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Kunal S.

Analytics Engineer & Data Lead | dbt, Data Modeling & AI-Ready Data

I'm Kunal Sharma — an Analytics Engineer and Data Leader with 13+ years building production-grade analytics for global enterprises (Sanofi, Otsuka, Amgen) and fast-growing startups. Trusted by 30+ clients across 8+ industries. Top Rated Plus, 100% Job Success. I do two things well. I build the governed, well-modeled data foundations that modern analytics depends on — and I use data to answer real business questions and drive decisions. Plenty of people can do one or the other; the combination is where I add the most value. I can architect the warehouse and then sit with a stakeholder's messy question — why is revenue moving, which segments actually retain, what's driving the drop — and turn it into a clear, defensible answer. On the engineering side: dbt transformations, dimensional and semantic models, standardized KPIs, and clean BI layers, increasingly built so that AI agents can query them safely too — through self-service BI and natural-language / agentic interfaces (MCP servers, LLM tooling), so teams and their tools get trusted answers without writing SQL. As a data lead I've owned data platforms end to end — defining strategy, designing scalable architectures on modern warehouses and lakehouses, standardizing metrics governance across teams, and driving self-service adoption so insights stay consistent, trusted, and decision-ready. I'm known for solving complex data problems with clarity and business context. I also lead a carefully selected analytics team under my direct supervision, letting me deliver high-quality work efficiently and at competitive rates. Hands-on or through my team, I guarantee production-quality data models, clean BI layers, and actionable insights. —————————— Services Offered 1. Analytics Engineering & Data Modeling - dbt-based transformations & production-grade analytics models - Dimensional & semantic modeling for warehouses and lakehouses - Data quality testing, CI/CD & documentation - Incremental / Iceberg patterns for scale - API-driven extraction & reverse ETL via custom Python "Unparalleled attention to detail" — CEO, Scaleleap 2. Data Analysis & Business Problem-Solving - Turning ambiguous business questions into clear, decision-ready answers - Revenue, retention, cohort & segmentation analysis - Financial metrics reconciliation & root-cause investigation - Customer / user behavior and spend-distribution analysis - Insight synthesis and recommendations leadership can act on "Focused on the big picture" — Director, Axtria Inc "Strong as a data scientist" — Principal, Axtria Inc 3. AI-Ready Data & Agentic Analytics - MCP servers for natural-language & agentic querying of governed data (AWS Bedrock AgentCore, FastMCP) - Semantic layers & governed views that make warehouses safe for LLMs and agents - LLM use-cases, prompt engineering & agentic dev workflows (Claude Code) - Predictive modeling & machine learning 4. Business Intelligence & Self-Service Analytics - Executive & operational dashboards (Power BI, Tableau, QuickSight, Looker) - Standardized KPI frameworks & metrics definitions - Self-service BI enablement for business teams - Ongoing reporting, governance & performance optimization "Top presentation skills" — Manager, Sanofi "Skilled data visualization guru" — Co-Founder, TripleLine Brands 5. Data Leadership, Strategy & Governance - Data strategy, analytics roadmaps & architecture design - KPI standardization & metrics governance across teams - Analytics operating models for scale & consistency - Stakeholder alignment & decision-focused insights - End-to-end analytics project leadership "Communicates very well" — Founder, SellerPlex —————————— Tools & Technologies BI & Visualization Power BI, Tableau, Amazon QuickSight, Looker, Metabase, Google Sheets, Excel Analytics Engineering & Warehousing dbt, SQL, AWS S3, Amazon Athena, Apache Iceberg, Redshift, Snowflake, BigQuery, Azure SQL, Azure Synapse Pipelines, Automation & CI/CD GitHub, CI/CD, dbt Cloud / Core, reverse ETL, Power Query, Power Automate, AWS orchestration AI, Agents & Advanced Analytics Python, Pandas, Polars, Scikit-learn, MCP (Model Context Protocol), AWS Bedrock / AgentCore, Claude Code, LLM / GenAI tooling —————————— Thanks for reading. If you'd like to work together, send me a message using the button in the top right. Looking forward to connecting!

🇮🇳Gurgaon, India$50/hr100% JSS4.95 (12)Since Jul 2021

Earnings and projects

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Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#53,193 / 412k
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Revenue, last 30 days
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Total earnings
$75k

Billed in all: $79k

World#53,193 / 412k
🇮🇳Country#8,326 / 45.9k
Per project
$3.9k
Projects, last 6 months
0
World#209,850 / 412k
🇮🇳Country#23,217 / 45.9k
Projects in all
19

Across 20 contracts

30% fixed70% hourly
World#138,388 / 412k
🇮🇳Country#19,771 / 45.9k

Earnings, last 30 days

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