Summary
Simon Osipov is a Head of Data Engineering with 9 years of experience leading distributed, cross-functional teams to build resilient data platforms and DataOps practices. He specializes in large-scale ETL, cloud-native infrastructure, data quality and observability, and has driven measurable cost and SLA improvements—e.g., multi-hundred-thousand dollar infrastructure savings and up to 96% reduction in SLA breaches. Comfortable across Python, Go, Rust, Spark, Iceberg and modern warehouses (Snowflake, ClickHouse, Redshift) he combines hands-on engineering with Terraform-led infra and CI/CD automation. Simon champions engineering culture and developer practices, introducing testing, linting, dependency automation and observability that cut production bugs and debugging time dramatically. He’s an active mentor, organizer and conference speaker and runs popular Telegram channels focused on data engineering and careers, signaling a rare blend of operational impact and community leadership. Based in Limassol, Cyprus, he’s proven at turning complex legacy systems into scalable, auditable data products.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Incomplete Bachelor, Civil Engineering, Incomplete Bachelor, Civil Engineering at Tver State Technical University
English, French, German