Khalid Abdelaty
Data Engineer & Technical Writer
Professional Summary
Data engineer and technical writer with a B.Sc. in Computer Science from Tanta University (2026), specializing in building data systems and explaining them clearly. I've reached 50,000+ developers through DataCamp tutorials while leading communities of 6,000+ members. As an AWS Community Builder and Cursor Ambassador, I bridge the gap between engineering complexity and developer education.
Work Experience
Technical Content Writer (Freelance) · DataCamp
Remote
2025 — Present
64 published articles reaching 50,000+ cumulative readers across data engineering, AI, cloud, and developer tooling topics. Consistent top-performer in engagement metrics.
Focus: Technical Writing, Data Engineering, AI, Cloud
Data Engineering Intern (2 tracks) · Digital Egypt Pioneers Initiative (DEPI)
Remote · Hybrid
Jun 2024 — Dec 2025
Huawei Big Data Engineer · Remote · Jun 2025 — Dec 2025 · 7 mos
- HCIA & HCIP Big Data, data mining, and prompt engineering on Huawei technologies.
- Capstone: a real-world big-data project applying the full track end to end.
Microsoft Data Engineer · Hybrid · Jun 2024 — Dec 2024 · 6 mos
- SQL Server, SQL data warehousing, Python, and Agile/Scrum fundamentals.
- Azure Data Fundamentals plus MLOps with MLflow and Hugging Face, toward the Azure Data Engineer Associate certification.
Focus: Big Data, Huawei, Azure, SQL, MLOps
Business Intelligence Trainee · ITI (Information Technology Institute)
Hybrid
Jun 2025 — Sep 2025 · 4 mos
Completed ITI's Summer Code Camp — Business Intelligence track, a 120-hour blended program covering Data Warehousing, SQL Server, Advanced SQL, Power BI, Tableau, Excel analysis, and statistics. Sharpened BI and data-analysis skills, bridging academic knowledge with real-world tools and industry practices.
Focus: Power BI, Data Warehousing, SQL Server, Tableau
Projects
Mini Resilient Data Platform
github.com/KhalidAbdelaty/resilient-data-platformEnd-to-end streaming platform that ingests real-time events through Kafka, processes them with Spark Structured Streaming, lands curated outputs in PostgreSQL, and uses Airflow for batch reconciliation.
Stack: Python, Apache Kafka, Apache Spark, PostgreSQL, Docker, Airflow
News Intelligence Pipeline
github.com/KhalidAbdelaty/news-intelligenceAnalytics pipeline that ingests news from external APIs, standardizes it with dbt models, loads Snowflake-ready tables, and produces a cleaner dataset for topic and source analysis.
Stack: Python, Airflow, dbt, Snowflake, REST APIs, Data Modeling
Technical Skills
- Engineering
- Apache Spark, Apache Kafka, dbt, Apache Airflow, Python, SQL, AWS, Data Modeling, PySpark, Pandas, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Docker, Terraform, REST APIs, ETL/ELT Pipelines, Databricks, Redis, FastAPI, CI/CD
- Writing & Docs
- Technical Writing, Code-First Tutorials, Tutorial Writing, API Technical Documentation, Developer Advocacy, SEO for Technical Content, Ghost, Markdown, Editorial Workflow
- Cloud & DevOps
- AWS Certified (DEA-C01), Azure Data Engineer, S3, Lambda, Glue, Redshift, EC2, RDS, CloudWatch, Azure Data Factory, IAM, VPC, CloudFormation
- Community & Leadership
- Community Management, Public Speaking, Event Organization, Cursor Ambassador (Egypt), AWS Community Builder, DataCamp Evangelist, Workshop Facilitation, Hackathon Organizing
Certifications
- AWS Certified Data Engineer Associate — Amazon Web Services · DEA-C01 · 2025
- DataCamp Certified Data Engineer — DataCamp · Data Engineer · 2025
- Microsoft Azure Data Engineer — Microsoft · Azure Data Engineering · 2024
Education
B.Sc. in Computer Science · Tanta University
Tanta, Egypt
2022 — 2026
- Relevant coursework: Distributed Systems, Neural Networks, Database Management, Compiler Design, Computer Networks, and Image Processing.
- Graduated July 2026; focused on data engineering, distributed systems, and applied machine learning.