Summary
João Ramos is a Principal Data Engineer with nearly two decades in IT and 11 years focused on data engineering, currently building production-grade data and ML pipelines across GCP and AWS from Oxford. He blends deep academic grounding in electrical engineering, wireless networks and logistics (MBA/MSc) with hands-on expertise in Snowflake, dbt, Airflow, Databricks, Power BI and modern cloud data architectures. João has driven data platforms for finance (quant trading and risk analytics), media and insurance, translating complex analytics needs into scalable data products that empower quant and commercial teams. Earlier in his career he led telecom network optimization and measurement programs, a practical experience that underpins his strong statistical and signal-processing approach to data problems. Known for championing Python best practices and cross-team knowledge sharing, he pairs strategic leadership with an engineer’s attention to operational detail.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
MBA and MSc Customer Satisfaction Logistics, MBA and MSc Customer Satisfaction Logistics at ISCTE and Instituto Superior Técnico
Post graduation Wireless Networks IP Networks Network Planning, Post graduation Wireless Networks IP Networks Network Planning at Instituto Superior Técnico
English, Portuguese