Add Data Founder Story: Pradeep Kalluri - From India to London

[kalluripradeep]

Hi @data_weekly,

I'd like to contribute my founder story to Data Engineering Weekly.

Title: From India to London: A Data Engineer's Journey from Student to Production at Scale

Summary: My journey from studying in India to building production data platforms at NatWest Bank in London. The story covers:

• Moving from India → Rome (university) → Barcelona (first job) → London (current)
• Lessons learned from production incidents across three companies
• 5 key insights about building reliable data systems at scale
• What I wish I knew when starting as a data engineer

Word Count: ~1,800 words

About me:

• Data Engineer at NatWest Bank, London
• Previously at Accenture and Dpoint Group
• Contributing to Apache Airflow and dbt-core open source projects
• Writing about data engineering on Medium (71K+ views)
• Speaking at Oxford Microsoft Data Platform Group (January 2026)

Looking forward to your feedback!

Best regards, Pradeep Kalluri

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/pradeepkalluri
Medium: https://medium.com/@kalluripradeep99