Jeevanantham Govindaraju
Senior / Lead Data Engineer
14+ years of enterprise software engineering experience, with hands-on GCP data engineering experience in BigQuery, Cloud Composer, Dataproc / Apache Spark, and Cloud Storage. I oversee 20 data pipelines, handle workflow monitoring and alerts, and contribute to data engineering team responsibilities at Lowe's.
Senior / Lead Data Engineering for Retail Workflows
Building dependable GCP data workflows with pipeline oversight, monitoring, alert handling, and collaborative delivery.
I am a Senior Data Engineer based in Bengaluru, Karnataka. With over 14 years of hands-on experience in enterprise software development, I focus on dependable data workflow delivery and bring hands-on experience with BigQuery, Cloud Composer, Dataproc / Apache Spark, and Cloud Storage.
In my current role at Lowe's (2022 – Present), I oversee 20 data pipelines using BigQuery, Cloud Composer, Dataproc / Apache Spark, and Cloud Storage. I support workflow monitoring and alert handling, and contribute to the shared responsibilities of the data engineering team.
Prior to my data engineering focus, I spent over 6 years as a Senior POS Developer at Lowe's (2016 – 2022), leading C/C++ development across critical store transaction applications—including Sales, Returns, Order Management, and Receiving. I designed real-time Splunk dashboards, provided critical edge-case support during peak holiday sales, and established SOPs that permanently decreased incident inflow.
Before Lowe's, I spent 5.5 years at Cognizant managing retail systems and receiving applications. I hold a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Anna University (KCT), providing an analytical problem-solving foundation that bridges physical systems, data mechanics, and software architecture.
Core Engineering Pillars
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GCP Data Engineering: Hands-on experience with BigQuery, Cloud Composer, Dataproc / Apache Spark, and Cloud Storage.
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Pipeline Oversight: Oversees 20 data pipelines supporting reliable workflow delivery.
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POS & Retail Systems SME: Architectural expertise across Sales, Returns, Order Management, and Store Receiving applications with high SLA uptime.
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Workflow Operations: Workflow monitoring and alert handling, with contributions to data engineering team responsibilities.
Professional Experience
Enterprise software engineering experience spanning GCP data workflow delivery, POS system development, and retail operations.
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
- Data Pipeline Oversight: Oversee 20 data pipelines supporting business data workflows.
- Hands-on GCP Data Engineering: Work with BigQuery, Cloud Composer, Dataproc / Apache Spark, and Cloud Storage.
- Workflow Monitoring & Alert Handling: Support workflow monitoring and respond to alerts across related data workflows.
- Data Engineering Team Delivery: Contribute to the shared responsibilities of the data engineering team.
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
- Point of Sale (POS) Engineering: Led C/C++ development across multiple functional areas of POS applications utilizing Agile methodologies and user-centric retail workflows.
- POS Domain SME: Gained Subject Matter Expert (SME) level mastery in core store systems: Sales / Returns, Order Management, and Receiving applications.
- Splunk Dashboards & Proactive Monitoring: Designed real-time Splunk dashboards and automated performance reports for swift incident triage and proactive anomaly detection.
- Peak Holiday Sales Support: Worked closely with business stakeholders during peak holiday seasons, solving edge-case bugs and ensuring uninterrupted store checkout operations.
- Incident Inflow Reduction: Authored Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for recurring production incidents, identifying root causes to boost overall system stability.
Cognizant Technology Solutions
- Comprehensive Retail Operations: Oversaw mission-critical retail systems handling sales, inventory, pricing, signage, and order management under strict SLAs.
- Receiving SME & Incident Management: Served as Subject Matter Expert for the Receiving application, collaborating with Major Incident Managers (MIMs) on high-priority production resolutions.
- Process Automation & SOPs: Created custom automated shell scripts to eliminate repetitive manual operational tasks, boosting team productivity and batch window speeds.
- Change Management & Delivery: Implemented and reviewed change requests, maintaining system reliability while rolling out updated features to store environments.
Anna University - Chennai (Kumaraguru College of Technology)
- Graduated with a strong analytical foundation in computational mechanics, mathematical models, and system dynamics, serving as the basis for big data algorithms and distributed software architecture.
Featured Projects & Systems
Practical demonstrations across Big Data pipelines, retail POS architectures, and distributed systems.
Retail Big Data Ingestion & Transformation Pipeline
Distributed batch processing pipeline engineered with Apache Spark and Hive to ingest high-volume retail transactions. Implements PySpark data transformations, schema validation, deduplication, and Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCD Type 2) tracking for historical analytics.
Enterprise Point of Sale (POS) & Store Retail ERP
Comprehensive point-of-sale platform developed to handle real-world retail workflows: checkout transactions, customer returns, store inventory synchronization, and hardware terminal integration (Sunmi / mobile POS) with offline-first transaction resilience.
Core Skills & Competencies
Hands-on GCP data engineering skills, data workflow operations, enterprise POS platforms, and team delivery.
GCP Data Engineering
POS & Systems Tech
Delivery & Leadership
Let's Connect
I welcome conversations about Senior / Lead Data Engineer opportunities involving GCP data workflows, pipeline oversight, monitoring, alert handling, and collaborative data engineering delivery.