About

Afaque Ahmad is a Senior Data Engineer at QuantumBlack, McKinsey & Company, with over 5 years of relevant experience in the field. He is a big-data enthusiast who enjoys solving challenging algorithmic problems related to backend and data engineering. Afaque is skilled in various programming languages such as Python and Scala, and has experience in working with big data tools like Hadoop and Spark. He is proficient in DWH, databases such as MySQL, MongoDB, and Hive, and has expertise in AWS services like Lambda, EC2, S3, API Gateway, Redshift, and ECS. Afaque has a passion for learning and constantly pushes himself beyond his limits by handling some of the most pressing problems across various sectors and industries. He is a quick learner and has experience in using CI/CD tools like AWS CodePipeline, ECS, Jenkins, ElasticBeanstalk, and Docker. He is also proficient in server monitoring and maintenance using Nagios/Icinga2 and workflow management tools like Luigi and Airflow. Afaque is skilled in Linux and has an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification. At QuantumBlack, Afaque has single-handedly designed and implemented robust end-to-end data pipelines for preprocessing, cleaning, and building complex geospatial features using various open-source datasets. He has also built data pipelines for automating manual processes in Excel sheets using Azure Databricks and has experience in real-time updation of progress values using Azure Event Grid Topics and Functions. He has worked with Kedro, PySpark, Hadoop, Hive, Azure Event Grid Topics, Azure Databricks, Azure Functions, and Azure Key Vault. Afaque has previously worked as a Fellow-Data Engineering at QuantumBlack and as a Software Engineer at Wavecell, an 8x8 company. He holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from the National University of Singapore and is skilled in various tech stacks such as ETL, SQL, Apache Hive, MongoDB, CI/CD, Docker, Jenkins, Backend, and Pandas. Afaque is a dedicated and passionate data engineer who strives to solve complex problems and deliver actionable insights.