
Ahraaz Mohd
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Toronto, ON, Canada
Toptal member since May 2, 2025
Ahraaz is a seasoned data engineer with 5+ years of experience transforming data into actionable insights for top-tier companies. Specializing in Azure, data pipelines, and modern data solutions, he delivers scalable, efficient systems that drive business success. Curious, client-focused, and results-driven, Ahraaz easily elevates data strategy and systems.
Portfolio
Experience
- SQL - 5 years
- Azure - 5 years
- Databricks - 5 years
- Python - 5 years
- Microsoft Power BI - 5 years
- PySpark - 4 years
- Snowflake - 2 years
- Microsoft Fabric - 1 year
Availability
Preferred Environment
Microsoft Fabric, Azure, Databricks, Python, PySpark, Microsoft Power BI, SQL, Snowflake
The most amazing...
...project I've worked on is building an end-to-end data pipeline at The Marketing Store, improving data processing and reporting efficiency by 50%.
Work Experience
Senior Azure Data Engineer
The Marketing Store Worldwide
- Migrated 12+ legacy data systems to Microsoft Fabric, reducing data latency by 40% and enabling real-time analytics across departments.
- Leveraged Microsoft Fabric to centralize data access and unify management across 5+ platforms, cutting cross-departmental data silos by 60%. This enabled real-time data sharing, accelerating decision-making and reducing analytics latency by 35%.
- Architected and implemented 30+ ETL pipelines using Azure Data Factory, Databricks, and SSIS for scalable, automated data workflows.
- Built enterprise-grade semantic models and Power BI dashboards, improving self-service analytics adoption by 50%.
- Performed data curation and transformation using PySpark within Azure Synapse Analytics, improving query performance by 35% on large datasets.
- Developed Snowflake pipelines to process structured and semi-structured data, increasing analytics efficiency.
- Implemented Kafka and Spark Structured Streaming to enable real-time ingestion of 1+ million records daily with sub-minute latency.
- Implemented Azure Power Apps workflows, automating business processes and reducing manual intervention by 70%.
Azure Data Engineer
RBC
- Developed 30+ robust data pipelines using Azure Data Factory, Synapse, and Databricks, improving data availability across business units by 40%.
- Designed and scheduled 50+ ETL workflows with Apache Airflow, reducing job failures by 40% and improving pipeline visibility and recovery.
- Refactored Databricks notebooks to optimize Spark jobs, improving execution times by up to 60% and reducing cluster resource costs.
- Created and optimized 20+ DAX-powered Power BI dashboards to deliver real-time financial insights and trend analysis for executive teams.
- Wrote scalable Python scripts to parse XML data and populate SQL databases, enhancing reporting capabilities on regulatory compliance metrics.
- Implemented PySpark-based data ingestion workflows from heterogeneous sources, reducing pipeline failures by 30%.
- Configured Delta Lake storage for big data processing, improving query performance by 50% for historical data analysis.
Data Engineer
Lululemon Athletica
- Designed and deployed a scalable ETL pipeline using Azure Data Factory and Databricks, reducing data processing time by 35% and supporting timely business insights.
- Streamlined reporting by creating automated Power BI reports, reducing manual data aggregation time by 60% and improving data consistency across departments.
- Conducted performance tuning of SQL queries, improving data retrieval times by 50% for internal stakeholders.
- Automated data quality checks, reducing errors by 25% and improving the reliability of reports used for executive decision-making.
Experience
Legacy Data System Modernization with Microsoft Fabric
I built end-to-end data pipelines using the Data Factory experience within Microsoft Fabric and Databricks to orchestrate the ingestion and transformation of enterprise data. Within Fabric, I configured data lineage and cataloging to enhance governance and simplify discovery. I also developed real-time analytics pipelines and Power BI dashboards using Direct Lake mode and semantic models, enabling timely, actionable business insights. These efforts reduced data latency, improved reporting, and ensured seamless integration across the Azure ecosystem.
Azure Synapse & Snowflake Integration for Campaign Insights
Development and Optimization of Data Warehouse Solution for RBC
My responsibilities included configuring Databricks jobs, refactoring notebooks for performance optimization, and implementing PySpark-based ingestion frameworks. I also tuned Spark and Hive jobs to ensure efficient data processing.
This project demonstrates my ability to build and optimize modern cloud-based data solutions that drive real-time analytics and informed decision-making.
Education
Master's Degree in Computer Science
Auburn University - Montgomery, AL, USA
Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering
Ontario Tech University - Oshawa, ON, Canada
Certifications
Microsoft Certified: Fabric Data Engineer Associate
Microsoft
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
Microsoft
Skills
Libraries/APIs
PySpark
Tools
Microsoft Power BI, Jira, Apache Airflow, Microsoft Power Apps, GitHub
Languages
Python, SQL, T-SQL (Transact-SQL), SAS, Snowflake
Paradigms
ETL, Business Intelligence (BI), Software Testing
Frameworks
Spark, Apache Spark
Platforms
Azure, Databricks, Azure Synapse Analytics, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Lake Storage, Apache Kafka, Azure Synapse
Storage
Azure SQL Databases, Database Management, Data Pipelines, Databases, Azure SQL, HDInsight
Other
Data Engineering, Azure Data Factory (ADF), Data Visualization, Dashboards, Data Analysis, Software Development, Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Networking, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Software Project Management, IT Security, OneLake, Azure Databricks, Microsoft Azure
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