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Chhayansh Purohit
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AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
AWS Certified Data Engineer
I specialize in designing and building scalable data architectures. With experience at LPL Financial and Infosys, I've built real-time streaming applications and automated complex ETL pipelines. When I'm offline, I'm capturing logic and light through my photography.

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    LPL Financial📍 Austin, TX
    2023 - Present


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    UT Austin, McCombs School of Business📍 Austin, TX
    Feb 2025 - Present


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    Univ. of Texas at Dallas📍 Richardson, TX
    2022 - 2024


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    Infosys Limited📍 Pune, India
    2021 - 2022


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    Worldsoft Technologies📍 Jabalpur, India
    2019 - 2021


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    Jabalpur Engineering College📍 Jabalpur, India
    2017 - 2021

LPL Financial

LPL Financial

AWSPySparkRedshiftTerraformPython
2023 – Present
📍 Austin, TX

Senior Engineer, Data

Full-time
March 2026 – Present
📍 Austin, TX
  • Architecting and optimizing modern data engineering pipelines

Data Engineer 2

Full-time
2024 – March 2026
📍 Austin, TX
  • Engineered scalable AWS Glue ETL pipelines using PySpark for processing TBs of financial data daily
  • Automated Lambda triggers for real-time event-driven data workflows, reducing manual intervention by 80%
  • Optimized Redshift query performance through distribution keys and sort keys, achieving 40% faster analytics
  • Architected data lake solutions on S3 with proper partitioning and lifecycle management

Data Engineering Intern

Internship
2023 – 2024
📍 Fort Mill, SC
  • Built automated data quality frameworks validating 50M+ records across pipelines
  • Developed Python-based monitoring dashboards for tracking ETL job performance metrics
  • Created reusable Terraform modules for provisioning AWS infrastructure (Glue, S3, RDS)

IT Audit Intern

Internship
2023
📍 Fort Mill, SC
  • Conducted SOX compliance audits for data access controls across financial systems
  • Automated audit evidence collection using Python scripts, saving 20+ hours per audit cycle
Infosys Limited

Infosys Limited

HadoopHivePythonTableau
2021 – 2022
📍 Pune, India

Data Engineer

Full-time
2021 – 2022
📍 Pune, India
  • Designed and implemented Hadoop-based data processing pipelines using Hive, Pig, and Sqoop
  • Ingested and processed 10K+ records daily from RDBMS to HDFS for analytics workloads
  • Integrated HDFS with Tableau for real-time forecasting dashboards with 92% prediction accuracy
  • Mentored junior engineers on big data best practices and ETL design patterns
Worldsoft Technologies

Worldsoft Technologies

AWS VPCIAMCloud Migration
2019 – 2021
📍 Jabalpur, India

Cloud Engineer Associate

Internship
2019
📍 Jabalpur, India
  • Assisted in cloud migration of on-premise applications to AWS infrastructure
  • Configured VPCs, security groups, and IAM policies for enterprise clients

Technical Expertise

A refined selection of my proficiency in modern data and development tools

Constantly refining and expanding my technical skillset.

Testimonials

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Zoran Konrad
Zoran Konrad
VP, Data Services Engineer Manager at LPL Financial

I had the pleasure of working with Chhayansh Purohit during his internship as a Data Engineer. His dedication and enthusiasm were evident from day one. Here are some key points that make me highly recommend him: 1. Technical Competence: Chhayansh possesses a strong grasp of data engineering concepts. His ability to analyze complex data sets has been instrumental in driving successful projects within our team. 2. Project Management: Chhayansh demonstrated exceptional project management skills. He effectively coordinated data pipelines, ensuring timely delivery and accuracy. 3. Collaborative Spirit: Chhayansh is a team player. He actively participated in brainstorming sessions, contributed fresh ideas, and collaborated seamlessly with colleagues. 4. Master's Degree Pursuit: Chhayansh is currently completing his master's degree in information technology and management. His commitment to continuous learning and academic excellence is commendable. I enthusiastically recommend Chhayansh for his dedication, technical prowess, and positive attitude and look forward to having him join my data engineering team at LPL Financial.

Kory Bliss
Kory Bliss
Senior IT Internal Auditor at LPL Financial

Chhayansh did a fantastic job during his time as an IT internal audit intern. He was able to quickly pickup concepts and put them into practice. Questions or concerns that were raised during the testing of controls were well thought out and showed an overall understanding of the purpose of the testing we were performing. It was a pleasure working with Chhayansh and I wish him the very best in all his future endeavors!

Steve Spittler, CPA, CISA
Steve Spittler, CPA, CISA
VP, Technology, Cyber and Product Risk at LPL Financial

It was a pleasure to have Chhayansh intern with our IT Internal Audit team this Summer. He had a great work ethic, completing his testing ahead of schedule. He also knew when to raise questions to his Seniors and manage his workload with minimal oversight. Chhayansh also volunteered to take on extra work to help team members during a busy time. He has a bright future ahead and will make a great addition to any Internal Audit team or Data Analytics function.

Amit Bhatt
Amit Bhatt
Product Manager at ESEM Infostreamz

"I had the privilege of working with Chhayansh during an internship at ESEM Infostreamz where we focused on Google Cloud solutions. Chhayansh demonstrated exceptional technical proficiency and a deep understanding of cloud computing technologies. Throughout the internship, Chhayansh played a key role in several projects and was instrumental in driving their success. Chhayansh consistently demonstrated the ability to work independently, as well as in a team, and brought fresh perspectives and innovative solutions to the table. Chhayansh has a strong work ethic and is always eager to take on new challenges. Strong communication and interpersonal skills make Chhayansh an asset to any team and their technical expertise in Google Cloud solutions makes them a valuable resource in the field. I highly recommend Chhayansh for future employment opportunities and believe they will continue to make a positive impact in their career. If you have any questions about Chhayansh's performance or potential, please don't hesitate to reach out."

End to End Data Engineering on AWS
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Beyond the Code

When I'm not building data pipelines, I'm capturing the world through my lens.

Himalayas — mountain pass
Rajasthan — street market
Austin — city at sunset