Akash Das
Senior Data Engineer
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolAkash Das is a Senior Data Engineer with 10 years of experience designing cost-effective, scalable data platforms and ML production pipelines, currently driving data engineering at DraftKings in Los Angeles. He specializes in Google Cloud, Kubernetes, Apache Beam, Terraform, and containerization to deliver auto-scalable, low-operational-overhead solutions that reduce cloud spend and accelerate time-to-insight. At SpringML and Aeries he led migrations to Snowflake and GCP, cutting reporting timelines and infrastructure costs dramatically while turning POCs into production accelerators. He pairs a technical CS background with an MS in Business Analytics to bridge engineering and business outcomes, often focusing on prescriptive analytics to optimize inventory and costs. Notably, he has a track record of automating repetitive work—reducing manual effort by up to 60%—and has contributed to open source projects like nmap earlier in his career. Pragmatic and metrics-driven, he prioritizes solutions that balance performance, maintainability, and measurable ROI.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) computer science engineering, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) computer science engineering at Indian Institute of Information Technology, SriCityKendriya Vidyalaya SangathanMaster's degree Business Analytics, Master's degree Business Analytics at University of California, Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business
Odia, English, Hindi, Telugu
Github Skills (128)
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Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
springml-code/terraform-structure
Dec 2022 - Feb 2023
SpringML terraform folder structure and modules
Contributions:75 commits, 37 PRs, 56 pushes in 1 month
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capt2101akash/test-ci
Nov 2018 - May 2019
Contributions:17 PRs, 32 pushes, 3 branches in 5 months
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