- experience in building data pipelines for bmw-related data using aws glue/emr pyspark jobs and relevant supporting infrastructure deployed with terraform
- authored and contributed to various tools to improve engineer efficiency in documentation and data validation/testing workflows
- part of enabling team to build ai-powered tools for data engineering workflows
- design & implementation of data quality web api and react-based frontend
- mentoring of junior/graduate engineers.
hello there
this is me, christoff linde
I love to program. I spend most of my time going down rabbit holes: be it new tech or frameworks, tools, or music. Otherwise, you'll find me watering my plants, playing guitar, or planning the next side-project.
find me
expereince
AWS Data Engineer
@ BMW IT Hub ZA
Apache Iceberg
Apache PySpark
AWS
docker
FastAPI
GitHub Copilot
python
SQL
Terraform
VSCode
Junior Software Developer
@ Teamgeek
- voted geek of the year (employee of the year) for 2023 by my colleagues
- assisted in development of django & fastapi backed services for Yoco
- frontend development of Yoco website
- assisting in planning, prioritising, and assigning of tasks to team members
- custom lead generator service
Django
docker
gatsby.js
graphql
python
tailwindcss
Web Development Intern
@ Teamgeek
- frontend development using gatsbyjs for various clients
- working with GraphQL API for static site generation
gatsby.js
graphql
react
tailwindcss
typescript
education
BIS (HONS) Multimedia
@ University of Pretoria
2022-01
to
2024-06
BIS Multimedia
@ University of Pretoria
2018-01
to
2021-12
licences & certifications
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
@ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Introduction to Designing Data Lakes on AWS
@ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
AWS Cloud Technical Essentials
@ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Architecting Solutions on AWS
@ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
my favourite rabbit holes so far
- diy iot and smart home project
- digital twins using unreal engine
- building virtual reality experiences
- 3d fractals (mandelbulbs) rendered in blender and algorithmically generated art
- building a digital second brain through notes
- photography
- performance tuning and profiling for python
- world war 2 history