Software Engineer, Data  ·  Open to Work

Diwakar
Gyawali

Software engineer specialising in data — building high-performance streaming pipelines, scalable ETL/ELT workflows, and distributed systems that handle data at scale.

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Diwakar Gyawali
20TB
Data Migrated
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Skills

Languages
PythonGoSQL BashC++JavaScript
Big Data & Streaming
FlinkKafkaClickHouse MongoDBRedis
Orchestration & Tools
AirflowdbtPrefect DockerCI/CD
Observability
OpenObservePrometheusGrafana
Cloud & Architecture
AWSOLAP/OLTPData Warehousing Data LakesLinux
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Experience

Mar 2025 — Present
108 Capital
Data Engineer
  • Developed a high-performance streaming pipeline using Apache Flink to detect blockchain reorganisation issues, ensuring data integrity and real-time alerting.
  • Architecting a scalable, secure backtesting platform with a custom SDK that orchestrates remote strategy execution while maintaining strict data privacy.
  • Built an end-to-end ELT pipeline from ingestion to ClickHouse using dbt and Prefect, enabling near real-time data querying.
  • Built a streaming pipeline with Kafka and Bento to preprocess and distribute streams to LLMs for classification, maintaining a strict 30-minute latency SLA.
  • Improved ingestion rates by 40% by designing a high-throughput pipeline with intelligent API request scheduling.
  • Led migration of ~20 TB from a single-node ClickHouse server to a distributed cluster, updating all downstream pipelines for compatibility.
  • Maintained CI/CD workflow with staged test pipelines covering unit tests, security scans, and integration testing prior to production deployment.
May 2024 — Mar 2025
Growthzilla Inc.
Data Engineer
  • Led the design of dimensional data models and ELT pipelines to extract operational data from MySQL into DuckDB, using dbt to manage business logic transformations.
  • Designed and automated end-to-end data workflows using Apache Airflow for orchestration.
  • Created and maintained a semantic layer using Cube.dev, streamlining clean data model access for BI and analytics teams.
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Education

2024
B.E. Computer Engineering
Pulchowk Campus, IOE — Tribhuwan University, Lalitpur
One of 96 admitted out of ~10,000 applicants nationwide
2019
Major in Physics & Mathematics
Tilottama Campus Yogikuti, Butwal, Rupandehi
Graduated among top 1% of batch
2017
Secondary Education Examination
Satywati Secondary School, Gulmi
District Topper — Gulmi
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Volunteering

2023 — 2024
LOCUS 2024
Marketing Director
Pulchowk Campus, IOE  —  locus.com.np
  • Led external relations for LOCUS 2024 — Nepal's largest national technological festival — held at Pulchowk Campus, IOE.
  • Built and managed partnerships with IT companies, NGOs, and industry stakeholders to secure sponsorships that funded the entire festival.
  • Coordinated flagship tech events including a Hackathon, CodeJam, and multiple technical competitions, drawing participants from across Nepal.
  • Served as the primary liaison between the organising committee and external organisations, ensuring alignment on deliverables and brand visibility.
2022 — 2023
Worldlink · CiT
Technology Tutor
Children in Technology Initiative — Lumbini Province
  • Volunteered across 10 government schools in Lumbini Province as part of Worldlink's Children in Technology (CiT) Initiative.
  • Tutored approximately 800–1,000 students in foundational computing, digital literacy, and technology concepts.
  • Helped bridge the digital divide in underserved communities by delivering hands-on technology education to students with limited prior access.
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Achievements

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Top 8 — Bhoos Smart Bots Challenge
Ranked in the top 8 among 100 participants. Built a bot using Monte Carlo Tree Search and network algorithms to simulate game states and determine optimal moves.
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Top 96 of 10,000 — Pulchowk Campus
Secured one of only 96 seats in the B.E. Computer Engineering programme at Pulchowk Campus — Nepal's most competitive engineering school — from roughly 10,000 applicants.
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District Topper — SEE Examination
Achieved the highest score in Gulmi District in the Secondary Education Examination (SEE), Nepal's national school-leaving examination.
Say Hello

Let's work on something
meaningful.

Open to software engineering and data roles, consulting, or just a good conversation about distributed systems. Always happy to connect.

gyawalidiwakar555@gmail.com
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Kathmandu, Nepal  ·  UTC+05:45  ·  Available for opportunities