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Victor Sabare

Data Engineer @ Stanbic Bank Kenya

sabarevictor@gmail.com
+254 113193473
Ngong Road, Nairobi County, Kenya
https://sabare.tech

Professional Summary

Data engineer specializing in modernizing legacy banking workloads into resilient, observable Python + Airflow pipelines. I build repeatable data loading patterns with Polars, Delta Lake, and SQL so Finance, Risk, and Operations teams can trust the data products they ship.

Top Skills

Data Architecture
Data Loading
Amazon Elastic MapReduce (EMR)

Professional Experience

Data Engineer

Stanbic Bank Kenya

June 2025 - Present

Nairobi County, Kenya

  • Re-platform legacy Oracle/EDW workloads into Python + Airflow DAGs, simplifying orchestration and deployment.
  • Designed validation-first GL integrity pipelines with alerting, protecting downstream regulatory reporting.
  • Introduced reusable query → read_sql → to_sql patterns that accelerate new data product onboarding.
  • Enabled Finance, Risk, and Ops stakeholders with runbooks, metrics, and Power BI dashboards for faster decisions.
Python
Apache Airflow
Polars
Pandas
Oracle
SQL
Delta Lake
Kafka
dbt

Data Engineer

HFC Kenya

July 2024 - September 2024

Nairobi County, Kenya

  • Digitized manual banking processes by delivering production Power Apps and Power Automate workflows.
  • Partnered on AWS Redshift migration efforts, shaping dimensional models and data loading playbooks.
  • Delivered SOAPUI automation that streamlined regulatory submissions to the Central Bank of Kenya.
Power Apps
Power Automate
AWS
Amazon Redshift
SQL
SOAPUI

Freelance Data Analytics Engineer

Upwork

March 2023 - July 2024

Remote

  • Produced 150+ long-form landing page sections covering remote hiring, interview processes, and FAQs.
  • Lifted employer blog traffic by 16% with editorial content grounded in data engineering best practices.
  • Consulted on portfolio deployments and analytics instrumentation for distributed client teams.
Technical Writing
SEO
Analytics Strategy
Power BI
Next.js
Content Operations

Education

Associate Big Data Engineer (ABDE™)

Data Science Council of America

Professional certification focused on large-scale data engineering design patterns.

2025

Remote

Bachelor of Science in Data Science and Analytics

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Machine Learning I & II, Probability & Statistics, Data Mining.

Activities: Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador, Kenya Model United Nations

2020 - 2024

Kenya

Data Science and Analytics Track

DataCamp

Associate-level programs in data engineering and analytics.

2021 - 2023

Remote

Technical Skills

Data Engineering

Python
Polars
Pandas
Apache Airflow
dbt
Kafka
Delta Lake
Spark

Cloud & Platforms

Amazon EMR
AWS Redshift
Microsoft Fabric
Azure
Oracle Data Warehouse

Data Reliability

Data Contracts
SLA Design
Data Quality Monitoring
Observability
Backfill Playbooks

Analytics & Power Platform

Power BI
Power Apps
Power Automate
PowerFX
DAX

Collaboration

Stakeholder Runbooks
Technical Writing
Cross-functional Workshops
Mentorship

Languages

EnglishFull Professional
SwahiliLimited Working

Certifications

Associate Big Data Engineer (ABDE™)
BCG - Data Science Job Simulation
Spatial Data Science: The New Frontier in Analytics (MOOC)
Data Engineer Associate
Data Analyst Associate

Honors & Awards

  • World Scholars Award
  • Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador

Publications

Data Engineering Technologies

A practical guide to selecting and orchestrating modern data tooling for scale.

Building and Optimizing Data Pipelines for High-Volume Data Processing

Patterns for resilient ingestion, validation, and monitoring in regulated environments.

Creating a Data Pipeline Using Apache Airflow

Step-by-step workflow automation playbook with lessons learned from production deployments.

Stock Price Prediction with Apache Spark and Apache Cassandra

Exploring streaming-first architectures for financial signal processing.

Recent Projects

GL Integrity Modernization

2025

Bank-grade Airflow pipelines with validation contracts and automated rollback ensuring accurate GL snapshots.

Python
Apache Airflow
Oracle
Delta Lake
Power BI

Regulatory Reporting Automation

2024

SOAPUI-driven submission framework reducing manual prep for Central Bank reporting by 60%.

Power Apps
SOAPUI
AWS Redshift
SQL