
Bharathi Govindarajan
Enterprise Analytics and Business Intelligence Strategist | Global Data Engineering Leader | Senior Azure Data Engineer | Databricks | PySpark | Cloud Data Platforms | CPG, Retail & Market Research Analytics
Salary / Daily rate
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Skills
About me
Intro
I am a Senior Data Engineer with nearly 7 years of experience building cloud-native data platforms, ETL/ELT pipelines and BI-ready datasets across CPG, retail and market research domains. My work sits at the point where complex data becomes trusted business insight from transaction-level reconciliation and retailer mapping to KPI reporting, data quality frameworks and consumer analytics. My core expertise includes Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, PySpark, Delta Lake, Python, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, ADLS Gen2 and Power BI. I have delivered data engineering solutions for global brands and clients including Numerator, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Mars, AB InBev and Abbott, supporting analytics use cases across sales, supply chain, inventory, retail performance, consumer behaviour and market research intelligence. Across my roles at Numerator, Tredence, Infosys and Cognizant, I have built scalable data pipelines, designed metadata-driven and incremental processing frameworks, improved data validation and reconciliation flows, and optimised Spark and Delta Lake workloads using partitioning, caching, Z-Ordering and performance tuning. I enjoy solving problems where data is fragmented, reporting is slow, or business users do not fully trust the numbers and turning those problems into structured, reliable and reusable data products. Beyond delivery, I actively mentor a community of 700+ aspiring and experienced Data Engineers, sharing practical knowledge across PySpark, Databricks, Azure, SQL and modern analytics engineering. This has strengthened my ability to communicate technical ideas clearly, guide junior engineers and build collaborative learning environments. I am now looking to bring this experience into UK-focused opportunities across Senior Data Engineer, Azure Data Engineer, Databricks Engineer, Cloud Data Engineer, BI Data Engineer and Analytics Engineering roles. I am particularly interested in teams working on cloud modernisation, lakehouse platforms, data quality, scalable analytics and business intelligence solutions that create measurable business value. Key skills: Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, PySpark, Apache Spark, Delta Lake, Python, SQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, ADLS Gen2, Power BI, ETL/ELT, Data Quality, Reconciliation, Metadata-Driven Pipelines, Incremental Processing, CPG Analytics, Retail Analytics, Market Research Analytics, Business Intelligence.
Work experience
General Technology Advisor (Consulting)
Dialectica
Apr 2026 - Present
7 months
Indianapolis, IN, USA
• UK based Company • Designed retail and CPG data harmonization solutions using Azure Databricks and Azure Data Lake, enabling the processing of millions of records per hour for analytics and reporting. • Defined scalable data architecture patterns to integrate and standardize high-volume hourly retailer feeds from multiple data sources into a unified analytical platform. • Architected modern Databricks Lakehouse solutions capable of supporting large-scale hourly data processing, KPI reporting, and business intelligence workloads. • Implemented data quality, governance, and harmonization frameworks to ensure accuracy and consistency across continuously refreshed hourly retail datasets. • Designed enterprise data platforms supporting high-frequency hourly data ingestion, transformation, and analytics for retail and CPG clients, enabling timely business insights and decision-making.
Senior AI Cloud Data Engineer - Market Research & Business Intelligence
Numerator
Feb 2026 - Present
9 months
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
• PROJECT: FRANCE RETAIL MARKET RESEARCH & CONSUMER INSIGHTS PLATFORM: • Lead data engineering for France retail insight platforms, turning product, retailer and consumer behaviour data into analytics-ready datasets for major retail stakeholders. • Designed scalable reconciliation and transformation pipelines in Databricks/PySpark to support transaction-level validation, retailer mapping and data quality checks. • Built curated datasets for Power BI, KPI reporting and product intelligence, enabling faster analysis of retailer performance, consumer trends and FMCG market behaviour. • Work with France business teams, architects and global stakeholders to shape cloud-aligned analytics architecture and repeatable data quality frameworks.
Assistant Manager - AI & Data Engineering, CPG Domain
Tredence Inc.
Jan 2025 - Jan 2026
1 year 1 month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
• Delivered enterprise-scale Databricks and PySpark pipelines for CPG analytics use cases across global brands including PepsiCo and Coca-Cola. • Implemented Delta Lake architecture with partitioning, caching, Z-Ordering and Spark tuning to improve pipeline reliability and query performance. • Built ETL/ELT frameworks for sales, supply chain, inventory and retail analytics, producing trusted analytical datasets for BI and business users. • Managed agile deliverables, reviewed engineering quality and mentored junior engineers while supporting cloud modernisation and CI/CD-enabled releases.
Senior Azure Data Engineer / Azure Data Engineer
Infosys
Feb 2022 - Dec 2024
2 years 11 months
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
• Developed Azure-based data platforms using ADF, Azure Databricks, ADLS Gen2, Azure SQL and PySpark for enterprise analytics and reporting workloads. • Designed metadata-driven ADF orchestration and incremental processing frameworks to reduce manual intervention and support repeatable ingestion patterns. • Built distributed transformation workflows for structured and semi-structured data, strengthening cloud migration and data modernisation programmes. • Optimised processing logic and storage patterns to improve
Programming Analyst / Programmer Trainee
Cognizant
Mar 2019 - Dec 2020
1 year 10 months
Kochi, Kerala, India
• Started in enterprise ETL, SQL and data transformation, supporting client data integration, validation and reporting activities. • Enhanced and maintained data workflows, building a strong foundation in pipeline engineering, data quality and production support.
Contract Software Engineer
Indian Bank
Sep 2018 - Mar 2019
7 months
Operation Executive
Ninjacart
May 2018 - Oct 2018
6 months
Education
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Artificial Intelligence
2025 - 2027
2 years 2 months
Thiagarajar College of Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Computer Science Engineering
2015 - 2018
3 years 1 month
Kongu Polytechnic College, Perundurai, Erode District.
Diploma, Computer Technology
2012 - 2015
3 years 1 month