Robert Lundgren

Senior Data Engineer with 10+ years of experience designing, building, and scaling high-volume data platforms and ETL systems across on-prem and cloud environments. Proven track record modernizing legacy pipelines, increasing throughput from hundreds of thousands to over one million records per hour, and delivering reliable, enterprise-grade data solutions. Strong background in AWS-based data pipelines, Snowflake, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Python, and .NET, with hands-on experience across infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, and modern data tooling.

Known for technical leadership and end-to-end ownership of data platforms, translating business requirements into scalable, production-ready data architectures.

Senior Software Developer (Contract) at Pinnacle Partners (Client: Allied Solutions) (2025-09 – Present)

Contracted through Pinnacle Partners to support Allied Solutions as a Senior Software Developer on a cloud-based, data-driven analytics and dashboard platform.

• Collaborated on a cross-functional team to design and deliver a full-stack, data-driven web application suite from the ground up, spanning data ingestion, backend services, and frontend integration, with primary ownership of ETL and backend pipelines.
• Designed and implemented end-to-end data pipelines using AWS services including S3, SQS, Lambda, and Glue, with Python-based transformations.
• Built and maintained analytical data models and ingestion workflows in Snowflake and PostgreSQL to support reporting and downstream analytics.
• Implemented schema versioning and database migrations using Flyway across cloud-hosted data stores.
• Defined and managed cloud infrastructure using Terraform and OpenTofu to ensure consistent, repeatable deployments.
• Integrated CI/CD pipelines using TeamCity, Harness, and Octopus Deploy to automate builds, testing, and releases.
• Contributed across the full stack, including backend services and data-access layers through C# APIs, while maintaining a primary focus on data engineering and ETL responsibilities.
• Supported frontend data consumption and dashboard integrations using React.

CS Evaluator (Part-Time) at Western Governors University (2025-09 – Present)

• Evaluate student work in computer science courses such as Java (Spring + Hibernate ORM), NLP, and Software Testing using strict academic rubrics.
• Provide concise, actionable feedback on code quality, architecture, and model performance.
• Assess Java applications using ORM (Hibernate), NLP pipelines, and testing strategies for correctness and best practices.

Senior Data Engineer / Software Developer at Radian (2015-10 – 2025-06)

• Designed, built, and maintained large-scale ETL systems processing billions of records from diverse public and proprietary data sources.
• Increased ETL throughput from ~300K to over 1M records/hour by replacing legacy single-threaded imports with asynchronous, multi-threaded processing in C#.
• Architected and implemented high-volume queuing systems using SQL Service Broker to coordinate time-sensitive processing across 350+ MLS regions.
• Led ElasticSearch ingestion architecture, enabling millions of records per day with improved indexing and search performance.
• Built Python-based ETL pipelines for large national datasets including parcel, address, demographic, boundary, and vector map data covering the entire United States.
• Developed monitoring, alerting, and automation tools integrating Slack and JIRA APIs to proactively identify and resolve pipeline failures.
• Implemented automated backup and source-control workflows connecting SQL Server and TFS.
• Mentored senior engineers and engineering managers on advanced queuing patterns, data architecture, and performance optimization.
• Modernized legacy systems, reducing technical debt and improving maintainability across long-lived data platforms.
• Leveraged AI-assisted tooling to improve development velocity, code quality, and troubleshooting effectiveness.

Mobile Application Developer at Educational Application (2017 – Present)

• Designed and built a cross-platform educational mobile application using React Native.
• Implemented application logic, data storage, and user workflows with a focus on maintainability and user experience.

M.S. in Computer Science – Georgia Institute of Technology (2021)

B.S. – Weber State University (2012)