Trends in Data Engineering

​The past, present and future of data engineering - Adrian Brudaru

​Outline:

• ​Updates on Adrian: From Freelancer to Founder

• ​Trends: Iceberg, dbt, duckdb

• ​Spark in 2025 – yes or no? 

• ​The future of data engineering

​About the speaker:

​Adrian Brudaru studied economics in Romania but soon got bored with how creative the industry was, and chose to go instead for the more factual side. I ended up in Berlin at the age of 25 and started a role as a business analyst. At the age of 30, I had enough of startups and decided to join a corporation, but quickly found out that it did not provide the challenge I wanted.

​As going back to startups was not a desirable option either, I decided to postpone my decision by taking freelance work. I have since never looked back, and now, 5 years later, I am co-founding a company in the data space so I can try new things. This company is also looking to release a bunch of open-source tooling (the kind we use ourselves) to help democratize data engineering.