Hi, I’m Shounak Dey.
I am a Senior Data Engineer and an active open source contributor ocused on building reliable, scalable, and community driven software systems.
With over 4 years of professional experience in data engineering and backend development, I work at the intersection of data platforms, distributed systems, and open infrastructure. My work spans enterprise grade data pipelines as well as large scale open source platforms used by global developer communities.
What I Do
Professionally, I design and optimise data systems that enable organisations to make reliable, data driven decisions. My experience includes building and maintaining end to end data pipelines, improving database performance, and ensuring operational stability across production environments.
While I love solving enterprise data challenges, my technical roots run deep in the open source community. I am a dedicated contributor to the Fedora Project, where I help modernise and strengthen services used by millions worldwide.
I strongly believe that good software should be free, transparent, and customizable. Open source allows engineers to solve problems that impact people at scale and contributing to such systems is a responsibility as much as it is a passion.
Engineering Philosophy
I approach software engineering with a systems mindset:
- Build for reliability before scale
- Automate wherever possible
- Treat testing as a feature, not an afterthought
- Prefer simplicity over cleverness
- Design software that other engineers can confidently extend
Across both personal and professional projects, I consistently prioritise maintainability, observability, and long term sustainability.
Open Source & Personal Projects
Beyond professional work, I enjoy building tools that solve real world problems.
Some highlights include:
- A cross platform desktop application for managing game equipment loadouts using Python, PySide6, and OCR pipelines - Loadouts for Genshin Impact
- Fully asynchronous backend systems built with FastAPI and PostgreSQL - FastAPI-eCom
- Contributions to Fedora Infrastructure services including Fedora Badges, messaging infrastructure (W2FM and W2FM-Messages), repository and mirrors systems (Mirrormanager and MDAPI) and much more.
Many of these projects maintain near or complete test coverage, reflecting my focus on production grade engineering practices even in personal work.
Technical Focus
Languages: Python, Go, React, SQL
Data Systems: ETL pipelines, Data Warehousing, PostgreSQL, Oracle
Infrastructure: Docker/Podman, CI/CD automation
Practices: Testing, Performance Optimisation, Distributed Systems Design
Looking Ahead
My long term goal is to grow as a FOSS maintainer and Platform Architect, contributing to infrastructure that empowers developers and communities at global scale.
I am particularly interested in building resilient platforms where data systems, backend services, and open collaboration intersect.
Beyond Engineering
Outside of software development, I’m an adventure enthusiast who enjoys cycling, photography, and gaming — interests that continuously inspire creativity, patience, and curiosity in both life and engineering.
I build software that scales reliably and empowers communities.