Cristian Abrante — Data Engineer

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about

Data Engineer with experience across big corporations (Unity Technologies) and startups, spanning both data engineering and analytics engineering. I build scalable data platforms end to end, from ingestion and orchestration to modeling and the semantic layer, and leverage AI-assisted development to deliver high-quality results.

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experience

Mar 2025 — Present 1 yr 8 mo

Data Engineer ALOHAS Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Built data capabilities in the company from scratch. As the first data hire, I started a modern data platform that centralized analytics across the company, all powered by AI.

First data hire — bootstrapped the entire data function from scratch
Built a modern data platform with Airbyte, Dagster, dbt, BigQuery, and Lightdash
Centralized analytics across the company to enable data-driven decision-making
Leveraged AI-assisted development (OpenCode + Claude) to accelerate delivery

github.com/ALOHAS2020

AirbyteDagsterdbtBigQueryLightdashOpenCodeClaude

Oct 2023 — Feb 2025 1 yr 5 mo

Data Engineer Foodello - Fiksuruoka.fi Helsinki, Finland

Data engineering role focused on building and maintaining data pipelines and infrastructure.

Developed and maintained data pipelines using dbt and Dagster
Implemented data transformations in Snowflake data warehouse
Built infrastructure as code using Terraform on GCP
Created business intelligence dashboards using Tableau

github.com/Fiksuruoka-fi

dbtSnowflakeDagsterTerraformGCPTableau

Sep 2021 — Oct 2023 2 yrs 2 mo

Software Engineer Unity Technologies Helsinki, Finland

Software engineering role working with data engineering technologies and distributed systems.

Built data pipelines using Apache Spark and Apache Druid for large-scale data processing
Implemented data transformations and models using dbt and Snowflake
Developed workflow orchestration solutions with Apache Airflow
Managed cloud infrastructure on GCP using Terraform

github.com/Unity-Technologies

ScalaApache SparkApache DruidAirflowdbtSnowflake

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Apr 2021 — Sep 2021 6 mo

Software Engineer Intern Unity Technologies Helsinki, Finland

Software engineering internship focused on web development and API design.

Developed JavaScript and TypeScript applications
Implemented automated testing using Jest
Designed and documented APIs using OpenAPI Specification

github.com/Unity-Technologies

JavaScriptTypeScriptJestOpenAPI

Oct 2020 — Jan 2021 4 mo

Teacher Assistant (Grader) Aalto University Helsinki, Finland

Graded student assignments in Methods of Data Mining course taught by PhD Wilhelmiina Hämäläinen, providing feedback and ensuring fair grading.

Graded assignments for Methods of Data Mining course
Provided constructive feedback to students
Collaborated with PhD Wilhelmiina Hämäläinen

www.aalto.fi

Mar 2019 — Jan 2020 11 mo

Full Stack Engineer ATECRESA San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Canary Islands, Spain

Designed and developed a scalable e-commerce platform for the restaurant sector in the Canary Islands.

Designed and developed scalable e-commerce platform
Built solutions for restaurant sector in Canary Islands
Full-stack development role

atecresa.com

ReactTypeScriptNode.jsGraphQL

Nov 2018 — Jun 2019 8 mo

Research Intern (Evolutionary Algorithms) Universidad de La Laguna San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Canary Islands, Spain

Research intern at the Languages and Computer Systems Group, funded by the Spanish Education Ministry's national university collaboration grant, under the tutelage of PhD Eduardo M. Segredo González and PhD Coromoto A. León Hernández.

Researched evolutionary algorithms and multi-objective optimization
Developed GeneticsJS, an open-source framework for evolutionary algorithms
Funded by Spanish Education Ministry national collaboration grant
Worked under PhD supervision on software engineering research

www.ull.es

TypeScriptEvolutionary AlgorithmsOptimization

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education

Sep 2020 — Nov 2022 2 yrs 3 mo

Master of Science, Data Science & Digital Innovation Aalto University Grade 4.27 / 5.0

Second year of master's studies organized by EIT Digital. Deepened knowledge of data science subjects and studied entrepreneurship topics.

Grade: 4.27/5.0 (highest in program)
Part of EIT Digital master's program
Completed thesis: https://github.com/CristianAbrante/masters-thesis-data-science
Course projects on GitHub: Machine Learning, Data Mining, Reinforcement Learning

www.aalto.fi

LaTeXMachine LearningData SciencePython

Aug 2020 — Aug 2020 1 mo

EIT Digital Summer School, Data, Visualization and Connectivity for Healthcare Coventry University Grade 9 / 10

Two-week summer program working on a business case provided by WCS Care Services (UK), focused on elderly care homes sector. Developed an innovative solution including business model specification.

Grade: 9/10
Worked on real-world healthcare business case
Collaborated with WCS Care Services (UK)
Developed complete business model for proposed solution

www.coventry.ac.uk

HealthcareBusiness InnovationEIT Digital

Sep 2019 — Jun 2020 10 mo

Master of Science, Data Science & Digital Innovation Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Grade 3.48 / 4.00

First year of master's program organized by EIT Digital. Gained strong foundation in data science and engineering while learning business and entrepreneurship concepts.

Grade: 3.48/4.0
Part of EIT Digital master's program (Year 1)
Combined technical data science with business/entrepreneurship
Foundation in statistical analysis and big data technologies

www.upm.es

StatisticsLaTeXData ScienceBig DataR

Sep 2014 — Jul 2019 4 yrs 11 mo

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science Universidad de La Laguna Grade 3.86 / 4.00

Honored with the extraordinary award for bachelor's degree students in Computer Science in recognition of outstanding performance. Gained solid foundation in algorithms and data structures, software engineering, and data science.

Grade: 3.86/4.0
Extraordinary Award for Academic Performance
Best academic record of promotion
Strong foundation in algorithms, software engineering, and data science
Technologies: Java, C++, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, Git

www.ull.es

Software EngineeringAlgorithmsJavaScriptJavaC++HTML5CSS3Git

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Sep 2014 — Jun 2015 10 mo

General Certificate of Education, Science and Technology I.E.S. Lucas Martín Espino Grade 9.81 / 10

Obtained with honors, awarded best academic record of the class.

Grade: 9.81/10 (highest grade)
Obtained with honors
Best academic record of promotion

ScienceTechnology

Sep 2013 — Jun 2014 10 mo

General Certificate of Education, Science and Technology I.E.S. San Marcos

Science and technology track in secondary education.

ScienceTechnology

Sep 2009 — Jun 2012 2 yrs 10 mo

General Certificate of Secondary Education, General Secondary Education I.E.S. El Tanque Grade 9.55 / 10

Obtained with honors, awarded best academic record of the class.

Grade: 9.55/10 (highest grade)
Obtained with honors
Best academic record of promotion

03.1 awards

Extraordinary Award for Academic Performance in Bachelor's Degree

Universidad de La Laguna · Nov 2019

Award obtained for exceptional academic performance in the Bachelor's degree in Computer Science at La Laguna University.
Best Project Award - GeneticJS

Oficina de Software Libre - Universidad de La Laguna · Apr 2019

Special award for best project in the local phase of the Spanish University free software contest, given to the project GeneticJS.