I’m a seasoned data engineering leader with 15+ years of experience designing and delivering scalable data platforms across financial services, telecoms, and enterprise environments.
My work spans everything from on-prem Hadoop ecosystems to modern cloud-native data platforms, with a strong focus on reliability, scalability, and real business impact.
I currently serve as Head of Data Engineering at cloudandthings.io, where I lead teams and build stuff.
- Modern data platforms — batch & streaming architectures using Spark, Kafka, Delta Lake, and Trino
- Data pipelines & orchestration — Python, SQL, PySpark, Airflow, dbt
- Cloud-native data engineering — AWS & Azure, infrastructure as code with Terraform, CI/CD
- Data quality & reliability — building observable, testable, and trustworthy data systems
- Analytics & ML enablement — designing platforms that serve analysts, data scientists, and ML teams
- Engineering leadership — platform design, team mentoring, and pragmatic delivery
- 📍 South Africa
- 📫 bjorn@cloudandthings.io
I’m always interested in conversations around data platforms, engineering leadership, and building things that last.