Hello, I’m Baye Ndiaga Ndao, a Data Engineer and AI enthusiast with 4 years of hands-on experience building and deploying scalable cloud-native data solutions in GCP using Python, Airflow, DBT, and BigQuery. I enjoy transforming complex data into reliable, cost-efficient pipelines and collaborating with remote, international teams to deliver production-grade systems. I’m passionate about leveraging AI and data engineering to create meaningful user experiences that scale globally and drive measurable impact.

Baye Ndiaga Ndao

Hello, I’m Baye Ndiaga Ndao, a Data Engineer and AI enthusiast with 4 years of hands-on experience building and deploying scalable cloud-native data solutions in GCP using Python, Airflow, DBT, and BigQuery. I enjoy transforming complex data into reliable, cost-efficient pipelines and collaborating with remote, international teams to deliver production-grade systems. I’m passionate about leveraging AI and data engineering to create meaningful user experiences that scale globally and drive measurable impact.

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Hello, I’m Baye Ndiaga Ndao, a Data Engineer and AI enthusiast with 4 years of hands-on experience building and deploying scalable cloud-native data solutions in GCP using Python, Airflow, DBT, and BigQuery. I enjoy transforming complex data into reliable, cost-efficient pipelines and collaborating with remote, international teams to deliver production-grade systems.

I’m passionate about leveraging AI and data engineering to create meaningful user experiences that scale globally and drive measurable impact.

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Experience Level

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Data Engineer at RUBYX Belgium
October 1, 2022 - November 2, 2025
Created and maintained technical documentation. Designed and implemented a DBT unit testing framework to automate SQL validation within a GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline, ensuring changes to dbt models are tested before merge or deployment. Implemented additional data quality checks using DBT test functions, Great Expectations, and DBT-expectations. Built a client-friendly UI to onboard new clients, automating daily and snapshot file validation with auto-feedback. Built and maintained reusable Python modules to construct Airflow DAGs. Led data pipeline development to improve data integration from diverse sources for new clients. Implemented a monitoring DAG to measure daily duration, resource usage, cost, and error rate of BigQuery jobs, table rows/volumes, and GCS metadata. Identified bottlenecks and optimized DAGs to reduce runtime. Maintained code quality and deprecated components. Significantly optimized SQL queries to enhance performance and minimize costs. Implemented a comprehensi
Data Engineer at Orange Digital Center
September 30, 2022 - September 30, 2022
Implemented ETL processes with data transformation using Python, Airflow, DBT, Beam, BigQuery, and SQL. Explored technologies and developed solutions to continuously improve data quality, workflow reliability, and scalability. Demonstrated ownership mentality, curiosity, and rapid learning in a fully remote, international team. Implemented an alerting system to notify Slack immediately whenever a data pipeline task fails or data ingestion is delayed.
Data Engineer at Orange Digital Center
October 1, 2021 - September 30, 2022
Implemented ETL processes and data transformations using Python, Airflow, DBT, Beam, BigQuery, and SQL; worked on improving data quality, reliability, and scalability; demonstrated ownership mentality and rapid learning; collaborated with a fully remote, international team; implemented Slack alerts for pipeline failures and ingestion delays.

Education

Data Science Certificate at Sonatel Academy
September 1, 2022 - November 22, 2025
Bachelor's Degree of Applied Physics - Electronics & Telecommunications at Gaston Berger University
May 1, 2018 - November 22, 2025
Undergraduate Diploma, Technology - Telecommunication & Computer Networking at Polytechnic School
October 1, 2016 - November 22, 2025
Undergraduate Diploma: Telecoms & Computer Networking at Polytechnic School, Dakar, Senegal
October 1, 2016 - January 8, 2026
Bachelor's Degree of Applied Physics: Electronics & Telecoms at Gaston Berger University, Saint-Louis, Senegal
January 11, 2030 - May 1, 2018
Data Science Certificate at Sonatel Academy, Dakar, Senegal
September 1, 2022 - January 8, 2026

Qualifications

Data Science Certificate
September 1, 2022 - November 22, 2025
Bachelor's Degree of Applied Physics - Electronics & Telecommunications
May 1, 2018 - November 22, 2025
Undergraduate Diploma, Technology - Telecommunication & Computer Networking
October 1, 2016 - November 22, 2025
Data Science Certificate
September 1, 2022 - January 8, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Telecommunications

Experience Level

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Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
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