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Syed Ali R.

Senior Data & AI Engineer | dbt, BigQuery, Snowflake, Tableau & n8n

Senior Analytics Engineer & AI Consultant with 115+ delivered projects ($500K+ earned) for HUDL, Hometap, Goody, and Peekapak. I design, build, and automate the full data stack from Snowflake, BigQuery, and dbt pipelines to executive Tableau/Omni/Hex/PowerBi ecosystems and n8n/Claude workflows Over the last decade, I've delivered end-to-end analytics systems for HUDL, Hometap, SocialSEO, Peekapak, and SmartHop, helping them modernize legacy stacks, migrate to cloud-native architectures (Snowflake, BigQuery), and ship dashboards that actually get used. ⚙️ Three Pillars of What I Build 1. Data Architecture & Engineering Modern data stack design, warehouse migrations, and ELT pipelines that scale without breaking your budget. → Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift data modeling (Kimball / Data Vault) → dbt for analytics engineering & lineage → Fivetran, Airbyte, Stitch for ingestion → SQL optimization, partitioning, clustering & cost control → Legacy-to-cloud migrations (on-prem → Snowflake/BigQuery) 2. AI Automation & Augmented Analytics Replacing manual reporting and repetitive workflows with AI agents and intelligent pipelines. → n8n, Make, Zapier orchestration with Claude / GPT / Gemini → RAG-based chatbots over your data warehouse (talk to your data) → LLM-powered ETL: auto-classification, entity extraction, sentiment scoring → AI-generated executive summaries from BI dashboards → Custom GPTs and AI agents for internal analytics teams 3. Data Analytics & Data storytelling with executive dashboards, KPI frameworks, and self-service analytics that decision-makers actually use. → Tableau, Power BI, Retool, and Looker Studio. → UI UX driven designs, DAX, LOD calculations, performance optimization → MCP, Embedded analytics, Tableau Server administration 🏭 Industries I Specialize In E-commerce · SaaS · Sales Operations · Healthcare · Fintech · Marketing Analytics · Real Estate · Education · Legal Tech How I Work — A Predictable, Outcome-First Process 1️⃣ Discovery call (free, 30 min) — we map your data sources, current pain points, and the decisions you want to make faster 2️⃣ Architecture & scoping — I deliver a written plan with timelines, milestones, and a clear price 3️⃣ Build in sprints — weekly demos, async Loom updates, Git-versioned code 4️⃣ Knowledge transfer — documentation, training, and a 30-day post-launch support window What Clients Say "One of the best finds of 2025 for our company. Ali and Mohsin have been nothing short of amazing. This contract, which was to implement a Datalake of 8 different systems and 25 different brands so our Ad Operations Team could generate reports quicker, has turned into multiple SOWs. The success they had implementing the Datalake has saved the Ad Ops team countless hours." "This project was crucial for our company. The team did it on time and with excellence." "Exceptional work as always, I have worked with them for years and will continue to do so! Really wonderful people to work with." 🚀 Ready to make your data work harder than your team? Book a free 30-minute strategy call, and I'll send a written architecture plan within 48 hours of our conversation, even if we don't end up working together. Click "Invite to Job" or message me directly with a brief on your current stack and the decision you wish you could make faster. Skills List: → Data Architecture & Engineering: Snowflake · BigQuery · AWS · dbt · Fivetran · Airbyte · ETL Pipelines · Data Modeling · SQL · Python → AI & Workflow Automation: AI Automation · AI Agent Development · n8n · Claude · Make · Loveable · Voice AI · AI Automations → Business Intelligence & Analytics: Tableau · Power BI · Omni · Hex · Looker Studio · Data Analytics · Dashboard UI/UX Design

🇵🇰Rawalpindi, Pakistan$55/hr100% JSS4.92 (36)Since Sep 2020
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Earnings and projects

MRR
$7k

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#2,862 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#254 / 52.9k
Revenue, last 30 days
$5.9k

Last 6 months: $42k

World#4,204 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#399 / 52.9k
Total earnings
$394k

Billed in all: $416k

World#4,583 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#283 / 52.9k
Per project
$3.4k

$4.6k in the last 6 months

World#49,935 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#3,291 / 52.9k
Projects, last 6 months
9
11% fixed89% hourly
World#21,107 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#4,824 / 52.9k
Projects in all
116

Across 129 contracts

34% fixed66% hourly
World#22,783 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#3,316 / 52.9k

Earnings, last 30 days

$416k+$5.9k earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$405k$410k$415k$420kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 0.55% in AI Content Creation

Top 1% in 2 of 20 skills, ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

  1. 2Fivetran39 freelancers · 🇵🇰 #1Top 5%
  2. #15Data Integration633 freelancers · 🇵🇰 #4Top 2%
  3. #19dbt375 freelancers · 🇵🇰 #2Top 5%
  4. #21AI Content Creation3,795 freelancers · 🇵🇰 #2Top 0.55%
  5. #29Snowflake621 freelancers · 🇵🇰 #4Top 5%
  6. #32Analytics2,087 freelancers · 🇵🇰 #3Top 2%
  7. #32Data Modeling1,203 freelancers · 🇵🇰 #1Top 3%
  8. #37BigQuery908 freelancers · 🇵🇰 #5Top 4%