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View Upwork Profile →Edson did excellent work and was very flexible throughout the engagement. Communication was clear, deadlines were met, and he adapted to the ever changing requirements. I would, and fully expect to, work with him again.
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Selected Projects
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Challenge
Data products for GeoHazard alerts relied on ad-hoc processes. Initial need: automated data pipelines to accelerate delivery.
Solution
Delivered initial Dagster pipelines, then led a full modernization of the data and software architecture — CI/CD with GitHub Actions, IaC with Terraform, and containerized deployments on ECS and later EKS.
Outcome
Delivery time cut from months to days. Automated data quality checks, reproducible environments, and scalability to run 3,000+ workflows per day.
Challenge
Needed scalable, HIPAA-compliant Dagster pipelines and infrastructure to support AI-first service delivery.
Solution
Architected and deployed Dagster on AWS ECS to power AI engineering workflows including semantic search, RAG pipelines, and knowledge databases.
Outcome
End-to-end podcast translation pipelines running in production, processing 50+ podcasts/day at 98%+ accuracy — backbone ready to serve AI workloads at scale.
Challenge
Client was serving companies using Dagster and needed expert guidance on architecture and implementation best practices.
Solution
Provided targeted, well-scoped quick wins focused on immediate value delivery — flexible enough to adapt as architecture needs evolved.
Outcome
Client delivered solutions 2× faster with enhanced quality.
Open Source
Active contributor to Dagster, the open-source data orchestration platform. Contributions include documentation improvements, bug fixes, and feature discussions.
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