Hi, I'm Emily Ekdahl!

I'm a Chicago-based data engineer and data scientist focused on making data intuitive and interactive. Start scrolling and learn more about me.

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    About Me

    I'm a data engineer, data scientist, and grad student at Northwestern University pursuing an MS in Data Science. I like hiking, reading, and exploring the city. While working as a research assistant in college, I discovered that I have a passion for data and research. This eventually led me to the wide world of data science and software engineering. Since then, I've become experienced building models and data pipelines with clean, flexible code. I am looking for a fast-paced, challenging, collaborative, and friendly work environment where I can learn new tools and make a difference.

    Contact Details

    Emily Ekdahl
    emily.ekdahl@gmail.com

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    Career

    Data Engineer - Fetch Rewards

    2020 - present

    • Architecting streaming data pipelines from operational data stores to Snowflake data warehouses
    • Championing software engineering best practices including linting, testing, documentation, monitoring & observability
    • Mentoring teammates and providing guidance via technical design reviews and pull requests

    Data Engineer - Otus

    2017 - 2020

    • Delivering actionable insights to K-12 teachers and administrators via complex data analytics applications
    • Engineering bespoke and library-based distributed data pipelines in Java and Python
    • Writing API endpoints to consume data in Scala
    • Optimizing data models for access patterns in Redshift, mySQL, and ElasticSearch
    • Documenting and testing data models and APIs with unit, integration, and E2E tests
    • Leveraging Kubernetes, Codefresh, and DockerHub to deploy and scale the analytics applications

    Education

    Northwestern University

    M.S. Data Science c.o. 2022

    I am currently pursuing the Machine Learning track of the Data Science masters program at Northwestern University.

    Skills

    • SQL
    • Data Modeling / DBT
    • Amazon Web Services
    • TypeScript
    • Python
    • Java
    • Kubernetes

    Say Hello

    I'd love to talk about anything data-related! Feel free to reach out!

    Email

    emily.ekdahl@gmail.com

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