Hi, I'm Namratha Hegde, a data enthusiast with eight years in data science and data engineering. I'm passionate about turning messy data into actionable insights, building scalable data pipelines, and delivering dashboards and automations that empower business decisions. I thrive in cross-functional teams across UK, USA, and Europe; I enjoy solving complex problems, mentoring peers, and blending GenAI into BAU processes to boost productivity. In my spare time I keep learning and exploring new tools to stay ahead in the field.

Namratha Hegde

Hi, I'm Namratha Hegde, a data enthusiast with eight years in data science and data engineering. I'm passionate about turning messy data into actionable insights, building scalable data pipelines, and delivering dashboards and automations that empower business decisions. I thrive in cross-functional teams across UK, USA, and Europe; I enjoy solving complex problems, mentoring peers, and blending GenAI into BAU processes to boost productivity. In my spare time I keep learning and exploring new tools to stay ahead in the field.

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Hi, I’m Namratha Hegde, a data enthusiast with eight years in data science and data engineering. I’m passionate about turning messy data into actionable insights, building scalable data pipelines, and delivering dashboards and automations that empower business decisions.

I thrive in cross-functional teams across UK, USA, and Europe; I enjoy solving complex problems, mentoring peers, and blending GenAI into BAU processes to boost productivity. In my spare time I keep learning and exploring new tools to stay ahead in the field.

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Language

English
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Work Experience

Senior Data Engineer at ABN AMRO
June 1, 2024 - Present
Refactored the Azure DQ team repository using Databricks Asset Bundles to deploy workflows and jobs efficiently. Built Azure DevOps pipelines with Python and PySpark, with deep CI/CD integration. Implemented unit tests for ETL scripts. Designed the Data Quality Engine to automate end-to-end data workflows. Acted as Lead Developer, guided best practices, conducted code reviews, and led BAU data operations, monitoring, incident resolution, and enhancements. Created complex SQL checks for data validation and business rules; optimized data engine performance; contributed to Power BI dashboards; mentored junior developers; integrated GenAI into BAU processes.
Data Engineer at PwC UK
November 1, 2023 - September 8, 2025
Analyzed ChatGPT and GenAI technologies across sectors. Automated manual Excel processes in Python. Developed a workforce capacity model using Python and Prophet; built visualizations for workforce planning in Power BI.
Data Engineer (AI & Data Ops CDE) at Deloitte USI
February 28, 2023 - September 8, 2025
Developed a PySpark framework in Google Cloud Platform to transfer files between GCS and BigQuery per client requirements; built a PySpark framework in Azure Databricks to notify pharmaceutical clients; created a web scraper to automatically download thousands of files using Python and Selenium; implemented a PySpark script to archive files to alternate buckets; produced year-end exploratory data analysis reports and automated Python scripts to fetch files from S3 & Databricks with email alerts; migrated Java-based packages to Python to reduce maintenance; collaborated with QA to resolve defects; led data ops initiatives.
Executive Data Scientist at Nielsen
January 31, 2021 - September 8, 2025
Interacted with clients to develop Tableau dashboards from data lake (Databricks/Azure); scheduled and automated dashboards; enhanced client dashboards; automated multiple Python scripts to reduce runtime by ~99%, and automated Excel/Unix BAUs in Python; performed data analysis to extract insights.
Consultant Data Science at Algonomy
May 31, 2019 - September 8, 2025
Benchmarked Azure anomaly detection methods; forecasted sales with Deep-AR in SageMaker; developed multiple ML algorithms; built a PySpark-based content-filtering recommender; implemented an RFM-based customer classifier using Self-Organizing Maps; conducted feature engineering and exploratory data analysis for retail clients; led a team of juniors on project aspects.
Senior Data Engineer at ABN AMRO, Netherlands
June 1, 2024 - Present
Refactored the Azure DQ repository using Databricks Asset Bundles to deploy workflows and jobs efficiently. Built Azure DevOps pipelines with Python and PySpark, with deep CI/CD integration. Implemented unit tests for ETL scripts, designed the Data Quality Engine to automate end-to-end workflows, and acted as Lead Developer. Owned BAU data operations, job monitoring, incident resolution, and code enhancements. Created complex SQL checks for data validation and business rules enforcement. Optimized data engine performance and contributed to Power BI dashboards. Mentored junior developers and integrated GenAI solutions into BAU tasks.
Data Engineer at PwC UK, London
November 1, 2023 - September 8, 2025
Analyzed ChatGPT and GenAI technology across various sectors; automated manual Excel processes in Python; developed a workforce capacity model using Python and Prophet; created Power BI visualizations for workforce planning.
Data Engineer (AI & Data Ops CDE) at Deloitte USI, Bangalore
February 1, 2023 - September 8, 2025
Developed a PySpark framework in Google Cloud Platform to transfer files between GCS buckets and load into BigQuery; built a PySpark framework in Azure Databricks to notify pharmaceutical clients; created a web scraper using Python and Selenium to download thousands of files; implemented PySpark scripts to archive files; produced year-end exploratory data analysis reports using Teradata SQL and Python; automated Python scripts to fetch files from S3 and Databricks and email results via Tidal jobs; modularized code to improve runtime; coordinated with QA to resolve defects.
Executive Data Scientist at Nielsen, Bangalore
January 1, 2021 - September 8, 2025
Interacted with clients to create Tableau dashboards pulling data from data lake and Databricks Azure; scheduled daily jobs and integrated dashboards; enhanced client dashboards and automated SaaS scripts to Python, reducing runtimes and increasing productivity; automated Excel and Unix BAUs in Python; performed data analysis to extract meaningful insights.
Consultant Data Science at Algonomy, Bangalore
May 1, 2019 - September 8, 2025
Benchmarked Azure anomaly detection vs proprietary algorithms; forecasted sales totals using Deep-AR in Amazon SageMaker; developed multiple ML algorithms for the same dataset and evaluated accuracy and AUC; developed a PySpark-based product recommendation algorithm; implemented RFM classification using Self-Organizing Maps; led a team of freshers on technical aspects of the project.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science at Sapthagiri College of Engineering, Bangalore
June 1, 2013 - July 1, 2017
PostGraduate Diploma AI and ML at Bits Pilani WILP, India
October 1, 2024 - October 1, 2025
Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science at Sapthagiri College of Engineering, Bangalore
June 1, 2013 - July 1, 2017
PostGraduate Diploma AI and ML at Bits Pilani WILP, India
October 1, 2024 - October 1, 2025

Qualifications

Udemy certificate on Data modeling Fundamentals
January 11, 2030 - September 8, 2025
LinkedIn Learning Data Visualization Certificate
January 11, 2030 - September 8, 2025
Udemy ML for Data Science Certificate
January 11, 2030 - September 8, 2025
Udemy Google Cloud Platform Certification
January 11, 2030 - September 8, 2025
Udemy certificate on Data modeling Fundamentals
January 11, 2030 - September 8, 2025
LinkedIn Learning Data Visualization Certificate
January 11, 2030 - September 8, 2025
Udemy ML for Data Science Certificate
January 11, 2030 - September 8, 2025
Udemy Google Cloud Platform Certification
January 11, 2030 - September 8, 2025

Industry Experience

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