Aaron D. Gonzalez

Data Engineer & Technologist

//Summary

I'm an experienced Cloud Data Engineer with over a decade of hands-on expertise in transforming raw data into actionable insights. As a seasoned professional, I understand the nuances of building robust data pipelines, optimizing data storage, and ensuring data integrity.

Skills acquired through real-world challenges allow me to bridge the gap between technical intricacies and business objectives therefore working harmoniously with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

TLDR: I'm very chill to work with.

//What I've been doing lately

Lead Data Engineer

Feb. 2025 - Present

People, Inc.

New York, New York

Project managed the DataOps roll out of CICD pipelines, reducing Jenkins build times by 87%
Principal technical owner of dbt platform migration off dbt Cloud, successfully migrating ~500 dbt models & tests to dbt core
Identified inefficiencies in BigQuery queries and implemented optimizations, reducing data scanned by 81%
Optimized data orchestration workflows, migrating legacy DAGs from cron schedules to event-based Dataset schedules
Focused on Platform Engineering features to allow for increased self-service
Offered technical leadership by supervising direct reports & mentoring junior developers

Senior Data Engineer

Oct. 2023 - Feb. 2025

People, Inc.

New York, New York

Collaborated with stakeholders to ensure each team's acceptance criteria were included in CICD pipelines
Maintained and implemented new tests to increase code quality and accuracy
Evaluated emerging data engineering technologies, frameworks, and best practices
Led educational sessions on how to develop with the dbt CLI
Hosted an ongoing Lunch & Learn to encourage peer-led team learning

//Skills

Languages

PythonSQLBashRust

Data Tools

Apache AirflowdbtPrefectPandasSparkFivetran

Cloud & Infrastructure

GCPAWSBigQueryTerraformDockerKubernetes

DevOps & Tools

GitGitHub ActionsCI/CDLinuxJenkins

//Certifications

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