Dimitrios M.

Dimitrios M.

Senior Big Data Engineer

Germany
Trusted member since 2025
5 years of experience

He has contributed to data platforms across eCommerce, fintech, and enterprise environments, working with companies such as Profitero+, EPAM, and EY. His projects include Spark performance tuning, high-volume data ingestion on AWS EMR, and orchestrating complex workflows with Airflow.

Known for his strong problem-solving skills and clear communication, Dimitrios consistently emphasizes reliability, efficiency, and well-structured engineering practices in every project he undertakes.

Main expertise

SQLSQL5 years
Data Engineering5 years
AWSAWS4 years
Apache AirflowApache Airflow4 years
3+

Experience5

Profitero+

Senior Big Data Engineer

Profitero+
E-commerce
Nov 2025 · 4m

Profitero is a global e-commerce analytics platform used by major retail brands to track digital shelf performance, automate insights, and optimize marketplace visibility across Amazon, Walmart, and other major retailers.

  • Leads Spark-based ETL optimization initiatives, reducing compute footprint and ensuring SLA-bound ETAs for mission-critical data products.
  • Owns the architecture and implementation of high-volume ingestion pipelines running on AWS EMR and Databricks clusters.
  • Implements advanced performance tuning, partitioning strategies, caching, and execution-plan refinement across PySpark and Scala Spark workloads.
  • Designs Airflow DAGs for fully orchestrated extraction, transformation, model preparation, and delivery processes.
  • Collaborates with data scientists and analytics teams to standardize transformation logic into reusable frameworks.
  • Ensures production reliability by improving monitoring, logging, and alerting across EMR, Snowflake, and GCP workloads.
  • Supports cross-team integration and shapes engineering standards for new data products.
Apache SparkApache Spark
PythonPython
SQLSQL
AWS S3AWS S3
ScalaScala
5+
Profitero+

Big Data Engineer

Profitero+
E-commerce
Apr 2024 - Nov 2025 · 1y 7m
  • Built advanced Spark jobs using an internal framework to process multi-source retail datasets at scale.
  • Developed complete ETL pipelines—from raw ingestion (S3, APIs, vendor feeds) to cleaning, preparation, and datamart outputs.
  • Created recursive custom algorithms to optimize a bottleneck ETL step, improving execution speed and stability.
  • Tuned CPU and memory usage, executor configurations, and storage formats to meet strict ETAs.
  • Created and maintained Airflow DAGs orchestrating dozens of interdependent tasks.
  • Collaborated with product, data, and client teams on integration patterns and requirements alignment.
  • Ensured secure distribution of final datasets via SFTP automations.
Apache SparkApache Spark
PythonPython
SQLSQL
AWS S3AWS S3
ScalaScala
3+
Mantaro Brands

Senior Data Engineer

Mantaro Brands
E-commerce
Oct 2023 - Jan 2024 · 3m

Mantaro Brands operates and scales multiple D2C consumer brands, relying heavily on data analytics, forecasting, and automated reporting infrastructure.

  • Designed and optimized ingestion and transformation pipelines supporting marketplace analytics and brand operations.
  • Implemented Spark-based workflows for forecasting, demand analysis, and product performance insights.
  • Created Airflow DAGs to orchestrate ETL steps and validation checks.
  • Improved Snowflake schema design and warehouse performance for reporting use cases.
  • Ensured data readiness and quality for internal analytics and external marketplace integrations.
AWSAWS
PythonPython
SQLSQL
Google CloudGoogle Cloud
Apache AirflowApache Airflow
SnowflakeSnowflake
EPAM Systems

Big Data Developer

EPAM Systems
Information Technology (IT) and Services
Oct 2021 - Sep 2023 · 1y 11m

EPAM is a global engineering and consulting firm delivering cloud, big data, and platform modernization for enterprise clients.

  • Built sophisticated Spark jobs on a custom internal framework, executed on AWS EMR clusters.
  • Designed ETL flows from heterogeneous data sources, applied cleaning and curation logic, and delivered final datamarts.
  • Implemented recursive algorithms for complex transformations, significantly accelerating bottleneck jobs.
  • Performed Spark and EMR performance tuning, reducing job runtimes to meet fixed ETAs.
  • Developed Airflow DAGs to orchestrate multi-layer pipelines.
  • Communicated with customers and cross-functional teams for data integration and requirement analysis.

As Dev Lead:

  • Led task allocation, peer reviews, and onboarding for new engineers.
  • Provided architecture guidance and ensured alignment with enterprise engineering standards.
  • Supported teams with hands-on technical assistance across Spark, Airflow, and AWS EMR.
AWSAWS
Apache SparkApache Spark
PythonPython
SQLSQL
ScalaScala
4+
AbbVie

Data Engineer / BI Developer

AbbVie
Pharmaceuticals
Oct 2020 - Oct 2021 · 1y
  • Contributed to the implementation of Palantir Foundry for enterprise data governance, modeling, and analytics.
  • Built curated datasets, operational workflows, and governed pipelines within Foundry.
  • Developed analytics-ready tables and dashboards to support commercial and regulatory operations.
  • Collaborated closely with business and data science teams to structure high-value datasets.
PythonPython
SQLSQL
Data Modeling
Palantir FoundryPalantir Foundry

Assessments

Engineering excellence

Dimitrios’s overall performance in a 90-minute live technical assessment ranks in the top 5% of vetted Senior Big Data Engineers at Proxify.

Certificates 2

Astronomer
Astronomer Certification for Apache Airflow 3 FundamentalsAstronomer

Issued Oct 2025
Credential ID 91b57fed-9cb9-4fd3-bff9-df2866cca7aa

Apache AirflowApache Airflow
AWS Certified Developer – AssociateAmazon Web Services, Inc.

Issued Feb 2023 - Expires Feb 2026
Credential ID 90bb6fc7-0472-4f38-8e18-d7a57d046b23

AWSAWS
Astronomer
Astronomer Certification for Apache Airflow 3 FundamentalsAstronomer

Issued Oct 2025
Credential ID 91b57fed-9cb9-4fd3-bff9-df2866cca7aa

Apache AirflowApache Airflow
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Education

Heriot-Watt University
Heriot-Watt University
Petroleum Engineering2015 - 2017
GRS
Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas (National Research University)
Engineer's degree, Pipeline Network Design, Construction and Operation2008 - 2013

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