Hossein Torabi is a Senior Data Engineer based in Amsterdam with eight years of experience designing and scaling large, data-intensive platforms across finance, travel, energy, and logistics. He has led cloud migrations and modernizations (AWS and Azure), implemented CDC and Lambda architectures for real-time pipelines, and delivered measurable business impact such as reduced workflow times, higher data accuracy, and revenue uplift from pricing models. Hossein combines strong backend engineering with test automation discipline—evident from contributions to prominent open-source projects like Apache Superset (Excel upload features and tests) and Debezium (connector improvements and SKIPPED_OPERATIONS), showing deep expertise in change-data-capture and data integration. Comfortable operating at the intersection of infrastructure, data science, and stakeholder needs, he often surfaces operational gaps and addresses them with automated validation, improved coverage, and performance optimizations.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Amirkabir University of Technology
Diploma, Mathematics, High School, Diploma, Mathematics, High School at National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents (Sampad)
Change data capture for a variety of databases. Please log issues at https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:25 reviews, 11 commits, 24 PRs in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Hossein contributed significantly to the Debezium project, focusing on enhancing the functionality of various database connectors. Their work included implementing features like `SKIPPED_OPERATIONS` for MySQL and MongoDB connectors, enabling users to filter out specific operations during streaming. They also addressed bugs and performed optimizations for the PostgreSQL and SQL Server connectors. These contributions demonstrate a strong understanding of change data capture mechanisms and database interaction within the Debezium framework.
Apache Superset is a Data Visualization and Data Exploration Platform
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Contributions:6 commits, 26 PRs, 60 comments in 1 year
Contributions summary:Hossein primarily contributed to the back-end of the Superset project, specifically focusing on the implementation of features related to Excel file uploads to databases. This included adding new views and forms, modifying existing ones, and writing tests to validate the functionality. Furthermore, the user also made changes to documentation and installation instructions, indicating a broader involvement in the project's overall structure and usability. These contributions suggest a strong understanding of the project's core features and its interaction with data sources.
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