Salam Quraan

Salam Quraan

Senior Data-Focused Software Engineer | Data Engineering, ETL, GCP, Python, SQL

Ramallah · <10 hrs/week

About

Senior Data-Focused Software Engineer with 5 years of experience designing, building, and operating scalable data pipelines, APIs, and cloud-native data platforms. Proficient in Python and SQL, with hands-on experience developing ETL workflows, optimizing data models, and supporting analytics and reporting use cases. Experienced with Google Cloud Platform (BigQuery, Cloud Run, Kubernetes, Airflow) and modern backend frameworks.

Skills

BigQueryDockerETLGitKubernetesLinuxMySQLNoSQLPostgreSQLPythonSQL

Experience

  • Data Integration Engineer · PDF solutions (via Progneer Technologies)04-01-2025 –

    Led and owned three major platform initiatives: migrated production loader machines to domain-based user management, established organization-wide Git/GitLab adoption with CI/CD standards, and designed and deployed an internal RAG system to generate FMT code, preprocessor scripts, and enable natural-language queries over internal documentation and database schemas. Architected and maintained end-to-end ETL pipelines using Apache Airflow, automating workflows with Python, Perl, and Linux while ensuring scalability, reliability, and observability. Integrated and optimized data across Oracle, Cassandra, and AWS services, focusing on performance, data consistency, and operational efficiency. Designed and productionized LLM and ML solutions to automate internal workflows and enhance developer productivity. Defined data security, validation, and deployment standards, maintaining GitLab-based CI/CD pipelines and collaborating with cross-functional teams on scalable, business-aligned data solutions.

  • Data Engineer · Freights12-01-2021 – 04-01-2025

    Partnered with product and business stakeholders to translate logistics and pricing requirements into scalable data models, analytics-ready datasets, and reliable data pipelines, delivering business-critical insights under tight deadlines. Architected and operated cloud-native data services and processing pipelines using Python, FastAPI, Docker/Kubernetes, Google Cloud Run, and Google Kubernetes Engine, enabling efficient ingestion, transformation, and serving of high-volume freight and pricing data. Designed, implemented, and optimized complex ETL/ELT workflows with Apache Airflow, processing large-scale, multi-source datasets into analytical data stores such as Google BigQuery and relational databases including PostgreSQL and MySQL, with a focus on performance, reliability, and cost efficiency. Reduced data processing and analytics costs by 45% by optimizing BigQuery workloads, query patterns, and pipeline strategies. Delivered a technical workshop for IEEE students through Purpose Incubator, introducing applied data engineering and AI concepts and bridging academic learning with real-world industry practices.

  • Junior Backend Engineer · Jaffa.Net/Intel Corp Projects06-01-2021 – 12-01-2021

    Built secure, scalable RESTful APIs and services supporting internal and partner applications. Contributed to backend development across multiple projects, focusing on reliability, performance, and maintainability.

  • Full Stack Developer (internship) · Mashvisor05-01-2020 – 07-01-2020

    Built secure RESTful APIs using Flask, FastAPI, and Django (OAuth, JWT). Managed CMS content and API integrations with external data sources. Designed clean, reusable, and well-documented code praised for maintainability. Streamlined DevOps with Docker, automation scripts, and agile collaboration.

Education

  • Birzeit UniversityBachelor of Computer Systems Engineering, Computer Systems Engineering

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