Bhalala Mihir

Senior Data Engineer with 4+ years of experience building large-scale data platforms, real-time pipelines, and ML-powered decisioning systems. Proven track record scaling fintech and SaaS products handling billions of events and mission-critical lending workflows. Strong expertise in Python, SQL, Kafka, dbt, GCP, and distributed systems.

Co-Founder at MatBusiness Pvt Ltd (2026-01 – 2026-04)

Built MVP for commodity price risk management platform, owning backend architecture, pricing engine, data pipelines, and production deployment from 0→1.

• Built MVP for commodity price risk management platform, owning backend architecture, pricing engine, data pipelines, and production deployment from 0→1

Senior Data Engineer at Cloudwalk Inc (2024-04 – 2026-01)

Partnered closely with data scientists in CloudWalk's lending team to improve data quality and build automated pipelines that streamlined lending operations and reduced manual effort.

• Partnered closely with data scientists in CloudWalk's lending team to improve data quality and build automated pipelines that streamlined lending operations and reduced manual effort
• Created and optimized lending operations features using dbt, improving downstream model performance, reporting consistency, and analytics readiness across credit workflows
• Built AI-powered merchant scoring pipelines that improved lending decision accuracy by 25% and increased lending processing efficiency by 40%, supporting faster credit approvals at scale
• Designed and maintained automated decisioning systems responsible for approving, denying, re-approving, and updating 10K+ merchant loans weekly with high reliability and low manual intervention
• Developed an automated experiment deployment platform for data scientists, reducing model rollout time from weeks to days, enabling 3x faster experimentation and more precise capital allocation across lending products

Data Engineer at RudderStack (2022-06 – 2024-04)

Owned and scaled high-throughput backend services handling ~1B monthly events, improving processing efficiency by 35% and reducing incident resolution time by 25% through stronger error handling and observability.

• Owned and scaled high-throughput backend services handling ~1B monthly events, improving processing efficiency by 35% and reducing incident resolution time by 25% through stronger error handling and observability
• Architected ETL/rETL pipelines processing millions of records daily, improving reliability by 30%
• Deployed key features on top of ETL and rETL pipelines, including hybrid mode support, event batching support, and proxy support, leading to a 20% improvement in data processing efficiency
• Improved developer productivity by streamlining CI/CD pipelines, reducing manual deployment effort by 75%
• Executed error handling and alerts within microservices, leading to a 25% reduction in customer resolution time

Software Engineer at Saleshandy (2021-10 – 2022-06)

Built key backend features across subscriptions, deliverability, and security, improving campaign outcomes by 15% and supporting deals up to $300K.

• Built key backend features across subscriptions, deliverability, and security, improving campaign outcomes by 15% and supporting deals up to $300K

Bachelor of Technology in B.Tech – MS University Baroda (2018-06 – 2022-06)