Data Engineers At Data Decoded

Data Engineers London will be at London's new and exciting conference, Data Decoded 🎉 After Data Decoded finishes, the data fun continues into the evening at the Olympia in Kensington. Please subscribe to this event by registering to attend the Data Decoded conference (link) NOT on Meetup.

5:45pm: Gathering at the Data Governance, Risk & Compliance Theatre.

6:00pm: Talks Start

🗣️The Speakers🗣️

The API-fication of Data Engineering with Data Contracts
Samhita Sarkar, Data Engineering Tech Lead at HP Inc
(Samhita's LinkedIn)

Talk Abstract:
Traditional data engineering is often reactive, relying on fragile pipelines that break whenever upstream software changes. By adopting Data Contracts, teams can shift toward a formal, versioned interface modelled after software APIs. This architectural evolution treats data as a public product, ensuring stability and ending the cycle of constant firefighting.

Samhita's Bio:
Samhita is a Data Engineering Tech Lead at HP Inc, having worked across diverse domains including marketing, supply chain and insurance in her career. Samhita is passionate about empowering others having mentored over 100 individuals, guiding them to navigate the career path in data engineering.

A data platform: The one we planned and the one we ended up with.
Luke Ashe-Browne, Co-Founder and Director of Technology & Consulting at Tyme Technologies (Luke's LinkedIn)

Talk Abstract:
Most data platform talks describe the version on the whiteboard. This one is about the version that arrives afterwards, once the design has met scale, delivery pressure, and the people who have to operate it. Drawing on a recent build for a multi-brand European e-commerce group, it walks through where the gap between planned and actual tends to open up, why it usually widens before it closes, and the kinds of decisions that bring a platform back into shape. This talk offers a view from the honest middle, rather than another greenfield case study.

Luke's Bio:
Luke Ashe-Browne is Co-Founder and Director of Technology and Consulting at TYME Technologies, advising businesses and engineering leaders on strategic data platforms, platform engineering, AI and digital delivery programmes. Over 25 years he has led data platform, Cloud, SRE and Kubernetes programmes for clients spanning finance, retail, media, public sector and regulated institutions.

7:30pm: End of event.

Important Information About The Event:

👉Please subscribe to this event by registering to attend the Data Decoded conference (link).

👉There will be no food & drinks provided at the theatre BUT the organisers are providing us with tickets to their afterparty at the Hilton Olympia. Tickets will be given on a first come first served basis, see Anna before the talks start.

👉Our members are more than welcome to stay for as much as the free 2 day event as you wish! Checkout out the full seminar agenda here.

See you all on the 22nd April 🤩

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