Chris Gilbert

Staff Engineer · Data & Analytics Engineering

[email protected] 07976 761514 Nottingham, UK linkedin.com/in/chrisgilbert42 blog.gilbert.cloud github.com/chrisgilbert

Summary

Staff Engineer with deep experience across data engineering and DevOps. I built Jumptech’s data engineering function from the ground up — designing pipelines, warehousing, and reporting infrastructure that turned operational data into actionable insight for the first time. My infrastructure background means I bring a strong operational lens to data work: reliable pipelines, well-tested transformations, and systems that don’t need babysitting. Currently serving customers including British Gas, Scottish Power, EDF, and Chargepoint across the UK, US, and Europe. I think in systems, by understanding not just how things work but why they fail, where complexity hides, and how to build things that stay reliable.

Key Skills

  • dbt
  • Python
  • SQL (Redshift, PostgreSQL, Snowflake)
  • AWS (Redshift, Glue, Step Functions, Lambda, S3, Bedrock)
  • Fivetran
  • Metabase / Tableau
  • Terraform / OpenTofu
  • TypeScript / Node.js
  • GitHub Actions CI/CD
  • Data modelling & pipeline design
  • AI/LLM evaluation (data sovereignty, GDPR)

Experience

Staff Engineer — Jumptech

DevOps & Data Engineering · Dec 2021 – Present · Remote, UK

Technical lead across data engineering and infrastructure at a SaaS clean energy installations platform serving major energy and automotive customers.

  • Created the data engineering function from scratch: designed and implemented the full pipeline from ingestion to reporting, replacing fragile legacy systems and enabling the business to understand unit economics, customer behaviour, and operational performance for the first time
  • Architected the data warehouse on Amazon Redshift with dbt for transformation, Fivetran for ingestion, and AWS Glue + Step Functions for orchestration
  • Designed and built a Metabase reporting layer used across the business for operational and commercial reporting
  • Wrote and maintained Python-based data pipelines for custom integrations and data quality checks
  • Produced analysis of unit economics and product configuration complexity that informed commercial strategy discussions with leadership
  • Contributing to AI/LLM integration evaluation, including data sovereignty and GDPR compliance requirements for enterprise customers and secure deployment using AWS Bedrock
  • Conducted comprehensive AWS cost analysis identifying £20k/year in savings
  • Led infrastructure alongside data engineering: Terraform CI/CD, multi-account AWS migration, serverless platform, DORA metrics, zero-trust networking (Twingate), disaster recovery
  • Project work has been the primary basis for six-figure R&D tax credit claims for two consecutive years

Senior Engineer — Hudl

Jan 2020 – Dec 2021 · Remote, UK

Senior Engineer on the platform team at a global sports technology company.

  • Led the build-out of a new Amazon ECS microservices platform
  • Developed custom deployment tooling on AWS Lambda
  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines using TeamCity and GitHub Actions
  • Platform supported hundreds of millions of video views — data at genuine scale
  • Led migration of SQL Server from EC2 to RDS, migrating millions of users with only 1–2 hours of planned downtime
  • Planned early-stage migration of MongoDB to Amazon DocumentDB

Infrastructure / Software Engineer — Hudl

Jun 2015 – Jan 2020 · Remote, UK

  • Managed web-scale AWS infrastructure (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, MongoDB)
  • Performance measurement and optimisation using RUM monitoring and CDNs
  • Worked across C#/.NET, Nginx, and MongoDB in high-throughput environments

Servelec-Corelogic

2005 – 2015

Progressed from DBA through infrastructure engineering to Lead Technical Architect at Corelogic (later Servelec, then The Access Group), a platform serving dozens of local authorities and NHS trusts.

Lead Technical Architect (2014–2015). DevOps practices, automated deployment pipelines, monitoring.

Senior Infrastructure Engineer (2012–2014). Server infrastructure, build pipelines, bridging DBA and development teams.

Database & Application Server Administrator (2005–2012). SQL Server and Oracle databases across dozens of local authority and NHS customers. PL/SQL, TSQL, cross-platform (Windows, Linux, AIX, Solaris).

Earlier Roles

2002 – 2005

AIX System Administrator — Software Dynamics (2005). Oracle databases on UNIX, PowerVM virtualisation.

Technical Assistant / Database Designer — Nottinghamshire County Council (2002–2005). Database design, Oracle 9i, PL/SQL, data migration from legacy DB2 systems.

Awards

  • Joint Jump’tech’er of the Year 2024
  • Dominate Award Winner (Hudl)

Certifications

  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
  • Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator (LFCS)
  • Data Engineering Zoomcamp
  • Professional Scrum Master (PSM1)
  • Oracle Certified Associate
  • In progress: HashiCorp Terraform Associate, AWS Solutions Architect Associate

Education

BSc Computing with Psychological Studies (2:1) — The Open University, 2010–2014

Writing