Lauren Benezra
Data Engineer (L5)
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLauren Benezra is a data engineer with four years of experience building analytics platforms and ETL pipelines, currently at Shopify after a rapid progression through multiple engineering and solutions roles at dbt Labs. With an academic foundation in pure and applied mathematics (UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz), she combines rigorous quantitative thinking with hands-on proficiency in Python, SQL, dbt, Snowflake/BigQuery/Redshift, and orchestration tools like Fivetran and Airbyte. Her background spans both analytics engineering and customer-facing solutions architecture, giving her a rare ability to translate complex business questions into reliable, production-grade data models. Based in Portland, she pairs pragmatic engineering with a curious, research-rooted mindset—plus an undeniable affection for cats that keeps teams smiling.
4 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA Mathematics, Bachelor of Arts - BA Mathematics at University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California Santa Cruz
Github Skills (22)
code-behind10
dbt-packages10
rapid9
transform8
sql8
dbt8
operation8
data-modeling7
slack7
coalesce6
analytics6
macros6
refactoring5
elt3
inherited3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
lbenezra-FA/dbt-sandbox-lben
May 2022 - May 2023
Contributions:3 PRs, 14 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year
lbenezra-FA/rapid-onboarding-exemplar
Nov 2023 - Feb 2024
dbt Project for Rapid Onboarding instructors to use in instruction and learners to reference throughout the course.
Contributions:11 PRs, 16 pushes, 7 branches in 3 months
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