Nkosi Felix

Senior Data Platform Engineer

Reliable data platforms, streaming pipelines, and AI tools that verify before they answer.

Azure · Kafka · Python · SQL · Microsoft Graph · SharePoint · PostgreSQL · GitLab CI/CD

U.S. citizen · No sponsorship required · Orlando, FL / Remote · Immediate availability

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Who is Nkosi?

Nkosi Felix turns messy inputs into reliable data systems: Microsoft Graph/SharePoint ingestion, Kafka pipelines, backend services, and AI tools that verify answers against approved sources.

Why hire Nkosi?

Hire Nkosi to make complex data workflows reliable, catch bad inputs early, and give teams systems they can trust.

Target roles:

  • Senior Data Platform Engineer
  • AI Ingestion Engineer
  • Backend / Platform Engineer
  • Streaming Data Engineer
  • Forward-Deployed / AI Infrastructure Engineer

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Built Systems, Not Just Projects

  • GetBetterAI — live AI product.
  • RetailVitamin — independent D2C commerce platform.
  • Client group-travel platform — client deliverable.

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Experience snapshot

Lead Software Engineer (W2 Contract) — Universal Creative / NBCUniversal (most recent role)

  • Controlled ingestion: Python document-ingestion harness and checkpointed Microsoft Graph/SharePoint delta-sync with parser provenance and review bundles.
  • ACCEPT/QUARANTINE/SYSTEM-failure routing and guarded ClickUp automation, preserving owner approval over every status change.

Software Engineer II (Data Engineer) — 4C Strategies North America

  • Idempotent Kafka-to-PostgreSQL consolidation service with replay handling, DTO/schema validation, and paginated APIs.
  • Grafana/Prometheus/Loki observability and GitLab CI contract-test gates (JUnit 5, Mockito, Spring Cloud Stream test binder).

Earlier roles: Senior Cloud Solutions Architect at Accenture (Microsoft Advanced Azure Engagement) and Senior Data Analyst / Data Engineer at Flexport.

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