Akshat tare
@Akshat_tare
Programmer Analyst — ETL Data Engineer at Cognizant
Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Akshat Tare is a Data Engineer with hands-on production experience in Apache Kafka, ETL pipelines, and distributed backend systems. Currently working at Cognizant on Kafka-based ingestion platforms and data engineering workflows, he possesses a strong background in Python, AWS-based data systems, and scalable backend development. He is actively working with event-driven architectures and real-time data streaming systems, and is currently gaining exposure to Azure Data Factory for Enterprise Data Warehouse modernization.
Experience
Programmer Analyst — ETL Data Engineer
Cognizant
Designed and maintained production ETL pipelines using Python and Apache Kafka to ingest, validate, and transform high-volume structured data. Optimized complex SQL queries for data extraction and reporting. Built Python automation scripts for data processing tasks. Collaborated with analytics and AI/ML teams to define data contracts. Monitored ETL performance and handled production debugging. Currently involved in migrating Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) workflows to Azure Data Factory.
Python & AI/ML Developer Intern
Triosoft Technologies
Developed AI-powered Loan Enquiry Chatbot using Python and ML techniques. Designed and optimized REST APIs and backend services. Fine-tuned machine learning models using custom datasets.
Backend Developer
Hawkers Management Software
Built RESTful backend services using Django and MySQL to manage transactional data at scale. Designed and optimized relational database schemas through indexing and normalization. Partnered with frontend teams to integrate APIs.
Education
LNCT Group of Colleges
Bachelor of Technology
Computer Science
Licenses & Certifications
AI/ML Project Certification