Data, AI & Analytics

Data Platform Engineering — Warehouse, Lakehouse & Pipelines

Data warehouse and lakehouse implementation, ETL/ELT pipelines, real-time streaming, data governance, and data migration — the foundational data platform your analytics and AI depend on.

Why This Matters

The Data Infrastructure Challenges Holding Teams Back

Most organisations have more data than ever — and less confidence in it. These are the infrastructure and governance problems we solve before any BI tool or ML model can deliver value.

Data Silos Blocking Analytics

Operational data locked in CRMs, ERPs, and spreadsheets — no single source of truth for reporting or ML.

Stale Data Slowing Decisions

Overnight batch runs mean dashboards are 12–24 hours behind. Leaders make decisions on yesterday's numbers.

Pipeline Failures & Data Drift

Brittle ETL scripts break on schema changes. Data quality issues silently corrupt reports with no alerting.

Governance & Compliance Gaps

No data lineage, uncontrolled PII sprawl, and undocumented datasets that block GDPR, HIPAA, and audit readiness.

Scaling Costs Out of Control

Legacy warehouses billed on compute × storage. Teams hit query timeouts and pay for capacity they don't need.

Data Team Bottleneck

Business stakeholders queue behind the data team for every report. Self-service is a goal, not a reality.

Our Approach

Architecture First. Data Products Second.

We build data platforms using the medallion architecture — Bronze (raw ingest), Silver (cleaned and conformed), Gold (business-ready aggregates). This layered model gives you a single source of truth that serves BI dashboards, operational APIs, and ML training data from the same governed platform.

Every pipeline we build is version-controlled, tested, and documented — using dbt for transformation, Airflow or Prefect for orchestration, and Great Expectations or Elementary for data quality. You inherit production-grade infrastructure, not scripts that only the original engineer can understand.

Faster time-to-insight on new data domains
60%
Reduction in pipeline failures with DataOps CI/CD
100%
Lineage coverage from source to dashboard
40%
Average compute cost reduction post-optimisation
What's Included

Data Platform Engineering Capabilities

The full stack — from raw ingestion to analytics-ready data products — built to scale and operate without a dedicated data infrastructure team.

Data Warehouse & Lakehouse

Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, and Databricks implementations — dimensional modelling, medallion architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold), and data vault design for analytics-ready, AI-ready data.

Data Pipelines (ETL/ELT)

dbt, Apache Spark, Airflow, and Fivetran-based pipelines — batch and micro-batch ingestion, transformation, and loading from operational systems at any scale with full lineage tracking.

Real-Time Streaming

Kafka, Flink, and Kinesis streaming pipelines for real-time event ingestion, CDC from operational databases, and stream processing for live dashboards and operational alerts.

Data Governance & Quality

Data catalogues (Datahub, OpenMetadata), lineage tracking, schema registries, Great Expectations quality checks, and PII classification and masking for compliance.

Data Migration

Migrate from legacy data warehouses, on-premise databases, and siloed data marts to modern cloud platforms — with zero data loss, validated parity, and rollback capability.

DataOps & Observability

CI/CD for data pipelines, automated testing, Monte Carlo or Elementary for data observability, SLA alerting, and on-call runbooks so you catch issues before stakeholders do.

How We Deliver

From Assessment to Operational Platform

A phased delivery model that delivers working pipelines early — so your team gets value while the full platform is still being built.

01

Discover & Assess

Audit existing data sources, schemas, volumes, and quality. Map data flows and identify gaps in governance and infrastructure.

02

Architecture Design

Design target state — warehouse topology, medallion layers, pipeline patterns, streaming vs batch decisions, and governance model.

03

Foundation Build

Provision cloud infrastructure, implement core pipelines for priority data domains, and establish dbt project structure and coding standards.

04

Governance & Quality

Deploy data catalogue, implement quality checks, set up lineage tracking, PII tagging, and access control policies.

05

Expand & Optimise

Onboard remaining data sources, tune query performance and compute costs, and enable self-service access for analytics teams.

06

Operate & Evolve

DataOps handover — CI/CD for pipelines, observability dashboards, runbooks, and optional ongoing managed operations.

