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SalesforcePosting location: San Francisco, California and 2 other locations · United StatesIndependent fictional example, not company material.

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Rebecca Shaw

Data Engineer · San Francisco, California · United States

Data Engineer with experience in reliable pipelines, data quality, platforms, and analyst productivity. Practical work includes SQL, Data pipelines, Source-to-target reconciliation, Partition replay.

Experience

Salesforce

San Francisco, California · United States

Data Engineer

Mar 2022 - now

  • Built Azure data pipelines that load operational extracts into curated tables, using SQL merge logic with explicit keys and late-arrival rules; tested reprocessing without duplicating records.
  • Added SQL reconciliation and quarantine checks to the data pipelines, retaining rejected rows with a reason code; traced an upstream schema change before it reached the reporting layer.
  • Added source-to-target row reconciliation and late-arrival handling to a data pipeline; replayed an interrupted partition without duplicating completed records.
  • Owned an Airflow ETL recovery path using partitioned SQL fixtures, resolved duplicate loads and completed replay without changing downstream business keys.
  • Built Python data-pipeline checks using Spark row reconciliation, reduced late-partition investigation from 45 to 18 minutes and published the Azure rerun guide.

Microsoft

Redmond, Washington · United States

Data Engineer

Jan 2019 - Feb 2022

  • Published certified datasets and ownership for 15 recurring business questions. Kept turnaround time within the agreed operating window.
  • Investigated a discrepancy between a published metric and its source records, traced the transformation that changed the population, and corrected the calculation with a reproducible query.
  • Compared the last successful data refresh with a failed run, separated missing source data from transformation errors, and reran only the affected interval. Kept the original query and corrected result together for review.

Selected project

Data Engineer — independent case study

Project owner

Feb 2024 - Jun 2024

  • Implemented incremental models and partition pruning for the 12 largest transforms
  • Generated synthetic source records with duplicates, late arrivals and corrected values; wrote assertions for row counts and key uniqueness, and recorded the expected effect of each case on the reported metric.
  • Compared the analytical output with a manually calculated reference table, traced differences to a transformation step, and retained a data dictionary and rerun instructions alongside the corrected query.
  • Owned the synthetic-data validation using a manually calculated reference, resolved duplicate-key inflation and completed a notebook that reproduces the corrected totals.

Education

University of Washington

Seattle, Washington · United States

B.S. Computer Science

Sep 2013 - Jun 2017

Relevant coursework: Algorithms, operating systems, databases, computer networks

Skills

Role expertise

SQL · Data pipelines · Source-to-target reconciliation · Partition replay

Publications

  • Published an independent methods note using reproducible queries, explaining the data grain, excluded records and sensitivity of the result to a changed denominator.

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Salesforce

Sr. Data Engineer, Enterprise - Slack

San Francisco, California and 2 other locations · United StatesSenior

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  • In the posting
      • SQL
      Term in work evidence

    Proven track record optimizing schemas, tuning SQL, and scaling ETL pipelines in OLAP and data warehouse environments

    In this resume
    Built Azure data pipelines that load operational extracts into curated tables, using SQL merge logic with explicit keys and late-arrival rules; tested reprocessing without duplicating records.
    Data Engineer · Salesforce
  • In the posting
      • Azure
      • Python
      • Spark
      Term in work evidence

    Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)

    Strong proficiency in Python and SQL

    Hands-on experience with Spark SQL, AWS (S3, EMR), Apache Pinot, or Hadoop/Big Data ecosystems

    In this resume
    Built Python data-pipeline checks using Spark row reconciliation, reduced late-partition investigation from 45 to 18 minutes and published the Azure rerun guide.
    Data Engineer · Salesforce
  • In the posting
      • data pipelines
      Term in work evidence

    Design, implement, and maintain data pipelines that deliver high-quality data under defined SLAs

    In this resume
    Added SQL reconciliation and quarantine checks to the data pipelines, retaining rejected rows with a reason code; traced an upstream schema change before it reached the reporting layer.
    Data Engineer · Salesforce
  • In the posting
      • Data modeling
      • metadata management
      Evidence not found

    5+ years of experience in data architecture, data modeling, master data management, or metadata management

    In this resume

    No supporting experience found. Do not add this keyword unless your own work supports it.

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  • In the posting
      • Airflow
      • ETL
      Term in work evidence

    Experience with Airflow or a comparable workflow orchestration platform for data pipeline management

    Proven track record optimizing schemas, tuning SQL, and scaling ETL pipelines in OLAP and data warehouse environments

    In this resume
    Owned an Airflow ETL recovery path using partitioned SQL fixtures, resolved duplicate loads and completed replay without changing downstream business keys.
    Data Engineer · Salesforce
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