Fernando Augusto Neves

Engenheiro de dados senior @ Ambev

About

Senior Data Engineer with solid experience in Azure data platforms, mainly working with Databricks, PySpark, Delta Lake and Azure Data Factory. Strong background in technical leadership, data quality, governance, cost optimization and maintenance of business-critical data pipelines at scale. Throughout my career, I have led internal and third-party teams, implemented engineering standards, improved data reliability and quality metrics, and delivered solutions with direct impact on operational efficiency and business decision-making. Hands-on experience across end-to-end data engineering projects, from pipeline development and optimization to recovery and sustainment of legacy systems, always focused on performance, stability and business value.

Country

Brazil

City

Campinas

Industry

Information Technology & Services

Skill

Analítica de dados, Pipeline de dados, Liderança técnica, Qualidade dos dados, Cost Optimization, Azure Databricks, Apache Spark, PySpark, Apache Airflow, Delta Lake, Azure Data Factory, ETL (Extração, transformação e carregamento), ELT, Engenharia de dados, SQL, Power BI, Python, Pesquisa, Programação de computadores, Desenvolvimento de software

Experience

Engenheiro de dados senior

Ambev

2023-6 - Present · 3 yrs 4 mos

Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Acted as Tech Lead for data engineering teams, coordinating a internal developer and third-party collaborators while ensuring technical alignment with business deliverables. Led initiatives that improved GitHub code quality metrics and significantly reduced failures in Azure Data Factory pipelines, increasing data reliability and platform stability. Implemented engineering standards, naming conventions and best practices, resulting in a higher repository maintainability and reducing operational costs. Mentored and coached junior engineers, accelerating technical growth and promoting best practices across the team. Took ownership of critical legacy projects, restructuring and sustaining pipelines to ensure data integrity, business-aligned execution timing and operational continuity.

Engenheiro de dados pleno

Ambev

2021-6 - 2023-6 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Worked as a Data Engineer within the Procurement (Purchasing) analytics team, developing and sustaining critical data pipelines for business intelligence and decision-making. Responsible for infrastructure cost optimization, including monitoring, tuning and adjusting Databricks clusters to improve performance and efficiency. Led engineering projects with direct impact on analytics cost savings and efficiency targets. Served as the technical focal point for third-party vendors, including pull request reviews, technical approvals and delivery tracking.

Engenheiro de dados junior

Ambev

2020-12 - 2021-6 · 7 mos

Brasil

Developed and maintained data engineering pipelines using Azure Data Factory, Databricks and PySpark. Built automated workflows for data ingestion, transformation and delivery into the Data Lake, ensuring data quality and reliability.