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Google Cloud Certified Professional Data Engineer | Turning Data into Decisions and Revenue I’m a Professional Data Engineer passionate about helping companies transform raw, disconnected data into powerful analytics and revenue-driving insights. By combining strong technical expertise with a deep understanding of business impact, I design and implement modern data infrastructures and warehouses that empower teams to make smarter, faster, and data-driven decisions. I specialize in building end-to-end data ecosystems, from ingestion and transformation to visualization and insight delivery, ensuring data flows seamlessly and becomes a strategic asset rather than a bottleneck. 💡 What I Do Build data warehouses and data pipelines on Google Cloud (BigQuery, Cloud Functions, Cloud Composer, GCS) to centralize and automate business data. Design and deploy analytics layers and dashboards (Looker, Looker Studio) that highlight the KPIs and metrics that matter most. Create scalable APIs and automation pipelines with FastAPI, Python, and Docker to integrate data across systems. Support data-driven growth by helping teams understand their performance, optimize operations, and unlock new revenue opportunities. ⚙️ Technical Expertise Languages: Python Cloud: Google Cloud Platform (Certified Professional Data Engineer) : BigQuery, Cloud Run, Cloud SQL, Firestore, Looker, Cloud Composer, Cloud Functions Databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB Containers & Versioning: Docker, Git Frameworks: FastAPI, Flask Machine Learning: Scikit-Learn, PyTorch 🚀 What Makes Me Different I don’t just move data — I make it speak. My focus is always on the business outcome: helping organizations understand their customers, improve their operations, and generate more revenue through the dashboards, data models, and key metrics I deliver. Let’s connect to discuss how I can help your company build a reliable data foundation, turn insight into action, and grow through intelligent analytics.

I build automated reporting systems that replace hours of manual work. Client Results Reduced 40+ hours/month of manual reporting for an outdoor hospitality group by building a fully automated pipeline that ingests data from PMS → BigQuery → Looker Studio. Developed a payroll processing data pipeline that processes $42,500/month in bonus payments, cutting manual payroll processing work by 23 hours per week while increasing payroll accuracy. Google Sheets API → Python ETL Pipeline → Looker Studio Created an automated pipeline that sends weekly PDF reports to enterprise clients for an industrial automation company. API Ingestion → BigQuery → Make Automated PDF Generation → SendGrid Email Delivery 📊 What I Build If your team is still exporting spreadsheets and manually building reports, I can fix that. I specialize in end-to-end automated reporting systems for B2B companies in SaaS, hospitality, marketing agencies, fintech, and training platforms that need to deliver recurring reports to clients without the manual overhead. 🔄 I build Automated Data Pipelines I connect APIs, databases, and platforms (including PMS systems like NewBook and Cloudbeds) into centralized data warehouses like BigQuery using Python. Pipelines are orchestrated with Dagster and designed with monitoring, alerting, and CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions for reliability. 🧠 I build Clean, Reliable Data Models Using dbt or Python, I transform raw data into clean, structured, user/client-ready metrics with version control, testing, and documentation so your reporting logic is transparent, scalable, and accurate. 📈 I built Live Dashboards that are Always Up-to-Date) I build Looker Studio (Data Studio) dashboards connected directly to BigQuery or your preferred database, so your clients and team always see live, accurate data without manual refreshes or outdated reports. It doesn't matter if your reports involve using marketing data from Google, Meta, or any other data source. I sit down with all my clients to get an exact list of KPIs, metrics, and charts that they want, so i can map out the data we need from all sources to build your dashboard or reporting system. 🏗️ Tech Stack **Cloud & Data:** Google Cloud Platform, Azure, BigQuery, Cloud Storage **Transformation & Orchestration:** dbt, Dagster, Python **CI/CD & Infrastructure:** GitHub Actions, pipeline automation **Visualization:** Looker Studio, Power BI **Automation:** Make, n8n, Airtable **Integrations:** Google Ads, Meta, GA4, APIs, PMS systems (NewBook, Cloudbeds) **Delivery:** SendGrid, Twilio 🎯 Who I Work With I work best with B2B companies that: * Deliver recurring reports to clients * Spend hours manually building or sending reports * Struggle with inconsistent or error-prone data * Need a scalable reporting system as they grow If you're manually exporting data, updating spreadsheets, or relying on analysts for repetitive reporting work, I’ll replace that with a system that runs automatically. 🤝 How I Work I focus on building systems that are: * Reliable (monitored, tested, and automated) * Scalable (built to grow with your business) * Cleanly structured (no fragile hacks or shortcuts) * Easy to maintain (documented and production-ready) You won’t get a quick fix. You’ll get a system designed to work long-term. 📁 Portfolio & Experience Real examples of pipelines, dashboards, and automation systems available upon request. Let’s Automate Your Reporting If you want to eliminate manual reporting, improve accuracy, and deliver better insights to your clients, let’s build a system that does it automatically. 📩 Send me a message and we’ll map out your reporting pipeline.

