Alexandr Vajda
Vice President, Lead Software Engineer at Absa Group
Prague, Prague, Czechia
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Top SchoolAlexandr Vajda is a Vice President and Lead Software Engineer with 11+ years building large-scale data platforms and a deep functional-programming pedigree in Scala, Spark and Big Data ecosystems. He leads and created Spline, an open-source data lineage tracking and visualization tool widely used for Apache Spark pipelines, and contributes to Spark SQL itself. Comfortable moving between architecture and hands-on coding, he pairs graph database experience (ArangoDB) with practical front-end skills in Angular/TypeScript to deliver end-to-end solutions. His background ranges from founding a price-comparison startup to enterprise roles at Absa and Barclays, revealing both product instinct and delivery discipline. Notably, he blends R&D curiosity with production rigor—turning research-grade ideas into maintainable, audited tooling for data engineering teams.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master, Computer science, Master, Computer science at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics--, Software Analysis and Design, --, Software Analysis and Design at TelesensKSCL IT AcademyMaster, Composite materials, Master, Composite materials at National Aerospace University -'Kharkiv Aviation Institute'
English, Russian, Ukrainian, Czech
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Github Skills (126)
splines10
apache-spark10
python10
hadoop10
graph-database10
data-lineage10
multi-model-database10
sql-like10
r10
big-data10
arangodb10
sql10
database10
spark10
java10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
AbsaOSS/spline-getting-started
Nov 2020 - Jan 2023
Contributions:14 reviews, 58 commits, 16 PRs in 2 years 2 months
AbsaOSS/root-pom
Jun 2021 - Jun 2025
Contributions:7 reviews, 8 PRs, 14 pushes in 4 years
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