# Lukas Tarasevicius

> Senior Software Engineer | Data Infrastructure & Distributed Systems

Location: Palos Park, Illinois, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/lukastarasevicius

Senior Software Engineer focused on building and operating large-scale data and platform infrastructure. Experienced in distributed systems, data pipelines, and cloud environments, with an emphasis on reliability, performance, and cost efficiency.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer (L5) @ Cruise
Jan 2024 – Present
Senior Software Engineer working on large-scale backend and ML data infrastructure. Focused on system design, reliability, performance, and cloud cost optimization. Own critical components end-to-end and contribute to architectural decisions across teams.

### Senior Software Engineer (L4) @ Cruise
Jan 2022 – Present
Worked on machine learning data infrastructure, including data streaming systems and multi-petabyte data lake management and tooling.

### Technical Lead, Data Platform @ Cameo
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
- Led the data platform team responsible for building and operating an in-house event pipeline supporting product analytics and downstream consumers.
- Owned the technical direction and architecture for event ingestion, processing, and storage across Kafka-based systems.
- Partnered with product and engineering teams to define event contracts and ensure reliable, scalable data flows.
- Built and maintained data tooling and pipelines leveraging Kafka and Snowflake to support analytics and business reporting.
- Drove improvements in reliability, observability, and developer workflows across the data platform

### Senior Software Engineer @ Cameo
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022
- Designed and built core components of Cameo’s data platform, supporting real-time and batch data use cases.
- Implemented event-driven pipelines using Kafka to ingest and process high-volume application data.
- Deployed and operated services on Kubernetes, contributing to platform reliability and scalability.
- Improved CI/CD workflows using Jenkins to streamline deployments and reduce operational friction.
- Collaborated cross-functionally to evolve the data architecture as product requirements scaled.

### Software Engineer @ Pareto Intelligence
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019
- Built data-intensive applications and pipelines using Python, Scala, Spark, and Akka.
- Implemented streaming and batch data processing workflows using Kafka and Spark.
- Contributed to distributed systems handling large-scale data processing and analytics workloads.
- Worked closely with stakeholders to translate data requirements into scalable technical solutions.

### Software Engineer @ SAP
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Greater Chicago Area
- Developed and maintained enterprise-grade Java applications used by internal and external customers.
- Designed and implemented backend services with a focus on correctness, performance, and maintainability.
- Collaborated within large engineering teams to deliver features in complex, regulated environments.
- Gained experience working within mature enterprise software development processes.

### Client Services Engineer @ Synthesis Technology
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Chicago, IL
- Built SQL-based data pipelines and reporting solutions to support client analytics needs.
- Worked directly with clients to gather requirements and translate them into technical implementations.
- Supported data ingestion, transformation, and validation workflows across multiple client systems.
- Developed a strong foundation in data modeling, analytics, and customer-facing engineering work.


## Education
### Master of Science (M.S.) in Management Information Systems
University of Illinois Chicago
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017

### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Information and Decision Sciences
University of Illinois Chicago
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015

### Moraine Valley Community College
Jan 2011 – Jan 2013


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-22