Chris Nielsen
Data Engineer
Fargo, North Dakota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Nielsen is a data engineer with a decade-plus track record of turning messy data into actionable systems and automation, currently building data solutions at VEYRA. He blends strong Python and SQL expertise with practical experience in ETL (Airflow), dimensional modeling, and production tooling, and has repeatedly delivered performance wins—most notably a Python Hadoop MapReduce framework that sped XML validations 60x. Chris pairs analytics and engineering: he has built ML models that reduced moderation costs, automated release-note generation used across thousands of products, and created reporting tools that stopped costly reships. His background spans frontend and backend stacks (Vue, PHP, Kotlin, Node) which helps him bridge data pipelines to product interfaces. Based in Fargo, ND, he also invests in knowledge sharing—teaching Practical Python and maintaining internal Python resources to lift team capability.
1 year of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of OregonComputer Science, Computer Science at Portland State University
Github Skills (10)
command-line9
ports9
package-manager8
macos8
macports6
jetbrains6
jetbrains-ides6
aws5
aws-lambda5
sam3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (2)
macports/macports-ports
Dec 2024 - Dec 2024
The MacPorts ports tree
Contributions:1 review in 1 day
macosxpackage-managermacports-portsportsmacports
aws/aws-toolkit-jetbrains
Dec 2024 - Dec 2024
AWS Toolkit for JetBrains - a plugin for interacting with AWS from JetBrains IDEs
Contributions:1 comment in 1 day
aws-lambdajetbrains-idesjetbrainssamaws
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