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Jonathan Phoon

Singapore

Summary

Dedicated Data Engineer with extensive experience in designing and optimizing data infrastructure. Successfully led complex data migration projects, implementing innovative solutions that enhance performance and reduce costs. Proficient in various data technologies, developing tools to streamline data pipelines and ensure data integrity. Committed to fostering team collaboration and continuous learning to drive informed decision-making and organizational success.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Data Engineer

StashAway
Singapore
02.2023 - Current
  • Cultivated a high-performing team through targeted training, pair programming, and regular mentorship, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration.
  • Strategically planned annual projects, aligning team capabilities with organizational goals, and played a key role in the hiring process to build a skilled team.
  • Established productive partnerships with external stakeholders to implement best practices and ensure effective adoption of new technologies.
  • Led the migration from RedShift to Databricks, achieving a 50% reduction in warehouse costs while enhancing query performance.
  • Developed tools including a Proof of Concept (POC) to streamline data migration, ensuring data consistency and integrity throughout the transition.
  • Innovated an interactive CLI tool for Dagster, reducing pipeline deployment time from 1-2 days to 1-2 hours, significantly improving responsiveness to data requests.
  • Championed AI integration within workflows, conducting knowledge-sharing sessions that enhanced team productivity without the need for trial-and-error learning.

Data/Full Stack Engineer

StashAway
Singapore
06.2019 - 02.2023
  • Maintained and optimized data pipelines using Airflow and successfully transitioned to Dagster, significantly enhancing monitoring and operational efficiency.
  • Collaborated with BI teams to empower self-serving data models by leading the migration from SQL in Airflow to DBT, resulting in faster reporting and analytics.
  • Assisted the BI team in extracting insights from MongoDB, Cassandra, Postgres, APIs, and BigQuery, facilitating informed decision-making and strategic insights.

Software Engineer

PALO IT
Singapore
02.2017 - 06.2019
  • Developed robust software solutions utilizing Agile methodologies for various clients, enhancing their digital transformations.
  • Engaged collaboratively with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of front-end and back-end applications.

Front End Engineer

Aleph-Labs
Singapore
08.2016 - 01.2017
  • Front End Engineer developing mostly bank applications
  • Plan and architect applications' structure, ensuring that the technical design is efficient and has full coverage solutions to different edge cases
  • Build applications with various front-end Javascript frameworks like Angular2, React
  • Work in teams to integrate back-end server and front-end applications

Skills

  • Programming languages: Python, SQL, TypeScript
  • Tech Stack: AWS, Databricks, Kubernetes, Dagster, DBT, Airflow
  • Data engineering: ETL, data migration, data pipeline development
  • Leadership skills: Team development, project management, cross-functional collaboration

Timeline

Lead Data Engineer

StashAway
02.2023 - Current

Data/Full Stack Engineer

StashAway
06.2019 - 02.2023

Software Engineer

PALO IT
02.2017 - 06.2019

Front End Engineer

Aleph-Labs
08.2016 - 01.2017

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