MAHESH DILIP

Data Engineer | Cloud Architect | MBA Candidate

About

Highly accomplished Data Engineer and Cloud Architect with 3.5+ years of experience in building scalable ETL/ELT solutions on AWS, leveraging PySpark/SQL, Airflow, and CI/CD/IaC. Possessing an MBA in International Management, I bring a unique blend of technical expertise, strategic advisory, and leadership to drive business expansion, optimize cloud infrastructure, and deliver high-impact data platforms across regulated industries.

Work Experience

Offline Sales Manager

Rebel Internet Foods

Sep 2024 - Nov 2024

London, UK

Led multi-channel offline sales strategy for a key sub-brand, significantly increasing brand awareness and driving revenue growth.

  • Executed a multi-channel offline strategy for a key sub-brand, increasing brand awareness by 35% and validating product-market fit.
  • Managed end-to-end logistics for 5 major brand activations, driving 28% customer retention and generating 15% revenue growth.

Consultant - Enabling Technology Administrator

DELOITTE CONSULTING USI

Jun 2022 - Dec 2022

Bengaluru, Karnataka, IN

Administered a portfolio of 50+ big data environments for global clients, ensuring high availability and driving significant business expansion through strategic modernization and cost optimization.

  • Administered 50+ on-premise and cloud big data environments, supporting 1,000+ users for global pharmaceutical, insurance, and energy clients with 99.8% platform availability.
  • Collaborated with global pharmaceutical stakeholders to translate business requirements into an MLOps strategy, scaling a Dataiku DSS Proof-of-Concept into a production platform for 500+ users, driving 400% business expansion.
  • Guided the strategic modernization of a legacy HDFS data platform to a cloud-native AWS EMR architecture, leveraging Spark performance tuning expertise to reduce monthly compute costs by 25% and enhance data pipeline reliability by 35%.

Business Technology Analyst

DELOITTE CONSULTING USI

Jul 2019 - Jun 2022

Bengaluru, Karnataka, IN

Led the migration of 20 BI/ETL teams to cloud-native Databricks platforms, implementing CI/CD frameworks, and developing high-performance data pipelines, while directing business development initiatives.

  • Led migration of 20 BI/ETL teams to cloud-native Databricks platforms, collaborating with 300+ stakeholders, reducing delivery cycles by 20% while ensuring data mesh principles and governance.
  • Implemented CI/CD frameworks with Terraform and Jenkins for automated data pipeline deployments, reducing operational overhead by 30% and enabling faster environment provisioning.
  • Developed high-performance Spark, PySpark, and SQL pipelines for ingestion, transformation, and advanced analytics, scaling workloads across large Hadoop clusters.
  • Directed business development initiatives for 6 months, leveraging Salesforce and Power BI to qualify 40+ leads per quarter, boosting pipeline conversion for cloud analytics solutions by 25%.
  • Delivered stakeholder training sessions on Databricks, Hadoop, and data engineering best practices, enabling knowledge transfer and capability uplift for 15+ associates.

Education

International Management

ESCP BUSINESS SCHOOL

3.8/4.0

Sep 2023 - Dec 2024

London, Paris, Turin

Civil Engineering

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KOZHIKODE

Aug 2015 - May 2019

Kozhikode, Kerala, IN

Volunteer

Volunteer

Gurukul School

Sep 2020 - Nov 2020

Mumbai, Maharashtra, IN

Led strategic fundraising initiatives to provide relief and scholarship funding for underprivileged communities during COVID-19.

  • Raised 14 Lakh+ through strategic fundraising, providing relief for 1,000+ families in Ambujwadi slum during COVID-19.
  • Secured 5 Lakh+ in scholarship funding for 100 students, increasing educational access for underprivileged children.

Organizer

Olam

Mar 2018 - May 2018

Kerala, IN

Managed vendor relationships and led a large team for Trivandrum's first flea market, generating significant revenue and establishing an annual festival.

  • Managed vendor relationships and led a three-tier team of 50+ for Trivandrum's first flea market, attracting 15,000+ visitors.
  • Generated 2 million in revenue from the inaugural event, establishing a sustainable foundation for a now-annual festival.

Certificates

Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate

Databricks

Jan 2025

Projects

Generative AI Projects

Jan 2025 - Aug 2025

Developed full-stack applications spanning multi-agent systems, computer vision, RAG pipelines, and real-time data processing, demonstrating expertise in React, Node.js, FastAPI, Google Gemini API, and cloud services.

Strategic Advisory (MBA Project)

Nov 2023 - Dec 2024

Led a consulting engagement analyzing the $40B automotive subscription industry, synthesizing 30+ executive interviews with quantitative modelling to shape product strategy, architecture, and feature roadmap.

MBA Consultancy Project

Jul 2024 - Sep 2024

Conducted data-driven analysis of 61 insurgent beverage brands, applying statistical and market modelling to extract growth drivers and inform AI-powered digital product strategy.

Effective Mercury Extraction from Compact Fluorescent

Jun 2018 - May 2019

Led a team of 5 in developing a tool for extracting mercury from CFLs; implemented acid leaching and ion exchange chromatography to achieve 98% mercury recovery.

Awards

Merit & Diversity Grant

ESCP BUSINESS SCHOOL

Sep 2023

Awarded for academic merit and contributions to diversity within the MBA program.

Outstanding Performance Award

Deloitte

Jul 2022

Skills

Data Architecture & Platforms

  • Databricks
  • Delta Lake
  • AWS (EMR, S3, EC2)
  • Azure
  • GCP
  • Snowflake
  • dbt

Big Data & Processing

  • Apache Spark
  • Hadoop (HDFS, Hive, HBase)
  • Kafka

Pipeline & MLOps

  • Airflow
  • MLflow
  • CI/CD (Jenkins, Terraform, Git, Docker)
  • Dataiku DSS

Programming

  • Python
  • PySpark
  • SQL
  • Scala
  • R
  • Bash

Analytics & BI

  • PowerBI
  • Tableau
  • Statistical Modelling
  • ML
  • NLP
  • GenAI

Consulting & Leadership

  • Technical Architecture
  • Pre-Sales & Demos
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Agile/Scrum