Summary
Aakarsha Kanwar is a data engineer with 8 years of experience building scalable pipelines and analytics systems, currently driving data-informed decisions at lululemon after shaping game-telemetry platforms at 2K. She specializes in Snowflake, Databricks, PySpark, Kafka and Airflow, and has a track record of optimizing Spark performance, standardizing cross-title data models, and automating GDPR/CCPA workflows to cut audit response times by 80%. Her work in gaming married technical rigor with product impact—enabling real-time and batch analytics for titles like NBA 2K25 and improving onboarding speed for new projects by 40%. Earlier roles span event-driven ETL, permissions and report-builder frameworks for enterprise SaaS, and ML-backed HR tooling, reflecting a strong full-stack data background. Based in Canada with an MS in Computer Science from Binghamton, she pairs a curious, experimental mindset with measurable operational outcomes. Outside work she blends a love of gaming with continual exploration of new data tools and techniques.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Binghamton University
Bachelor of Technology - BTech Computer Science, Bachelor of Technology - BTech Computer Science at Jaypee Institute Of Information Technology
High School, High School at Spring Dale Senior School