Data & AI Engineer with 4+ years of experience in data engineering, architecture and AI development. Skilled in designing scalable pipelines, managing data infrastructure and building AI solutions, including LLMs and Agentic Model. Passionate about transforming complex data into actionable insights while bridging technology and business.

Gonçalo Pereira

Data & AI Engineer with 4+ years of experience in data engineering, architecture and AI development. Skilled in designing scalable pipelines, managing data infrastructure and building AI solutions, including LLMs and Agentic Model. Passionate about transforming complex data into actionable insights while bridging technology and business.

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Data & AI Engineer with 4+ years of experience in data engineering, architecture and AI development. Skilled in designing scalable pipelines, managing data infrastructure and building AI solutions, including LLMs and Agentic Model. Passionate about transforming complex data into actionable insights while bridging technology and business.

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Language

Portuguese
Fluent
English
Advanced
Spanish; Castilian
Advanced

Work Experience

Data Engineer at Adidas
September 1, 2022 - May 1, 2023
Managed two large-scale data ecosystems (Azure & GCP) and developed ETL pipelines using Airflow, Python and PySpark, processing 50M+ rows/month to support data engineers and data scientists. Built an AI-powered data pipeline integrating Elastic search, MongoDB vector search, PySpark embeddings and Terraform-managed infrastructure. This solution supported telecom customer service and reduced operational costs. Developed Power BI dashboards analyzing B2C cinema marketing ticket sales and customer behaviour, contributing to an 11% increase in national sales.
Data Analyst at Adidas
June 1, 2023 - September 1, 2024
Led the Data Analyst & Discovery Journey initiative to promote data democratization, empowering Adidas domain teams to make faster data-driven decisions. Reduced data discovery time by 40% by building an AI agent in DataBricks, embedding Elastic search, MongoDB vector search, and PySpark embeddings; enabled metadata updates and compliance workflows. Designed an AI-driven workflow for access requests, cutting manual reviews and approvals and reducing end-to-end data access time.
Data Analyst / Lead Data Analyst at Adidas
September 1, 2024 - Present
Led the Data Analyst & Discovery Journey initiative to promote data democratization, empowering Adidas domain teams to make faster data-driven decisions. Built an AI agent in Databricks and an AI-driven workflow for access requests, reducing data discovery time by 40% and increasing governance efficiency. Continued leadership of data democratization efforts with cross-domain collaboration and KPI tracking.

Education

BSc in Management and Industrial Engineering at University of Minho
January 11, 2030 - March 20, 2026
MSc in Management and Industrial Engineering at University of Minho
January 11, 2030 - March 20, 2026

Qualifications

Professional Scrum Master (PSM I)
January 11, 2030 - March 20, 2026
Azure Databricks & Spark Databricks Certification
January 11, 2030 - March 20, 2026
Certified Generative AI Engineer
January 11, 2030 - March 20, 2026
Cambridge English Advanced
January 11, 2030 - March 20, 2026

Industry Experience

Retail, Software & Internet, Manufacturing, Professional Services, Other

Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
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Expert
Intermediate
Intermediate
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