Data Engineering

Metadata-Driven ETL Framework

Config-over-code ingestion that scales to hundreds of sources.

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The Challenge

Every new data source meant hand-writing another bespoke pipeline — slow to build and a nightmare to maintain.

The Solution

Engineered a metadata-driven framework where new pipelines are declared as configuration. The engine handles ingestion, typing, quality checks, and loading generically.

Key Achievements

  • Reduced new-pipeline delivery from days to hours
  • Standardised quality and logging across every pipeline
  • Made onboarding new sources a self-serve task for analysts
Lessons Learned

When the framework is good enough, engineers stop writing pipelines and start writing configuration — a step-change in throughput.

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