Iftikar Alam
Software Engineer - Data & AI
"Building scalable data pipelines & modern web applications."
Key Technologies
Featured Projects
A selection of high-impact data engineering pipelines and full-stack web applications.
Spotify Azure Data & AI Platform
End-to-end Lakehouse platform with ML and Generative AI for music streaming analytics.
Key Highlights
- Implemented metadata-driven incremental ingestion using Azure Data Factory with watermarking
- Designed Medallion Architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold) using Databricks and Delta Lake
- Built SCD Type 2 historical data modeling using Delta Live Tables (DLT)
- Developed a machine learning model to predict potential hit songs with Scikit-learn and MLflow
- Created an AI-powered Chat-with-Data agent using LangChain and Llama 3
SupportX AI Assist
Multi-Agent IT support assistant powered by Agentic RAG, vector search, and large language models.
Key Highlights
- Implemented multi-agent orchestration with AutoGen framework
- Integrated Azure AI Search with Gemini embeddings for semantic similarity matching
- Built automated ticket escalation system with email notifications
Azure Data Engineering – NYC Taxi Data
End-to-end distributed data pipeline processing NYC Taxi data.
Key Highlights
- Implemented Medallion Architecture for structured data processing
- Built dynamic ingestion pipelines with Azure Data Factory
- Optimized data transformations using Databricks & PySpark
Real-Time IoT Streaming ETL Pipeline
Real-time streaming pipeline processing IoT sensor data using Databricks Delta Live Tables.
Key Highlights
- Implemented 2-minute watermarking to handle late-arriving IoT data accurately
- Designed Medallion Architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold) using Delta Live Tables
- Enforced data quality rules using DLT Expectations (expect_or_drop for critical validations)
- Created 10-minute tumbling window aggregations for real-time bridge safety monitoring
Technical Arsenal
A comprehensive suite of tools and technologies I use to architect scalable data solutions and performant applications.
Data Engineering
Processing | Storage | Analytics
Software Development
Frontend | Backend | API
Machine Learning
Training | Modeling | Insights
DevOps & Tools
CI/CD | Containers | Versioning
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Let's build something scalable.
Whether you need a data pipeline, a full-stack platform, or just want to discuss the latest in tech, I'm always open to new opportunities.
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