Pooja Shantharaja is a Senior Engineer specializing in Big Data at Fractal, where she leverages her five years of industry experience to drive impactful analytical solutions within the health insurance sector. Her expertise in the Hadoop ecosystem, particularly in developing Apache Spark applications using Scala,...
Pooja Shantharaja is a Senior Engineer specializing in Big Data at Fractal, where she leverages her five years of industry experience to drive impactful analytical solutions within the health insurance sector. Her expertise in the Hadoop ecosystem, particularly in developing Apache Spark applications using Scala, positions her as a key player in transforming vast datasets into actionable insights. Pooja excels in performing complex analytical operations on terabytes of data stored in various formats, including Parquet, ORC, and CSV. She employs advanced Spark transformations such as RDDs, DataFrames, and Spark SQL to extract meaningful patterns and trends that inform strategic decisions.
At Fractal, Pooja is instrumental in analyzing health insurance data to enhance revenue generation and create personalized dashboards for clients. By loading data on a monthly basis and conducting comprehensive big data analytics, she ensures that the insights generated are not only timely but also relevant to the evolving needs of the business. Her collaboration with data scientists to integrate these insights into predictive models underscores her role in bridging the gap between data engineering and data science.
Pooja's technical proficiency extends to the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Google BigQuery, where she utilizes cloud-based solutions to optimize data processing and storage. Her command of SQL, Linux, and version control systems like Git further enhances her ability to manage complex data workflows efficiently. With a strong foundation in C++ and a passion for data engineering, Pooja continues to push the boundaries of what is possible in big data analytics, making her a valuable asset to Fractal and the broader industry.