Technology

The Modern Data Stack

We work with the tools your team already knows — or recommend the right fit for your workload, team size, and budget. No vendor lock-in.

Warehouses & Lakehouses

SnowflakeBigQueryDatabricksRedshiftAzure Synapse

Orchestration

Apache AirflowPrefectDagster

Transformation

dbt Coredbt CloudApache Spark

Ingestion

FivetranAirbyteKafka ConnectAWS Glue

Streaming

Apache KafkaApache FlinkAWS KinesisPub/Sub

Governance

DatahubOpenMetadataGreat ExpectationsMonte Carlo
Use Cases

Data Platforms Across Industries

From e-commerce to healthcare and manufacturing — data platform patterns that work across verticals, deployed across India, UAE, USA, Europe, and Australia.

Retail / D2C

E-Commerce Analytics Platform

Unified lakehouse ingesting Shopify, Google Ads, and Klaviyo — daily revenue, CAC, LTV, and cohort dashboards delivered to 200+ business users via Looker.

Healthcare / Life Sciences

Healthcare Data Warehouse

HIPAA-compliant Snowflake warehouse aggregating EHR, billing, and claims data — anonymised ML-ready datasets for readmission prediction models.

FinTech / Banking

Financial Reporting Platform

Real-time P&L and regulatory reporting pipeline replacing a legacy on-premise Oracle warehouse — 12× query performance improvement, 40% cost reduction.

Industrial / Manufacturing

Manufacturing IoT Data Platform

Kafka streaming pipeline ingesting 50M sensor events/day from production lines — real-time OEE dashboards and anomaly detection reducing downtime by 23%.

Business Impact

What a Modern Data Platform Delivers

60%
Reduction in data pipeline failures
after implementing DataOps CI/CD
Faster time-to-insight
from weeks to days for new data domains
40%
Lower compute costs
via query optimisation and auto-scaling
100%
Audit-ready data lineage
for GDPR and SOC 2 compliance
Why Kansoft

Why Engineering Teams Choose Us for Data Platform Builds

Platform-Agnostic Expertise

Certified across Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, and Redshift — we recommend what fits your workload and budget, not what we're vendor-incentivised to sell.

Delivery Across 5 Markets

Teams in India, UAE, USA, Europe, and Australia with timezone coverage that keeps your build moving across time zones.

dbt-First Transformation Layer

All transformation logic in version-controlled dbt — documented, tested, and reproducible. Your team inherits production-grade code, not black-box ETL.

Compliance Built In

GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2, and UAE data residency requirements addressed at the architecture layer — not retrofitted after deployment.

From Data to AI-Ready

We build platforms that serve BI today and ML tomorrow — medallion layers, feature stores, and governance that your data scientists will thank you for.

FAQ

Common Questions About Data Platform Engineering

How long does a data platform build take?
A foundation build (core warehouse + 3–5 priority pipelines + governance setup) typically takes 8–14 weeks. Full platform with all data domains and self-service takes 4–6 months. We phase delivery so you get value before the full build is complete.
Do you work with our existing data tools, or do we have to switch?
We meet you where you are. If you have existing Tableau licences, an Airflow instance, or a partially built Redshift warehouse, we build on top — migrating only where there's a clear benefit.
What's the difference between a data warehouse and a data lakehouse?
A warehouse stores processed, structured data optimised for SQL analytics. A lakehouse combines raw storage (like S3/GCS) with a warehouse-grade query layer (like Databricks or BigQuery) — supporting both BI and ML workloads from one platform.
How do you handle data quality issues from source systems?
We implement quality checks at ingestion (schema validation, null checks, row counts) and transformation (business rule assertions in dbt). Failures trigger alerts and halt pipeline promotion — bad data never reaches your Gold layer.
Can you build on our existing cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP)?
Yes. We work across all three major clouds and use native services where possible — Glue on AWS, Data Factory on Azure, Dataflow on GCP — alongside cloud-agnostic tools like Airflow and dbt.
Do you offer managed services after build?
Yes. We offer ongoing DataOps managed services — pipeline monitoring, SLA management, schema change handling, cost optimisation, and quarterly roadmap reviews. See Managed Cloud & DevOps for scope.
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