Matthias Van der Elst
Data Engineer | AI-Augmented Business Analyst
Salary / Daily rate
9420 Erpe-Mere, Belgium
Freelance
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Data Engineer with 6+ years freelance expertise in enterprise-grade data lakehouse architectures and AI-driven analytics. Specialized in building end-to-end solutions using Apache Kafka, Spark, Airflow, and dbt, with proven integration architecture experience across healthcare, logistics, and energy sectors. Currently pursuing MS in AI to deliver cutting-edge data solutions that transform business operations.
Work experience
Data Engineer
OregonaFreelance
Jan 2019 - Present
7 years 10 months
Ontwerp en implementatie van een volledige enterprise-grade data lakehouse-architectuur. Streaming data-ingestie met Apache Kafka, processing met Apache Spark, orchestratie met Apache Airflow, transformatie met dbt. Apache Iceberg als open table format, Nessie voor data catalog en branching, Trino en Dremio als query engines. S3-compatible object storage (MinIO/SeaweedFS), monitoring met Grafana, dashboarding met Apache Superset. API-laag met FastAPI, volledig gecontaineriseerd met Docker en Traefik Proxy. IoT-integratie: custom sensordevices die via de lakehouse-architectuur data aanleveren en verwerken. Machine Learning
Integratieanalist
Katoen NatieFreelance
Mar 2025 - Mar 2026
1 year 1 month
Data-analist
Departement ZorgFreelance
Dec 2021 - Mar 2025
3 years 4 months
Integratieanalist
SibelgaFreelance
Feb 2020 - Dec 2021
1 year 11 months
Functioneel analist
Napoleon Sports & CasinoFreelance
Jan 2019 - Mar 2020
1 year 3 months
Integration Architect
ARCHERS - Integration Architects
Nov 2017 - Jan 2019
1 year 3 months
Archers provides consulting services to improve the integration architecture of companies to meet today’s challenges of the Connected Company. We advise customers in selecting and applying the most appropriate integration architectures (API’s, (micro) services, message based,…) and the supported integration technology (ESB, API management,…) based on their strategy and challenges. As an Integration Architect we help provide our customers an integration delivery method that helps increase the ability to deliver integration solutions.
Functional Analyst / Sparx EA Consultant
The Business Analysts
Apr 2015 - Oct 2017
2 years 7 months
Business Analyst
Neutraal Ziekenfonds Vlaanderen
Dec 2012 - Mar 2015
2 years 4 months
Aalst
System Engineer
Intercare NV
Jan 2011 - Jan 2012
1 year 1 month
Gent
System Network Administrator
Familiehulp vzw
Jan 2009 - Jan 2011
2 years 1 month
Brussel
Field Service Engineer
Axio Systems NV
Jan 2008 - Jan 2009
1 year 1 month
Wetteren
Internship Student
IBM Benelux
Jan 2007 - Jan 2007
1 month
Brussels
Education
Open Universiteit
Master of Science - MS, Artificial Intelligence
2025 - Present
1 year 9 months
Open Universiteit
Premaster, Artificial Intelligence
2024 - 2025
1 year 2 months
HOWEST Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen
Bachelor, Multimedia & Communicatietechnologie
2004 - 2007
3 years 1 month
Multimedia & Communicatietechnologie
Licenses & certifications
Certified SOA Architect
Issued: Aug 2018