Rachel Dean
About Rachel Dean
Rachel Dean is a Staff Data Engineer at Delivery Hero in Berlin, with over 20 years of experience in data analysis and engineering.
Company
Rachel Dean currently works at Delivery Hero in Berlin. She holds the position of Staff Data Engineer. She has held various positions within the company, including Data Engineering Manager and Senior Data Engineer.
Title
Rachel Dean is a Staff Data Engineer at Delivery Hero. She has also managed teams and senior engineering roles within the organization.
Education and Expertise
Rachel Dean has over 20 years of professional experience in data analysis and engineering. She completed the Data Analyst Nanodegree from Udacity and a Data Science Specialization from Coursera from 2015 to 2016. Her technical skills include Python, SQL, Airflow, Terraform, AWS/GCP, with a focus on performance and cost optimization.
Background
Rachel Dean began her career working with flat-file financial databases and later gained substantial experience with the full Microsoft data stack. Over the years, she transitioned to open source technologies, developing data-driven projects and maintaining data platforms. Her work experience spans various roles, including IT Consultant at The Systems Practice, Technical Director at Ensphere Consulting Ltd, and Managing Director at RADICS Ltd.
Achievements
Rachel Dean specializes in developing and maintaining core data platforms, such as Airflow deployment and various GCP services feeding BigQuery. She coordinates team data exports to the company data mesh platform at Delivery Hero and ensures best practices in data platform architecture and design. Additionally, she offers expert advice on cost and process performance optimization, service selection, and troubleshooting technical issues.