James Sopkin
Data Engineer
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Sopkin is a data engineer with ~5 years of experience building production data and ML workflows for enterprise clients, currently focused at Sargent & Lundy after a high-impact tenure at Prefect. He specializes in Prefect-driven dataflow automation, cloud-native ETL, and optimizing ML pipelines—once cutting model training time by 80% and helping his team secure over $1M in contracts. James combines hands-on engineering (Python, dbt, AWS, Hex dashboards) with product-minded automation that saved clients hundreds of billable hours and simplified renewals work for account teams. As a consultant he’s also shipped consumer-facing apps and RAG agents, integrating CV and generative tools to drive 10x social engagement for clients. He’s pursuing an MS in Analytics at Georgia Tech, blending formal analytics training with practical delivery across startups and enterprise engagements.
5 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Data Science, Data Science at BloomTechMaster of Science - MS, Analytics, Master of Science - MS, Analytics at Georgia Institute of TechnologyUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
English, Korean
Github Skills (22)
python10
infrastructure10
pipeline10
data-science9
data-engineering9
dataflow9
prefect9
observability9
workflow-engine9
automation9
orchestration9
deploying7
databricks5
integrations4
charts4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Bada-S/gh-test
Oct 2022 - Nov 2022
Contributions:71 pushes, 1 branch in 14 days
Bada-S/badabad-dashboard.github.io
Aug 2020 - Sep 2020
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Contributions:28 pushes in 28 days
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