HealthReveal within Accolade.

    Technologies:

    • Technologies:
    • ELT
    • Redshift Redshift
  • Lead Data Engineer

    HealthReveal - 3 years 4 months

    • Build custom data ingest process for EHR and Insurance healthcare data using Spark, Scala & Cassandra.

    • Introduced Snowflake at HealthReveal and migrated all data from Cassandra into a newly designed operational and analytical data model.

    • Refactored data ingest into a Python & Snowflake-based data pipeline.

    • Develop secure, external facing APIs in Kotlin & SpringBoot for client access.

    Technologies:

    • Technologies:
    • Cassandra Cassandra
    • Spring Boot Spring Boot
    • Scala Scala
    • ELT
    • Spring Cloud Spring Cloud
    • Spring Data Spring Data
  • Senior Fullstack Engineer

    PatientPing - 3 years 1 month

    • Develop a data pipeline to consume HL7 messages using Java, Kafka, and Spring Boot.

    • Leverage ElasticSearch & fuzzy logic matching to build an algorithm to handle Person mastering across different sources like hospitals, nursing homes, and insurance rosters.

    • Designed and built internal Patient Roster loading and validation tools to enhance internal efficiency.

    • Worked on React frontend to build custom components to display flags identifying high utilizers, high-risk patients, and length of stay, among other analytics.

  • Senior Full Stack Engineer

    PatientPing - 3 years 1 month

    • Develop a data pipeline to consume HL7 messages using Java, Kafka, and Spring Boot.

    • Leverage ElasticSearch & fuzzy logic matching to build an algorithm to handle Person mastering across different sources like hospitals, nursing homes, and insurance rosters.

    • Designed and built internal Patient Roster loading and validation tools to enhance internal efficiency.

    • Worked on React frontend to build custom components to display flags identifying high utilizers, high-risk patients, and length of stay, among other analytics.

    Technologies:

    • Technologies:
    • Spring Boot Spring Boot
    • Spring Cloud Spring Cloud
    • Spring Data Spring Data
  • Senior Software Engineer

    Citi - 4 years 5 months

    • Built a centralized validation framework to serve front-end and back-end account data tools.

    • As the team lead, designed and implemented a dynamic client onboarding portal using Drools, Angular, and Java.

    • Hands-on Team Lead of the Document Rules Engine, in charge of 4 developers tasked to build a rules-based document requirements calculator to serve multiple units across Citi.

    Technologies:

    • Technologies:
    • Spring Boot Spring Boot
    • Oracle Oracle
    • Spring Data Spring Data
  • Senior Software Engineer

    ESPN Video - 1 year 5 months

    • Built an API service on top of the internal ESPN CMS system.

    • Used Flash to implement video engagement tracking features.

    • Implement cue points based on in-video ads display.

    Technologies:

    • Technologies:
    • Adobe Flash Adobe Flash
    • CMS
  • Software Engineer

    Lehman - 3 years 8 months

    • Built Java-based loader framework to process end-of-day pricing data files for reconciliation.

    • Built a Java Swing desktop app for account management.

    • Implement business validation rules as a standalone microservice to be re-used between the desktop and loader apps to ensure consistency and standard error messages.

Education

  • BSc.Computer Science

    Stony Brook University · 2002 - 2004

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