# Smit Thakkar

> Senior Software Engineer, Data at realtor.com

Location: Bentonville, Arkansas, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/smitthakkar

Dynamic Senior Data Engineer with a strong full-stack and mobile development background, specializing in building and scaling robust data platforms and driving cost-saving initiatives. My expertise lies in designing and implementing end-to-end data solutions using Snowflake, dbt, Airflow, and Kafka. I am passionate about leveraging data to create business value, whether by architecting a new data platform from scratch or by leading strategic projects that optimize costs and enhance developer productivity. My career is defined by a consistent track record of turning complex problems into scalable, automated, and impactful solutions.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer, Data @ Realtor.com
Jan 2021 – Present | Greater Fayetteville, AR Area
- Spearheaded the design, development, and migration to PRISM, a new large-scale data platform utilizing Snowflake, Kafka, AWS MWAA (Airflow), Fivetran, and dbt.
- Architected and scaled core dbt projects to over 3000 models and Airflow projects to over 1000 DAGs,
establishing robust data transformation and orchestration frameworks from scratch.
- Championed and implemented a company-wide data retention policy, successfully removing 25% of entire Snowflake storage
- Achieved Snowflake SnowPro Core Certification, demonstrating expertise in Snowflake data
warehousing
- Developed and enhanced automated flattening and bulk stitching solutions for Kafka-ingested data, scaling to process 500+ tables and ensuring data consistency and reliability
- Automated critical cost reduction and data cleanup processes, including stakeholder notifications,
enhancing operational efficiency and data governance
- Managed Snowflake infrastructure using Terraform and developed robust CI/CD pipelines for dbt and
Airflow, ensuring best practices and code quality

### Software Engineer @ Realtor.com
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | Morgantown, WV

### Frontend Developer @ Byte Academy
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018
• Developed and published a cross-platform responsive mobile application for edChain, an open source decentralized library that allows the sharing of educational content across applications and organizations
• Consuming multiple RESTful APIs to get course data from thousands of MOOCs 
• Render data into robust, performant and reusable react-native components
• Developed an extensive search functionality and In-App browser support across all courses in the app

### Web Developer Intern @ Byte Academy
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Greater New York City Area
•	Developed and published a cross-platform responsive prototype mobile app for career and education platform.
•	Platform allows students to develop skills, apply for jobs and recruiters can view candidate’s profile and perform skills evaluation. It has components like Animated Bar graphs, Drawer, Cards, Checklists, Articles, Videos etc.
•	Technologies used : react-native, react, node.js, JSON, Sketch, Android


## Education
### Master’s Degree in Computer Science
Lamar University
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017

### Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology
Vishwakarma Government Engineering College
Jan 2011 – Jan 2015


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/smitthakkar1

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Last updated: 2026-03-22