Eric Rops
Senior Software Engineer - Data Infrastructure
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Top SchoolEric Rops is a Senior Software Engineer specializing in data infrastructure with eight years of experience building high-throughput, cost-efficient data platforms. He has led migrations and redesigns of 10 TB/day ingestion systems across AWS and GCP, cutting data loss by 90% and cloud costs by roughly 30% while coordinating work across a dozen teams. His stack spans PySpark, Databricks, BigQuery/Redshift, Airflow and modern analytics tooling, and he pairs that with product-focused data modeling (e.g., creating KPI pipelines for claims and revenue products). A former geophysicist with an MS, Eric brings strong analytical rigor and domain modeling experience—he once engineered a chess opponent over a 4B-position database to achieve sub-second responses. He’s adept at translating business value from data initiatives, running workshops for government teams, and delivering executive-level dashboards that drive decision-making. Based in Calgary, he combines hands-on engineering with cross-functional leadership to turn complex data challenges into measurable business outcomes.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Geophysics, Bachelor of Science - BS Geophysics at Western UniversityMaster of Science - MS Geophysics, Master of Science - MS Geophysics at University of Calgary
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Github contributions (5)
EricRops/human-chess-engine
Sep 2020 - Mar 2021
Contributions:35 commits, 34 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
twalsh43/public-workshop-lixar-databricks
May 2021 - May 2021
Contributions:11 commits, 10 pushes in 6 days
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