Summary
Carmen Ruder is a Senior Analytics Engineer based in Kansas City with 9 years of engineering experience spanning electrical hardware and data engineering. She leverages SQL, Python, Snowflake, Tableau and AWS to design and automate ETL pipelines, reporting, and campaign bid-adjusters, currently delivering analytics at Instacart. Her background as an electrical engineer — including firmware/C++ work, VHDL, and PCB design — gives her a systems-oriented approach to data reliability and test automation. She’s built production ingestion using AWS Lambda, S3, and Azkaban orchestration and has automated customer reporting and Slack notifications to improve operational visibility. Outside work she balances technical focus with hands-on creativity in sewing and yarn crafts and even trains for occasional half marathons, reflecting a practical, detail-oriented mindset. Colleagues rely on her blend of production discipline and curiosity when migrating, testing, and keeping ETL jobs healthy.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Data Analytics, Data Analytics at KU Data Analytics Boot Camp | University of Kansas
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering at University of Michigan College of Engineering
English, Chinese, Chinese