Data platforms
Cloud ingestion, dimensional modeling, quality, incremental processing, and production operations.
Senior data engineer & AI data platform architect · Dubai
Reliable data and governed AI systems—from architecture through production.
I help teams modernize data platforms, automate high-value workflows, and build policy-aware AI systems that remain reliable in production.
Discuss your data challenge300+production pipelines built and operated
2M+people reached by a public-health application
7+ yearsacross data engineering and AI
Capabilities
Make complex systems dependable.
Governed AI systems
Knowledge ingestion, policy processing, grounding, routing, provenance, PII controls, and runtime telemetry.
Delivery leadership
Architecture through implementation, stakeholder communication, testing, release discipline, and team guidance.
Selected work
Systems built for repeatable decisions.
Regulated analytics · 300+ production pipelines
Regulated-industry analytics platform
Cloud ingestion and transformation across regulated-business, geospatial, API, and PDF sources.
Built and operated analytics-ready ingestion across APIs, geospatial sources, regulated-business data, and PDFs.
Public health · 2M+ people reached
Public-health risk data services
Statistical components, pipelines, and backend data services for a public risk application.
Supported a public risk application with statistical components, pipelines, and serverless data services.
Insurance · Daily and monthly incremental snapshots
Insurance analytics data platform
Tested warehouse models, compliance datasets, analytical marts, and scheduled snapshots.
Delivered tested fact and dimension models, compliance datasets, analytical marts, and scheduled snapshots.
Authority
Trusted in the work.
Benjamin Harvey, Ph.D. · Founder of AI Squared"I have worked with Gaurav for close to a year and he is a very well rounded, skilled, and innovative data scientist. He has helped me in the development of statistical methods, backend server infrastructure, and data science tasks. Gaurav is not only a great developer but also a great communicator. He has always been very prompt, responsive, and completes tasks on time. He goes above and beyond to ensure that the customer requirements and needs are met. I recommend him to anyone seeking expert level data science services."
Ivette Basterrechea · Department of Justice"Gaurav is a thoughtful person with a very creative mind. He is intellectually curious and looks for efficient solutions to any problems. I enjoyed my time working with him and appreciate the collegial relationship we developed. I have great faith that he will achieve success in any career path he pursues."
Le Zhang · Google"I worked with Gaurav on several projects, he has strong technical skills and is also a good team player. He was able to deliver high-quality work and found solutions to difficult problems."
About
Technical depth, delivery focus.
Dubai-based senior data engineer and AI data platform architect with 7+ years across governed AI, insurance, public health, regulated analytics, veterinary healthcare, capital markets, and government research.
UAE Golden Visa holder, available for remote global consulting engagements.
Core technology: Python · SQL · AWS · Redshift · dbt · PySpark · Kafka · FastAPI · Dagster
Insights
Field Notes
Mar 2026
Why Reliable AI Systems Separate Policy from Execution
A practical architecture rule for keeping governed AI workflows understandable, testable, and safe to change.
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