Cristian Varela
Principal Data Engineer Consultant
Dublin, Ireland
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Top SchoolCristian Varela is a Principal Data Engineer and enterprise data architect with over 20 years of experience designing end-to-end BI, data platforms and governance for organisations including Aon, Paddy Power and Dell. Currently driving cultural and operational change at Aer Lingus, he specializes in Agile data engineering, AWS cloud-native pipelines, microservices and pragmatic governance to turn data strategy into repeatable delivery. He combines hands-on Python/Django development instincts with executive-level oversight, having led enterprise-wide platform designs and governance frameworks. Cristian also advises startups and SMEs as a Fractional Executive, helping them align data strategy with measurable business outcomes. His background spans systems administration, security studies and early-career development work, giving him uncommon depth across infra, application and data layers. Based in Dublin, he blends technical craftsmanship with board-level perspective as a current Enclude board member.
10 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Project Computer Science, Project Computer Science at Trinity College DublinUPC Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaUOC (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya)
French, Spanish, English, Catalan, Italian
Stackoverflow
3reputation
138reached
3answers
1question
Github Skills (39)
scheduler10
data-science9
apache9
monitor9
exporter9
python9
machine-learning9
automation9
mlops9
etl9
plex9
orchestration9
data-integration8
data-pipelines8
dag8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
cvarelaruiz/owi2plex
Mar 2019 - Feb 2022
Exporter of EPG from OpenWebif to XMLTV to use with Plex
Contributions:15 releases, 50 commits, 1 PR in 2 years 11 months
exporterxmltvepgplex
cvarelaruiz/myMaths
Feb 2017 - Jan 2025
Contributions:9 pushes, 3 branches in 7 years 11 months
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