Struggling with slow, unreliable data pipelines, rising cloud costs, or a data stack that can't keep up with your AI initiatives? I help businesses fix exactly that. I'm a Senior Data Engineer with hands-on experience helping businesses design, build, and scale reliable data infrastructure across Azure, GCP, and AWS. I specialize in end-to-end ETL/ELT pipelines, real-time data processing, and cloud-native data architecture using PySpark, Python, SQL, Databricks, and BigQuery. Across 21+ completed projects on Upwork, I've delivered more than $100K in data engineering solutions, including systems processing over 10 million records with performance improvements of up to 40%. My work spans automated ingestion frameworks, CRM and analytics integrations, RAG-based LLM pipelines, and cloud cost optimization without sacrificing performance. Clients consistently point to my clear communication, reliability, and commitment to quality, reflected in my 100% Job Success score and Top Rated Plus status. Whether you need a pipeline built from scratch, an existing data stack optimized, or an ongoing data engineering partner, I bring the technical depth and communication needed to get projects delivered on time and on budget. If you have a data challenge, let's connect and discuss how I can help move your project forward.

Data Engineer | Cloud & ETL Specialist I’m a skilled Data Engineer with hands-on experience in Snowflake, Matillion, Airflow, Docker, Kubernetes and Power BI, building reliable ETL pipelines, data warehouses, and reporting solutions. Certified in AWS, Azure, and Snowflake, I help businesses transform raw data into actionable insights. ✅ Data pipeline design & automation ✅ Cloud data warehousing (Snowflake, AWS, Azure) ✅ Workflow orchestration (Airflow) ✅ Business intelligence & reporting (Power BI, dbt) I deliver efficient, scalable, and well-documented solutions to ensure your data is always ready for decision-making. Let’s collaborate and make an impact! 💡🚀

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Robin Huang CFA, FRM VB, VBS, VBA, VCBasic, SQL, Access 7 years Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook 7 years HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, Python 4 years C++, Ruby, Swift, Xcode, Parse 1 year Spark, Anaconda, Jupyter, Linux, Unix 3 years Visual Studio, Report Builder, Publisher 4 years XML, Android Studio, Java, PHP 3 years Financial Modeling, Financial Engineering 7 years Power Pivot, Power Query, Power BI 5 years IBM OnDemand 4 years JIRA, Confluence, Drools, SSAS, SSIS 1 year IEX, FactSet, Interactive Brokers (IB) 2 years Good knowledge of SWIFT and Corporate Actions Good knowledge of DevOps, Jenkins and xMatters Good knowledge of Hadoop, HDFS, Hive, Impala Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters Eikon 4 years MS SQL Server, SDLC, ETL 7 years Capital Markets 7 years SSRS, SSMA, Vertica, SharePoint 3 years .Net, Xamarin, C#, XAML 4 years IBM Cognos TM1/ EPM, MDX Query 3 years Business Intelligence, Business Analysis 7 years VMware, MATLAB, Photoshop, Tableau 4 years STATA, R, SAS, Lean Six Sigma 3 years Data Science, Data Mining 4 years Oracle Business Intelligence, PeopleSoft 2 years Credit Risk, Market Risk 2 years Mainframe, OutsideView, Extra! X-treme 1 year Google GCP, Amazon AWS 2 years