Thomas Ostrowski
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Thomas Ostrowski

Data Engineer Freelance

Lille area · Hybrid

I design reliable and scalable data pipelines to turn your raw data into business value — from ingestion to analytics.

8+
Years of experience
30+
Projects delivered
10+
Satisfied clients
100+
Reports migrated
Services

What I do

I build and modernize data stacks for organizations that want to take control of their data and industrialize their analytics pipelines.

Technical skills

🗄️ SQL ⚙️ dbt 🧱 Databricks ❄️ Snowflake 🕸️ Airflow 🐍 Python 🌿 Git 🔵 BigQuery 🟠 AWS ☁️ GCP 🐳 Docker Apache Spark 🌊 Kafka

Types of engagements

🏗️

Data Architecture

Data lakehouse design, medallion architecture, Data Mesh. Technology choices aligned with your needs.

🔄

ETL/ELT Pipelines

Development of robust pipelines with Spark, Airflow and dbt. Batch ingestion and real-time streaming.

📊

Data Warehouse & BI

Dimensional modeling, SQL/dbt transformations, feeding Power BI, Tableau and Qlik dashboards.

🔍

Data Quality

Implementation of data quality monitoring, alerting, observability and governance.

🚀

Data CI/CD

Automated testing and deployments via GitHub Actions / GitLab CI. Environment management, model versioning and controlled production releases.

🎓

Consulting & Training

Coaching your teams, data stack auditing, training in data engineering best practices.

Industry sectors

🛒 Commerce & Retail
💳 Finance
🏦 Banking & Insurance
🚚 Transport & Logistics
📡 Telecommunications
🎓 Education & Training
Experience

My career

8 years of diverse experience in complex data environments.

CA Personal Finance & Mobility
2026 – Present

CA Personal Finance & Mobility

Lead Analytics Engineer Freelance
📍 Roubaix Hybrid

Structuring the Data practice during a migration to a Modern Data Stack. Designed a full training curriculum and reference knowledge base to accelerate team upskilling. Industrialized development workflows through GitLab CI templates, a shared dbt foundation project, and the definition of coding and architecture standards.

SQL dbt Snowflake Airflow Python Git CI/CD Docker PowerBI
Decathlon
2024 – 2026

Decathlon

Analytics Engineer | Modern Data Stack Freelance
📍 Lille area Hybrid

Structuring and streamlining the Decathlon Modern Data Stack. Migration of Talend flows to dbt, rationalization of the Tableau dashboard landscape (merging and decommissioning). Building a centralized semantic layer for strategic metrics, prepared for GenAI use cases.

SQL dbt Databricks Airflow Python Git CI/CD Docker Tableau
Decathlon
2022 – 2023

Decathlon

Data Engineer | Modern Data Stack Contract
📍 Lille area Hybrid

Complete overhaul of the Decathlon Finance BU analytical stack. Medallion Lakehouse architecture on AWS (S3, Glue), migration of Talend flows to dbt on Databricks, orchestration via Airflow. Migration of dozens of Qlik Sense dashboards to Tableau.

SQL dbt Databricks Airflow Python Git CI/CD Docker Tableau
Decathlon
2021 – 2022

Decathlon

Data Engineer Contract
📍 Lille area Hybrid

Built from scratch e-commerce financial flows across 50+ countries. End-to-end orchestration via OpCon, from Talend extraction through to Qlik Sense reports. Fully industrialized and reliable flows with no manual intervention.

SQL Talend AWS Qlik Sense OpCon
Decathlon
2019 – 2021

Decathlon

BI Engineer Contract
📍 Lille area On-site

Migration of several hundred financial reports from Oracle BI to Qlik Sense, covering 50+ countries. Centralization of KPIs in a shared parameter database and deployment automation via the Qlik API.

SQL Qlik Sense Python API REST
ACSSI
2017 – 2023

ACSSI

Data Analyst & Engineer Full-time
📍 Lille area

Data consultant working with multi-sector clients (retail, finance, transport, telecommunications). Delivery of business dashboards in Qlik Sense and QlikView, from requirements gathering to production. Progressive skill development across the entire data chain, up to key missions at Decathlon modernizing their analytical infrastructure.

SQL dbt Databricks Talend AWS Git UNIX Qlik Sense
Tymate
2015 – 2017

Tymate

Android Developer Apprenticeship
📍 Lille area On-site

Team development of Android applications for major clients (Decathlon, Europcar). Contribution to key features of Domyos Coach: real-time sports session tracking, integration of a video processing pipeline. Close collaboration with UX/UI teams for polished interfaces.

Android Java Git CI/CD UNIX API REST
Tymate
2015

Tymate

Mobile Application Developer Internship
📍 Lille area On-site

Internal mobile application built from scratch to manage agile sprints on the go. REST API on the server side and Android app development on the client side. Real-time access to velocity indicators without needing a fixed workstation.

Android Java Git UNIX API REST
University of Maribor
2014

University of Maribor

Android Developer Internship
📍 Maribor, Slovenia On-site

Android application built from scratch for an international academic conference. Intuitive navigation, content embedded in a local database for offline access. First project delivered in full autonomy, from design to launch.

Android Java
Testimonials

What they say

Authentic client feedback from the projects I have led.

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Translated from French

"I worked with Thomas for 6 years within our finance data team. Beyond his expertise, he is a partner who knows how to challenge technical decisions and best practices to ensure alignment between data and business needs. His constructive directness and ability to step back are real assets for successfully delivering complex projects.

Qlik Sense Accounting Optimization Analytics Engineering DBT & Airflow Finance Data & Month-end Closing
RB
Romain Bocaert
Data & AI Manager · Decathlon
Decathlon

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Lille, France
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