Data Lead & Senior Data/Analytics Engineer with 8+ years of experience delivering and scaling end-to-end data platforms across ingestion, transformation, orchestration, governance, and self-serve analytics. Skilled in modern cloud and open-source stacks including Airflow, DbT, Airbyte, Spark, Databricks, BigQuery, Azure, AWS, GCP , and Python. Experienced in leading cross-functional teams, setting engineering best practices, and driving adoption of metrics layers and self-service tools. Recognized for achieving 90% cost savings, 40% accuracy gains in core metrics, and enabling business teams to scale with 60% fewer ad-hoc requests. Industry background in AI, marketplaces, Martech, e-commerce, and financial services.

Guilherme Banhudo

Data Lead & Senior Data/Analytics Engineer with 8+ years of experience delivering and scaling end-to-end data platforms across ingestion, transformation, orchestration, governance, and self-serve analytics. Skilled in modern cloud and open-source stacks including Airflow, DbT, Airbyte, Spark, Databricks, BigQuery, Azure, AWS, GCP , and Python. Experienced in leading cross-functional teams, setting engineering best practices, and driving adoption of metrics layers and self-service tools. Recognized for achieving 90% cost savings, 40% accuracy gains in core metrics, and enabling business teams to scale with 60% fewer ad-hoc requests. Industry background in AI, marketplaces, Martech, e-commerce, and financial services.

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Data Lead & Senior Data/Analytics Engineer with 8+ years of experience delivering and scaling end-to-end
data platforms across ingestion, transformation, orchestration, governance, and self-serve analytics. Skilled
in modern cloud and open-source stacks including Airflow, DbT, Airbyte, Spark, Databricks, BigQuery, Azure,
AWS, GCP , and Python. Experienced in leading cross-functional teams, setting engineering best practices,
and driving adoption of metrics layers and self-service tools. Recognized for achieving 90% cost savings,
40% accuracy gains in core metrics, and enabling business teams to scale with 60% fewer ad-hoc requests.
Industry background in AI, marketplaces, Martech, e-commerce, and financial services.

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Experience Level

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Language

Portuguese
Fluent
English
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Advanced
French
Beginner

Work Experience

Lead / Senior Data & Analytics Engineer at Freelance
February 1, 2025 - November 24, 2025
Provide data engineering, leadership and architecture consulting for startups in AI, e-commerce, and Martech, designing scalable end-to-end data platforms and optimizing ETL/ELT pipelines; contribute to data governance and mentoring cross-functional teams.
Data Lead at Bounce (Bounce.com)
January 1, 2025 - January 1, 2025
Promoted a self-service culture with Steep, Hex, and Google Sheets; achieved 80% adoption and reduced ad hoc reporting requests by 60%. Implemented a Metrics Layer, established data governance, and enabled enterprise self-service analytics; built scalable data platform and automated reporting processes.
Lead Data Engineer at Bounce (Bounce.com)
January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2024
Rebuilt MVP data platform into production-grade system across ingestion, transformation, orchestration, presentation, and governance; improved core metric accuracy by 40%. Built robust data platform with scalable pipelines and governance.
Data Analytics & Engineering Lead at Tamanna.com
September 1, 2023 - September 1, 2023
Led Data Engineering, Analytics, and Data Science teams; defined data strategy and aligned with business and tech leaders; built scalable unified data platform and automated workflows; improved data quality and self-service adoption.
Head of Data Engineering & Analytics at DoValue
November 1, 2021 - November 1, 2021
Led Data Engineering, Analytics and Data Science for a finance-scale-up; replaced legacy systems with a Delta Lake-based architecture (Databricks + Airflow + ADF + Python), reducing infra costs by 90% and shortening report turnaround from 28 hours to 30 minutes; built centralized metrics layer in Power BI; automated pipelines; established governance and standards.
Data Analyst & Data Engineer at DoValue
July 1, 2020 - July 1, 2020
Led data analytics and engineering initiatives; contributed to reporting and analytics delivery; supported data-driven decisions with Azure SQL Server, Apache Airflow, PySpark, and Power BI.
Assistant Professor at ISCTE-IUL / IBS / TEIUL (Portugal)
September 1, 2018 - September 1, 2018
Lecturer in data science and economics; taught courses and supervised students; collaborated on research in data science and finance.
Risk Management & Actuarial Trainee at Fidelidade – Companhia de Seguros, S.A.
August 1, 2017 - August 1, 2017
Trainee in risk management and actuarial tasks; assisted in risk assessment and financial analysis.

Education

Master's in Finance at ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2018
Postgraduate in Data Science at NOVA IMS, Lisbon
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2021
Undergraduate in Economics at ISEG - University of Lisbon
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2014

Qualifications

Udacity Data Engineering Nanodegree
January 1, 2021 - November 24, 2025

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Financial Services, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Education

Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
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Intermediate
Intermediate