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Shamali Weerasinghe

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I am an IT professional with 9+ years in data engineering and data warehousing, specializing in building scalable ETL/ELT pipelines, data quality, and governance using Databricks and Azure.

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I am an IT professional with 9+ years in data engineering and data warehousing, specializing in building scalable ETL/ELT pipelines, data quality, and governance using Databricks and Azure. I enjoy turning complex data into clear insights and practical solutions for business challenges.

As Practice Lead for BI/AI at Tiqri (Pvt) Ltd., I lead multiple projects, drive BI/AI innovation, and help clients deliver modern data platforms for analytics and real-time insights. I value collaboration, continuous learning, and delivering value through robust data architectures and actionable dashboards.

  • 10 years' experience
  • Joined December 2025

Languages

  • EnglishAdvanced

Industry experience

  • Software & Internet
  • Professional Services
  • Computers & Electronics
  • Media & Entertainment
  • Education

Work experience· 4 roles

Associate Technical Lead / Data Engineer · Tiqri CorporationAug 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 4 mos

Building and optimizing scalable ETL/ELT pipelines in Databricks with Delta Lake, implementing Medallion architecture (Bronze → Silver → Gold) to support streaming and batch workloads across 100+ clients. Designing robust data quality frameworks with schema enforcement, validation checks, and anomaly detection. Managing multi-tenant data warehouses with Unity Catalog, tuning Databricks pipelines for performance, automating infrastructure provisioning using IaC, and setting up CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps. Developing REST APIs and Azure Functions to support scalable integrations. Collaborating with Data Science teams to optimize Silver and Gold layers for predictive models, BI dashboards, and real-time analytics.

Senior BI Engineer / Data Analytics · Tiqri (Pvt) Ltd.Aug 2019 – Aug 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Implemented Power BI reports across property management, networking, finance, and health domains; collaborated with clients to design, implement reports, and answer complex queries. Designed, developed, and maintained data pipelines, conducted unit testing, and managed release plans, ensuring effective communication of results to clients.

BI Engineer / Data Analytics · Ayra Analytics (Pvt) Ltd.Nov 2018 – Aug 2019 · 10 mos

Collaboratively designed reports with clients and data analysts, wrote high-quality code for data retrieval from multiple sources, and implemented SSIS packages and reports. Conducted unit testing, created test documents, and communicated results to clients; participated in quality improvement activities.

BI Engineer / Data Analytics · Virtusa (Pvt) Ltd.May 2016 – Nov 2018 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Education

Bachelor of Information Technology · University of Colombo, School of Computing2030 – 2016
MSc in Artificial Intelligence · University of Moratuwa2030 – 2023
Bachelor in Information Technology · University of Colombo, School of Computing2030 – 2016
MSc in Artificial Intelligence · University of Moratuwa2030 – 2023

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