Hi, I'm

Amin Al-Ait

Cloud Data Engineer

AWS  ·  Python  ·  SQL  ·  Terraform Serverless  ·  Applied ML  ·  Data Science

Available immediately AWS Data Engineer Associate Founder · QGI

About

Cloud Data Engineer with 4+ years of hands-on AWS experience, specialising in designing and delivering scalable, cloud-native data platforms. I thrive at the intersection of data engineering, DevOps, and backend development, turning messy, high-volume datasets into reliable, cost-efficient pipelines.

Most recently I led the data platform modernisation for a global automotive enterprise, cutting analysis costs by over 50% and time-to-result by over 75%. I work with Python, Terraform, and the broader AWS data stack every day, and I bring rigorous testing practices (full pyramid) to everything I ship.

Alongside client work I build QGI, my own applied-ML geopolitical risk platform, a seven-repo AWS system where I own everything from the Step Functions data pipeline to the per-recipe machine-learning models. It's where my Data Science background (M.Sc. coursework completed, degree not awarded, TU Dortmund) meets production cloud engineering.

4+ Years AWS
3+ Years Data Eng.
2 AWS Certs
3 Languages

Skills

Cloud & Infrastructure

  • AWS
  • Terraform (IaC)
  • AWS Lambda
  • AWS ECS
  • AWS S3
  • AWS API Gateway

Data Engineering

  • SQL
  • ETL Pipelines
  • AWS Athena
  • AWS Glue
  • Parquet / PyArrow
  • InfluxDB
  • Data Mining (Cross-Correlation & Pattern Discovery)
  • Dashboards (Grafana / Streamlit)

Development & Testing

  • Python
  • Backend Development
  • ETL Testing / QA
  • Pyramid Testing
  • CI/CD (GitLab)
  • Monitoring & Observability

Platforms & Tooling

  • GitLab
  • cplace (No/Low/Pro-code)
  • Agile / Scrum
  • GenAI-assisted Dev

AI / ML & Data Science

  • XGBoost / Gradient Boosting
  • scikit-learn
  • Feature Selection & SHAP
  • Model Validation (LOCO / Backtesting)
  • Statistical Learning
  • Time-Series & Correlation

Experience

Cloud Data Engineer

demicon, Global Automotive Enterprise

01/2023 – 06/2026

Automotive

Led the design and delivery of a cloud-native data analysis platform for a global automotive client, replacing a manual Excel-based process. The platform reduced analysis costs by >50% and time-to-result by >75%, and laid the groundwork for future AI-driven analytics.

  • Developed data pipelines processing large datasets with secure, reliable transformations.
  • Conducted structured requirements elicitation with client stakeholders to characterise source data formats and business rules, then designed and delivered the corresponding data pipelines.
  • Implemented a full ETL Testing Strategy covering the entire Testing Pyramid.
  • Managed infrastructure deployment via Terraform across AWS Lambda and ECS.
  • Verified end-to-end data integrity from source to persistence layer.
  • Owned dependency licence compliance across the full software stack (Poetry, npm, yarn, yum), auditing third-party library licences and verifying that all required copyright notices and attribution terms were satisfied.
  • Applied GenAI tooling, operating exclusively on a privacy-compliant model, for LLM-assisted code generation, prompt-driven EDA, and interpretation of complex proprietary data formats.
PythonAWS LambdaAWS ECS AWS S3AWS AthenaAWS Glue TerraformGitLabParquet cplaceNo-codeLow-codePro-code

AWS Cloud Developer

goes faster OÜ

09/2021 – 12/2022

Sports Tech

Contributed to a mobile running coaching application, building the entire backend from scratch in a small, agile team alongside a professional runner and a frontend developer.

  • Developed and owned the complete backend for the running coaching app.
  • Implemented GPS data analysis to assess athlete pace and geolocation performance.
  • Designed a scalable, cost-effective serverless architecture on AWS.
AWS LambdaAWS S3AWS API GatewayPostmanPython

Certifications

CLF-C02

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Amazon Web Services

DEA-C01

AWS Data Engineer Associate

Amazon Web Services

Education

🎓

2020 – 2023

M.Sc. Data Science (Coursework completed, degree not awarded)

TU Dortmund University

🎓

2016 – 2019

B.Sc. Computer Science

Lebanese International University

Languages

English Native / Expert
Arabic Native / Expert
German A2 (Basic)

Projects

QGI: Quantitative Geopolitical Intelligence

Active Development

An applied-ML platform that spots which countries are tracing the trajectories that preceded past crises, and ranks the historical precedents behind each signal.

A solo-built, seven-repo AWS system. A statistical Cascade mines billions of cross-country indicator correlations into event Recipes; a Trajectory Engine then wraps each recipe in its own XGBoost model, validated leave-one-country-out and scored by SHAP-weighted similarity. Live at qgintelligence.com.

PythonXGBoostSHAPAWS Step Functions AWS BatchAthenaTerraform
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