Data Engineering Podcast

Data Engineering Podcast


Latest Episodes

The Evolution of DataOps: Insights from DataKitchen's CEO
August 04, 2024

SummaryIn this episode of the Data Engineering Podcast, host Tobias Macey welcomes back Chris Berg, CEO of DataKitchen, to discuss his ongoing mission to simplify the lives of data engineers. Chris explains the challenges faced by data engineers, such as

Achieving Data Reliability: The Role of Data Contracts in Modern Data Management
July 28, 2024

SummaryData contracts are both an enforcement mechanism for data quality, and a promise to downstream consumers. In this episode Tom Baeyens returns to discuss the purpose and scope of data contracts, emphasizing their importance in achieving reliable ana

How Generative AI Is Impacting Data Engineering Teams
July 21, 2024

SummaryGenerative AI has rapidly gained adoption for numerous use cases. To support those applications, organizational data platforms need to add new features and data teams have increased responsibility. In this episode Lior Gavish, co-founder of Monte C

The Role of Product Managers in Data-Centric Organizations
July 13, 2024

SummaryIn this episode Praveen Gujar, Director of Product at LinkedIn, talks about the intricacies of product management for data and analytical platforms. Praveen shares his journey from Amazon to Twitter and now LinkedIn, highlighting his extensive expe

Neon: A Serverless And Developer Friendly Postgres
July 07, 2024

SummaryPostgres is one of the most widely respected and liked database engines ever. To make it even easier to use for developers to use, Nikita Shamgunov decided to makee it serverless, so that it can scale from zero to infinity. In this episode he expla

Improve Data Quality Through Engineering Rigor And Business Engagement With Synq
June 30, 2024

SummaryThis episode features an insightful conversation with Petr Janda, the CEO and founder of Synq. Petr shares his journey from being an engineer to founding Synq, emphasizing the importance of treating data systems with the same rigor as engineering s

Stitching Together Enterprise Analytics With Microsoft Fabric
June 23, 2024

SummaryData lakehouse architectures have been gaining significant adoption. To accelerate adoption in the enterprise Microsoft has created the Fabric platform, based on their OneLake architecture. In this episode Dipti Borkar shares her experiences work

Being Data Driven At Stripe With Trino And Iceberg
June 16, 2024

SummaryStripe is a company that relies on data to power their products and business. To support that functionality they have invested in Trino and Iceberg for their analytical workloads. In this episode Kevin Liu shares some of the interesting features

X-Ray Vision For Your Flink Stream Processing With Datorios
June 09, 2024

SummaryStreaming data processing enables new categories of data products and analytics. Unfortunately, reasoning about stream processing engines is complex and lacks sufficient tooling. To address this shortcoming Datorios created an observability platf

Practical First Steps In Data Governance For Long Term Success
June 02, 2024

SummaryModern businesses aspire to be data driven, and technologists enjoy working through the challenge of building data systems to support that goal. Data governance is the binding force between these two parts of the organization. Nicola Askham found