English Resume

Cheick Cisse

Senior Data Engineer & AI Consultant - Freelance - Cloud & Data Solutions

Profile

Freelance Senior Data Engineer and AI Consultant with 9+ years of experience designing and industrializing Cloud & Data solutions on Google Cloud Platform. I work across the full lifecycle of data projects, from ingestion and transformation to modeling and exposure, and I also deliver production-grade generative AI solutions including RAG architectures, LLM pipelines, Vertex AI integrations, AI gateway APIs and conversational assistants used by 15,000 active users. I focus on reliable, industrialized solutions delivered in close collaboration with technical and business teams. Clients include Servier, Sephora, Stellantis and Louis Vuitton.

Technical Skills

  • Cloud & Data: BigQuery, Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, Composer, Pub/Sub, Dataproc, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL
  • Languages & Backend: Python, SQL, JavaScript, FastAPI, Flask
  • Generative AI: LLM, RAG, LangChain, LangGraph, ADK, Vertex AI, Langfuse, PgVector, Weaviate
  • Data Engineering: batch and streaming ETL/ELT pipelines, dbt, orchestration with Composer, data modeling
  • DevOps & MLOps: Docker, Terraform, GitLab CI/CD, monitoring, observability, prompt engineering
  • Databases: BigQuery, PostgreSQL-PgVector, MySQL, MongoDB, Datastore
  • Other: Dataiku, Machine Learning with BigQuery ML, Data as a Service

Certifications

  • Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer
  • Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect
  • Google Cloud Professional Cloud Developer
  • Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer
  • Google Cloud Digital Leader
  • Dataiku Certified User

Professional Experience

Senior Data Engineer & AI - Servier

Paris, France

Jan 2023 - Apr 2026

Worked on two strategic streams within Servier: the design and rollout of an international Data as a Service platform for affiliates, and the delivery of industrial generative AI solutions at scale.

  • Designed and developed LLM pipelines based on RAG, LangChain, LangGraph and ADK for business assistants serving 15,000 active users in production
  • Built and maintained a Python FastAPI gateway for LLM orchestration and Vertex AI integration
  • Deployed AI services on Cloud Run with load balancing, auto-scaling, secure endpoints, Cloud SQL and PgVector
  • Implemented monitoring, prompt traceability and response quality observability with Langfuse
  • Industrialized data pipelines with BigQuery, Cloud Functions, Composer, Pub/Sub, dbt, Terraform and reusable CI/CD templates

Stack: Python, SQL, FastAPI, BigQuery, Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, Composer, Pub/Sub, Cloud SQL, PgVector, Weaviate, LangChain, LangGraph, ADK, Vertex AI, Langfuse, dbt, Terraform, Docker, GitLab CI/CD

Data Engineer - Sephora

Paris, France

Mar 2021 - Dec 2022

Worked on several GCP initiatives to industrialize employee, finance and retail data flows in an international context.

  • Developed ingestion and transformation pipelines on GCP with BigQuery, Cloud Functions, Composer and Pub/Sub
  • Designed scalable data architectures and proof of concepts for business analytics needs
  • Industrialized transformation models with Python and SQL in BigQuery
  • Implemented unit tests, end-to-end tests and regression testing for production pipelines
  • Integrated machine learning use cases with Dataiku and BigQuery ML

Stack: Python, SQL, BigQuery, Cloud Functions, Composer, Pub/Sub, Dataiku, BigQuery ML, Terraform, GitLab CI/CD, GCP

Data Engineer - Stellantis (formerly Groupe PSA)

Poissy, France

Mar 2019 - Feb 2021

Contributed to a strategic marketing initiative aimed at consolidating multiple data sources into automated executive dashboards for COMEX reporting.

  • Developed and industrialized ETL pipelines on Google Cloud Platform
  • Built Cloud Functions in Python for process automation
  • Designed scoring architectures with BigQuery ML, App Engine and Cloud Storage
  • Monitored data and pipelines with Stackdriver and PySpark
  • Delivered automated dashboards supporting executive performance steering

Stack: Python, SQL, BigQuery, BigQuery ML, Cloud Functions, Cloud Storage, App Engine, Pub/Sub, PySpark, Stackdriver, GCP

Consultant Data Engineer - Louis Vuitton

Paris, France

Apr 2018 - Sep 2018

Worked on stock forecasting initiatives, helping centralize and prepare data for predictive analytics and long-term supply planning.

  • Designed ingestion and transformation flows on Hadoop and Spark
  • Structured data pipelines to feed predictive machine learning models with the Data Science team
  • Contributed to large-scale cloud data architecture design

Stack: Hadoop, Spark, Python, SQL, HDFS, HBase

Data Engineer - Actu Data

Paris, France

Jun 2017 - Jan 2018

Joined a B2B insurance startup to help build a real-time comparison platform aggregating and enriching market data for professionals.

  • Developed web scraping scripts in JavaScript for automated collection
  • Stored and indexed data in Elasticsearch for real-time search
  • Built APIs and dashboards for end users
  • Handled transformation and storage with Laravel, MySQL and MongoDB

Stack: JavaScript, Python, Elasticsearch, MySQL, MongoDB, Laravel, REST API

Web Developer - AVM Konect

India & Ivory Coast

2012 - 2016

Worked as a full-stack web developer for a software agency delivering websites and internal applications for multiple clients.

  • Built internal applications with PHP, CakePHP, HTML, CSS and JavaScript
  • Created and maintained web modules
  • Provided PHP and CMS training

Stack: PHP, CakePHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript

Education

  • INSEEC (OMNES Education) - MSc Big Data & Marketing Manager (2017 - 2018)
  • Cambridge Institute of Technology - Master in Computer Applications (2013 - 2016)
  • Agitel Formation - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (2009 - 2012)