# Jobanjot Sidhu

> Engineering Lead | 10+ years Software Engineering experience

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/jobanjot

Experienced engineer with a history of building and leading projects from the ground up. Passionate about creating software to solve complex problems at large scale.

Proficient in Python, SQL, Apache Spark, Amazon Web Services, Airflow, S3, Git, C/C++, Verilog, Unix/Linux, Scheme, Maple, VBA, GGY Axis

Familiar with Scikit, Java, Matlab.

I can be reached at sidhu.jobanjot@gmail.com if you have any questions about me or my experiences so far.

## Work Experience
### Engineering Lead @ MediaLab
Jan 2020 – Present | Los Angeles | Remote
Responsible for managing and maintaining the entire data platform. Optimizing pipelines and workflow whenever necessary.

### Consultant @ MediaLab
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020

### Interview Engineer @ Karat
Jan 2019 – Present | Remote

### Data Engineer @ Borealis AI
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Waterloo
- Built the data platform/infrastructure to support machine learning researchers
- Worked on an internal Dataloader in Python, that worked similar to PyTorch's Dataloader, that supported the needs of the Machine Learning engineers

### Software Engineer - Data @ Kik Interactive, Inc.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Waterloo
Data Engineering @ Kik

- Inferred schemas for legacy data (stored in S3) using Apache Spark, necessary for implementing the data retention policy and GDPR requirements
- Built pipelines using Python, scheduled through Apache Airflow to support data science needs
- Built on call process (pager duty) from scratch which cut platform downtime by upto 12 hours
- Modified existing pipelines to write data to AWS RDS (postgres) as well as write logs to AWS cloudwatch which triggered pager duty alarms when appropriate

### Python Developer @ Equitable Life of Canada
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Waterloo

### Actuarial Analyst - Guaranteed Wealth Pricing @ Sun Life Financial
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Waterloo, ON

### Actuarial Analyst - UL Valuation @ Sun Life Financial
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Waterloo, ON

### Actuarial Analyst - Group Reinsurance @ Munich Re Canada (Life)
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Toronto, Canada Area

### Actuarial Analyst - Group Benefits Pricing @ Manulife Financial
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Waterloo, ON

### Actuarial Analyst - IIC Par Valuation @ Manulife Financial
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Kitchener, ON


## Education
### BMath in Double major, Computer Science and Actuarial Science
University of Waterloo


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jobanjotsidhu

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Last updated: 2026-04-10