About

Olatunji (Ola) Ajibode is a Senior Engineer (Data) with over 22 years of experience in the field of software engineering and technology consulting. He is a versatile professional who is focused on actionable insights through data and engineers robust analytics solutions while optimizing cost. He is committed to lifelong learning and training, which is evident from his certifications in Agile Cert. DSDM, PRINCE2 Cert. Practitioner, ISEB Software Testing Intermediate, and Foundation in Systems Development. Ola is a polyglot programmer with expertise in Python, Java, Ruby, Scala, JavaScript, PHP, and C#. He is well-versed in both object-oriented and functional programming and has experience in backend/frontend development using React, Wordpress, and Flask. He has worked with various cloud stacks such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform, OpenShift, Databricks, and Qubole and is proficient in big data technologies like Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Pandas, Numpy, Apache Spark, PySpark, Hadoop, Hive, ML libraries, DataFlow, BigQuery, Kinesis, Cassandra, Athena, and Zeppelin. He has expertise in data modelling (Kimball/CIF) and visualization and can create meaningful dashboards for quick insight and issue resolution. Ola has worked in various sectors such as finance, media, eCommerce, travel, information technology, and startups. He has experience in automation using Selenium, SoapUI Automation professional, and has worked on platforms like Unix, Linux, GCP, AWS, Docker, VirtualBox, and Kubernetes. Currently, he is working as a Principal Technology Consultant (Data Engineering/AI) at Soft Creative Ltd, where he is involved in big data analytics with Spark, Kafka, Hadoop, Pig, Hive, Airflow, Oozie, Spark, Storm, Cassandra, AWS & GCP tools. He is also helping charities automate processes and manage data, building fault-tolerant search platforms using Elasticsearch, building end-to-end data pipelines, building customer engagement with Twilio/Python/Flask, and creating test frameworks and tools to ensure high-quality products. Ola has previously worked with companies like Expedia and Analogfolk, where he was involved in senior application engineering (data) and end-to-end data engineering, respectively. He has a Big Data & Social Analytics Certification from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Nano Degree in Data Engineering from Udacity, and has completed his Systems Analysis degree from