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Valery Lishko

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I'm a Croatia-based Data Engineer with extensive experience designing and delivering end-to-end data solutions.

About

I’m a Croatia-based Data Engineer with extensive experience designing and delivering end-to-end data solutions. I specialize in building robust ETL/ELT pipelines, data modeling, and scalable data platforms for both startups and established enterprises.

Currently, I work as a data engineer at an outsourcing company, focusing on architecting data pipelines, optimizing performance, and enabling data-driven decision making across complex environments.

  • 4 years' experience
  • Joined January 2026

Languages

  • CroatianAdvanced
  • EnglishAdvanced

Industry experience

  • Software & Internet
  • Professional Services
  • Financial Services
  • Healthcare
  • Life Sciences
  • Manufacturing

Work experience· 7 roles

Data Engineer · Bank of Ireland (via EPAM)Apr 2025 – Present · 1 yr 8 mos

Developed ETL/ELT pipelines for banking data using Databricks (PySpark, SQL) and integrated with downstream data stores. Built and optimized data workflows in Azure Data Factory, enabling reliable ingestion, transformation, and scheduling for financial data.

Data Engineer · Thomson ReutersAug 2024 – Feb 2025 · 7 mos

Ingested data from Azure Blob Storage in multiple formats (Parquet, CSV). Built ETL/ELT pipelines with Databricks (PySpark, SQL) to clean, standardize, and preprocess data. Used dbt to model, transform, and document data in Snowflake, and automated dbt workflows for incremental updates. Designed Azure Data Factory pipelines for ingestion orchestration. Loaded processed data via Snowflake COPY commands and native connectors; optimized Databricks Spark jobs and implemented RBAC/data masking in Snowflake to enhance security. Improved ETL efficiency and reduced processing times with on-demand Snowflake scaling.

Data Engineer · Bayer PharmaceuticalsJan 2024 – Jul 2024 · 7 mos

Ingested raw data from Woody_IO and Azure Blob Storage (JSON, Parquet, CSV) with efficient partitioning. Built ETL/ELT pipelines using Databricks (PySpark, SQL) to clean, transform, and enrich data before loading into Snowflake data marts. Implemented Azure Data Factory pipelines for ingestion orchestration. Used Snowflake COPY and native connectors to load data; optimized Spark jobs with tuning and parallel processing. Implemented data validation and cleansing routines with PySpark to ensure data integrity.

Data Engineer · Whirlpool CorporationAug 2023 – Dec 2023 · 5 mos
Data Engineer · Travel + Leisure Co.Mar 2023 – Jul 2023 · 5 mos
Data Engineer · EPAMMar 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 9 mos
Data Engineer · EPAM (Belarus)Jul 2022 – May 2023 · 11 mos

Education

· Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics2030 – 2022

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