Technology Leader | Data Superhero | Docker Captain
Director of Sales Engineering @ kipi.ai, building modern data stack solutions for enterprise clients.
About Me
I’m a technology professional based in Dubai, with extensive experience in Pre-Sales and enterprise architecture. I’ve built and scaled technical teams, architected integration solutions across industries, and contributed actively to the community as a Snowflake Data Superhero and Docker Captain. In my free time I write on Philosophy and Noam Chomsky.
Featured Projects
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Snowflake Task Manager
A Streamlit OSS app for monitoring Snowflake tasks – 500+ stars on GitHub. View on GitHub
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Snowflake Well-Architected Framework
Unofficial guide for Snowflake best practices. View on GitHub
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Snowflake-Kafka Pipeline
JDBC streaming architecture to reduce storage hops. View on GitHub
Work Experience
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Director of Sales Engineering – Kipi.ai
Dubai, UAE | Dec 2023 – Present
- Built and scaled Sales Engineering team from 1 to 11+ members
- Enabled $30M+ influenced ARR across 100+ enterprise customers
- Reduced RFP/proposal turnaround time by 70%
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Principal Architect – Kipi.ai
Dubai, UAE | Oct 2021 – Nov 2023
- Created reusable solution templates and best practice documents
- Led LLM-based analytics solutions using Snowflake Cortex
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Analytics Consultant – Bahwan CyberTek
Dubai, UAE | May 2018 – Oct 2021
- Architected TIBCO API and integration solutions for education and finance
- Implemented Prometheus/Grafana-based monitoring stack
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Consultant – Deloitte Consulting India
Mumbai, India | Nov 2014 – Apr 2018
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TIBCO Consultant – TIBCO Software India
Dubai, UAE | Aug 2011 – Oct 2014
Technical Skills
Data & Cloud Tools
Snowflake, TIBCO, Streamlit, dbt, Fivetran, Apache Kafka
Languages & Dev
Python, SQL, REST APIs, GraphQL, JavaScript
Integration Platforms
Dell Boomi, Snaplogic, TIBCO BusinessWorks, Microservices
DevOps & Infra
AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, CI/CD, Prometheus, Grafana
AI/ML & Modern Stack
Snowflake Cortex, Prompt Engineering, Claude, Vector DBs
Latest Blog Posts
Vibe Coding my first MCP Server (for Apache Kafka)
This blog walks through building a Kafka MCP integration that lets you query your Kafka clusters using natural language through AI assistants.
Read on Medium →Snowflake Well-Architected Framework — Unofficial Guide
A Well Architect Framework is a collection of architectural principles with Design considerations, Checklists, Tradeoffs, Patterns, Assessments, Recommendations, Best practices, etc.
Read on Medium →A Study of Travelling Salesperson Problem
The Travelling Salesman Problem (TSP) is the challenge of finding the shortest yet most efficient route for a person to take given a list of specific destinations..
Read on Medium →I actively publish on Medium about Snowflake, Docker, and modern architecture patterns. Visit my blog →
Get in Touch
Email: pandeysudhendu@gmail.com
Location: Dubai, UAE