Omkar Sonawane

Product Engineer

Pune, Maharashtra, India4 yrs 6 mos experience

Key Highlights

Expert in PySpark and AWS with 4+ years of experience.
Mentored over 10 candidates in data-driven careers.
Designed scalable data pipelines for banking operations.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Data Engineering expert in Fintech and SaaS environments.

Contact

omkarsonawane00@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Data EngineeringBig Data AnalyticsCloud ComputingData Analysis

Other Skills

PySparkAWSApache KafkaAWS KinesisData ProcessingAmazon Web Services (AWS)PostgreSQLCloudFormationData ConnectivitySQLAWS Identity and Access Management (AWS IAM)AWS GlueMicrosoft AzureMachine LearningPython (Programming Language)

About

Big Data Engineer at Avaloq, currently immediate joiner. Omkar is on a mission to make complex data topics (Data Engineering/ Data Science/ Data Analyst) simple to understand — through posts, visual explanations, and real-world examples that help others learn faster. He shares knowledge with a growing network of 3,000+ learners, making data education more accessible every day. As a mentor, he has guided 10+ candidates through Topmate, helping them break into and excel in data-driven careers. The role involves leveraging skills in Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, PySpark, and PostgreSQL to enable efficient data connectivity and processing. Holds a Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from Pune Institute of Computer Technology. Demonstrates a strong technical foundation and a commitment to advancing data engineering capabilities, with a focus on cloud-driven solutions and data integration.

Experience

Avaloq

Big Data Engineer (PySpark)

Dec 2023 – Feb 2026 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Pune · Hybrid

Designed and implemented scalable cloud-based data pipelines, migrating legacy ETL workflows to PySpark and Databricks on AWS.
Built real-time data streaming pipelines using Apache Kafka and AWS Kinesis, processing over 1TB of daily banking operations data.
Collaborated with solution architects to optimize multi-cloud database and analytics frameworks across AWS and Azure.

PySparkAWSApache KafkaAWS KinesisData ProcessingCloud Computing+2

Aligned automation

2 roles

AWS Data Engineer

Promoted

Dec 2021 – Dec 2023 · 2 yrs · Pune, Maharashtra, India

Responsible for creating and managing AWS resources, including EC2 instances, S3 buckets, and VPCs, as well as monitoring and troubleshooting AWS services.
Creating data connectivity between database engine like PostgreSql, ServerSql to AWS instances like Aurora DB for analytical and transactional queries
Worked on deploying and managing applications in the cloud, integrating services, and automating processes using AWS tools like CloudFormation

Amazon Web Services (AWS)PostgreSQLCloudFormationData ConnectivityData EngineeringCloud Computing

Solutions Engineer

Aug 2021 – Dec 2021 · 4 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

Data AnalysisSQL

The sparks foundation

2 roles

Student Manager and Subject Matter Expert

Sep 2020 – Nov 2020 · 2 mos

Achieved LOR for astonishing performance of our team
Managed 50+ student regarding their Technical doubts and make them familiar into world of Data Science Domain.
Helped 1 to 1 in completing internship task like for ML model selection to deploying model in website

Data Analyst and Machine Learning

Jul 2020 – Aug 2020 · 1 mo

Completed practical task modules in this 8 weeks of Internships are :
Analyze large amounts of information to discover trends and patterns with undertaking preprocessing of unstructured data
Develop data science models and test it against various test cases delivered by organization database to increase efficiency and fine tune model (SVM kernel, Logistic Regression and Random Forest)
Present information using data visualization techniques like PowerBI, Excel

Internshala

Internshala Student Partner

Aug 2020 – Nov 2020 · 3 mos

Improved my public speaking skill and hosted meeting with 400 attendees of Pune University
To aware university students about Internshala Programs and Products to brighten and clear understanding of their career path