Summary
Jeremiah Okai is a Senior Data Engineer based in The Hague with nine years of experience building scalable, cloud-native data platforms across finance, healthcare, security, and consumer industries. He specializes in designing robust ETL pipelines, real-time analytics, and performance optimization—particularly in AWS Redshift and Databricks—backed by AWS and Databricks certifications. At organizations from NIBC Bank to Mendix and SkinVision, he has translated regulatory and business needs into automated, auditable data workflows that cut manual effort and accelerate decision-making. He brings a research-informed perspective from a master's in Advanced Data Analytics and hands-on ML work at Leiden University Medical Center, bridging predictive modeling with production engineering. Known for clean code, knowledge sharing (DBT and Airflow brown-bags), and a taste for tackling “messy” data problems, he thrives on turning complex architectures into pragmatic, maintainable solutions.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi
Master's degree Computer Science specialized in Advanced Data Analytics, Master's degree Computer Science specialized in Advanced Data Analytics at Leiden University
Dutch, English