Hi, I'm Arundhathi Bandla—a dynamic Senior Data Engineer with 8+ years of experience designing, building, and optimizing enterprise data ecosystems on Azure. I have delivered large-scale data migrations and analytics projects for top retail and financial clients, including ASDA and Sainsbury's Bank, and I enjoy turning complex data into actionable insights. I excel at metadata-driven ETL frameworks, data governance, and collaborating with business and data science teams to improve operational efficiency and forecasting accuracy. I am passionate about data quality, governance, and automation, and I thrive in cross-functional environments that value curiosity and continuous learning.

Arundhathi Bandla

Hi, I'm Arundhathi Bandla—a dynamic Senior Data Engineer with 8+ years of experience designing, building, and optimizing enterprise data ecosystems on Azure. I have delivered large-scale data migrations and analytics projects for top retail and financial clients, including ASDA and Sainsbury's Bank, and I enjoy turning complex data into actionable insights. I excel at metadata-driven ETL frameworks, data governance, and collaborating with business and data science teams to improve operational efficiency and forecasting accuracy. I am passionate about data quality, governance, and automation, and I thrive in cross-functional environments that value curiosity and continuous learning.

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Hi, I’m Arundhathi Bandla—a dynamic Senior Data Engineer with 8+ years of experience designing, building, and optimizing enterprise data ecosystems on Azure. I have delivered large-scale data migrations and analytics projects for top retail and financial clients, including ASDA and Sainsbury’s Bank, and I enjoy turning complex data into actionable insights.

I excel at metadata-driven ETL frameworks, data governance, and collaborating with business and data science teams to improve operational efficiency and forecasting accuracy. I am passionate about data quality, governance, and automation, and I thrive in cross-functional environments that value curiosity and continuous learning.

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Language

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Work Experience

Senior Data Engineer at ASDA
March 1, 2025 - March 1, 2025
Spearheaded end-to-end data migration from Walmart to ASDA, ingesting large-scale RetailPOS and MadicPOS data into Azure ecosystem. Built metadata-driven ingestion frameworks leveraging Data Vault 2.0 and medallion architecture, reducing onboarding time for new datasets by 40%. Designed ETL/ELT pipelines using ADF and Databricks, implementing surrogate key generation and transformation logic across Enrich, Hub, Link, and Satellite layers. Automated flattening of semi-structured data (JSON, XML) for seamless ingestion, improving pipeline efficiency by 30%. Delivered Unity Catalog–based data governance in Databricks to ensure compliance with PII and GDPR standards. Partnered with Data Science teams to enhance sales forecasting models, improving accuracy and data readiness. Authored comprehensive HLD/LLD documentation and streamlined deployment processes for cross-functional visibility.
Data Engineer at Sainsbury's Bank
February 1, 2021 - February 1, 2021
Engineered 40+ automated data pipelines in Hadoop ecosystem on AWS, ingesting and transforming multi-source data into centralized data lake. Designed CDC and aggregation workflows using PySpark and YAML, supporting near real-time analytics for business users. Optimized Hive and Impala queries, reducing query run-times by 35% through advanced partitioning and bucketing. Developed Oozie-based orchestration for automated pipeline scheduling and monitoring. Created business presentation layers for data analysis and visualization to drive executive decisions. Ensured full production readiness with detailed documentation and knowledge transfer sessions.
Data Analyst at Servier
November 1, 2017 - November 1, 2017
Developed and maintained data integration and ETL solutions across Hadoop and RDBMS environments. Designed ETL mappings, data validation, and data quality strategies, ensuring reliability of analytical insights. Built reusable transformations using Metadata Injection and applied error handling mechanisms to strengthen data integrity. Collaborated with SMEs to define business requirements and translate them into scalable technical designs.

Education

Master’s in Pharmaceutical Analysis at Kingston University, London
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2011
Bachelor of Technology in Pharmacy at JNTU, India
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2006

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Industry Experience

Retail, Financial Services