Hi, I'm Ankur Wahi.

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Self-driven, quick starter, passionate programmer with a curious mind who enjoys solving a complex and challenging real-world problems.

About

I have 15 plus years of experience in the software industry across different domains. Expertise in the areas of architecture, engineering, strategic consulting and IT program delivery. I have spent the last 7 years in migrating analytical workloads to the cloud (AWS/GCP). In my current role at Google I help customers migrate their data centers to GCP, build product demos and specialize in building anlaytics on geospatial products like BigQuery, Goolge Earth Engine I am passionate about developing complex applications that solve real-world problems impacting millions of users.

  • Languages: Python, Bash
  • Databases: MySQL, BigQuery, HBase, Elasticsearch
  • Frameworks: Apache Spark, Airflow, Hadoop, Google Earth Engine, Streamlit, Gradio
  • Tools & Technologies: Git, Docker, AWS, GCP

Experience

Cloud Engineer
  • Built framework to run SQL over raster imagery.
  • Developed app to track US crops at county level
  • Assist customers in migrating their data center to GCP
  • Tools: Python, GCP, Streamlit, Google Earth Engine
July 2021 - | Minneapolis, USA
Solutions Architect
  • Migrate on-prem Hortonworks cluster to AWS
  • AWS cost management
  • Re-engineer data pipeline from MR to Spark and use Airflow for workflow orchestration
  • Design and build pipelines between GCP and AWS
  • Work with teams across Seagate factories and build cloud based architecture for their needs
  • Develop data pipelines on serverless architecture using Athena, Lambda and SQS
  • Tools: Python, AWS, Spark, Presto, Airflow, GCP BigQuery
Feb 2018 - Jan 2021 | Minneapolis, USA
Associate Director
  • Create big data product architecture roadmap
  • Architect, design, deliver, and test complex data implementations
  • Work with dev teams to improve data strategy, quality and governance
  • Collaborate with business to drive adoption of big data solutions
  • Design and implement business analytics platform using Hive and PIG for Tableau Reporting
  • Design and build distributed search applications using Elasticsearch and HBase
  • Use Kibana to build search visualization reports
  • Tools: Hadoop, Hive, HBase, Elasticsearch, Kibana, Spark
Sep 2017 - Feb 2021 | MInneapolis, USA
Technical Architect
  • Responsible for managing technical analysis, design, development and maintenance of all Data Warehouse applications
  • Development of new functionalities for Java apps, using Web services and Hibernate
  • Coach, mentor and lead personnel within a technical team environment
  • Setting up of new Disaster recovery environment for all applications
  • Tools: Java, Unix, Websphere, Datastage
Mar 2010 - Sep 2014 | Minneapolis, USA
Consultant
  • Design and implement a solution to replace an ageing Medicare Part D processing
  • Build Transition Letter process by collating information across databases based on the rules designed in patient's health plan
  • Tools: Datastage, Unix, Oracle
Mar 2008 - Mar 2010 | Minneapolis, USA

Projects

us crop
US County Crops-App

An app to display crops grown in a US county in a given year

Accomplishments
  • Tools: Javascript, Earth Engine


  • Choose a US county,crop and year
  • Show all the crops grown in the county, along with the area for the crop chosen.
  • Click on the map, and find the crop growing and its NDVI curve.
dynamic world
Wildfire and Building footprint

A streamlit based app to show new structures built by analyzing satellite imagery

Accomplishments
  • Tools: Streamlit, Python, Earth Engine


  • Multi-page Streamlit app
  • Uses Dynamic world and Global Building footprint to show buildings.
  • Maps wildfires and buildings affected.
sql over satellite
SQL over Satellite imagery

A framework to use BigQuery SQL and extract information from Google Earth Engine

Accomplishments
  • Tools: GCP BigQuery,Python, Earth Engine


  • Given a polygon in BQ
  • Run SQL in BQ to find the NDVI, temperature and crop in the polygon.
sql over doc
SQL over Doc

A framework to use BigQuery SQL and extract from documents using Doc AI

Accomplishments
  • Tools: GCP BigQuery,Python, Doc AI


  • Upload a pdf or image to a GCP bucket
  • Run SQL in BQ to over documents parsed using Doc AI.

Skills

Languages and Databases

Python
Elasticsearch
HBase
MySQL
BigQuery
Bash

Frameworks

Apache Spark
Airflow
Streamlit
Gradio
Google Earth Engine
Hadoop

Cloud

AWS
GCP

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