Practice 01 · Data Engineering

Data warehousing and BI on Fabric, Databricks and Snowflake, engineered for AI.

Contemplr's certified data engineers design, build and run modern data platforms: warehouses and lakehouses, semantic models and Power BI, real-time pipelines and observability. We recommend the platform that fits your estate, and we reconcile every number before anyone builds AI on top of it.

Certified Platform Expertise

Three platforms. One engineering standard.

Our engineers hold current certifications across the three leading cloud data platforms, so each recommendation rests on fit: a Microsoft estate, data-science depth or multi-cloud sharing.

Microsoft FabricCertified
Best fit: Microsoft-first estates, Power BI at scale

One SaaS platform for engineering, warehousing, real-time analytics and BI on a single copy of data in OneLake.

  • Lakehouse and Warehouse on OneLake (Delta)
  • Data Factory pipelines and Dataflows Gen2
  • Direct Lake semantic models for Power BI
  • Real-Time Intelligence and Eventstreams
  • Purview governance, capacity sizing and FinOps
DP-600DP-700Power BI
DatabricksCertified
Best fit: heavy engineering, data science and ML

The Data Intelligence Platform for large-scale Spark engineering, streaming and machine learning on open Delta Lake.

  • Delta Lake medallion and Delta Live Tables
  • Databricks SQL warehouses for BI
  • Unity Catalog lineage, access control and sharing
  • MLflow, Feature Store and Mosaic AI
  • Structured Streaming and Auto Loader
Data Engineer ProSparkMLflow
SnowflakeCertified
Best fit: SQL-centric teams, multi-cloud, data sharing

The AI Data Cloud: elastic, low-administration warehousing with secure sharing across clouds and partners.

  • Warehouse design, clustering and cost control
  • Snowpipe, Streams, Tasks and Dynamic Tables
  • Snowpark for Python pipelines
  • Cortex AI and Horizon governance
  • Secure Data Sharing and Marketplace
SnowPro CoreSnowPro Advanceddbt
Decision factorMicrosoft FabricDatabricksSnowflake
Operating modelSaaS, capacity-based (F SKUs)PaaS in your cloud, DBU-basedSaaS, credit-based per warehouse
Sweet spotPower BI-heavy, Microsoft 365 and Azure estatesSpark engineering, ML and streamingSQL analytics, sharing, multi-cloud
Storage formatDelta on OneLakeDelta Lake with UniForm for IcebergNative tables plus Apache Iceberg
BI pathDirect Lake, no import refreshDatabricks SQL with Power BI or TableauLive connection to any BI tool
GovernanceMicrosoft PurviewUnity CatalogSnowflake Horizon
AI featuresCopilot, Data AgentsMosaic AI, GenieCortex AI, Snowflake Intelligence

Undecided? Our two-week assessment benchmarks your real workloads on the short-listed platforms before you commit.

Team Certifications
DP-600
Microsoft Certified
Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate
DP-700
Microsoft Certified
Fabric Data Engineer Associate
DE PRO
Databricks Certified
Data Engineer Professional
CORE
Snowflake Certified
SnowPro Core
ADV
Snowflake Certified
SnowPro Advanced: Data Engineer
Reference Architecture

A Contemplr data platform, end to end.

The same blueprint adapts to all three platforms: governed ingestion, a medallion lakehouse and a certified semantic layer, with observability and governance running across every stage.

SOURCESINGESTLAKEHOUSE / WAREHOUSESERVECONSUMEERPNetSuite · SAPCRMDynamics · SFDCProperty / Ops appsIoTEvents · CDCFilesSharePoint · APIsPipelinesFabric Data FactoryDatabricks Auto LoaderSnowpipe · OpenflowKafka · Debezium CDCONELAKE · DELTA · ICEBERG · SNOWFLAKE STORAGEBronzerawimmutableSilvercleansedconformedGoldstar schemamartsdbt · Spark · SQL · Delta Live Tables · Dynamic Tablesdata contracts · tests · SCD2 · incremental loadsMedallion architectureSemantic ModelDirect Lake · metricsFeature / VectorML · RAG · GeniePower BIexecutive & opsEmbedded BIin ERP / portalsAI Appscopilots · agentsData ProductsAPIs · sharingGOVERNANCE: Microsoft Purview · Unity Catalog · Snowflake Horizon · RLS · masking · lineageOBSERVABILITY: pipeline freshness · volume · schema drift · cost · SLA alerts (ClickHouse · OpenTelemetry)
Reference architecture. Platform-specific services change per engagement; the layers, contracts and controls stay the same.
Offerings

What we deliver in Data Engineering.

Data Warehouse Modernization

Re-platform legacy SQL Server, Oracle, Teradata and on-premises cubes to Fabric Warehouse, Databricks SQL or Snowflake, with schema conversion, reconciliation and parallel-run sign-off.

Assessment and TCOCode conversionReconciliation

Lakehouse and Medallion Design

Bronze, Silver and Gold layers on OneLake, Delta Lake or Iceberg, with incremental loads, SCD2 history, data contracts and automated testing.

DeltaIcebergdbt

BI, Semantic Models and Power BI

Star schemas, certified semantic models and Direct Lake Power BI, plus embedded analytics inside ERP systems and customer portals.

Power BIDirect LakeEmbedded BI

Real-Time and Streaming

Kafka, Eventstreams, Structured Streaming and Snowpipe Streaming for operational dashboards that refresh in seconds.

KafkaEventstreamCDC

Integration and Migration

ERP, CRM and SaaS integration with NetSuite, Dynamics, SAP and Salesforce, using CDC and API pipelines that survive schema change.

NetSuiteCDCAPIs

Governance, Security and FinOps

Microsoft Purview, Unity Catalog and Snowflake Horizon for lineage, row-level security, masking and access reviews, with cost guardrails on capacity and credits.

PurviewUnity CatalogFinOps

Real-Time Observability

Full-fidelity telemetry for pipelines, platforms and the business itself on ClickHouse, OpenTelemetry and Grafana.

ClickHouseOpenTelemetryGrafana

Insights-as-a-Service

The output of every platform we build: we run it and deliver decision-ready KPIs, signal briefings and executive insight packs on a monthly subscription.

Managed analyticsInsight packsAnalyst reviews
Delivery Method

From first workshop to trusted dashboards.

Step 1 · 2 weeks

Assess

Source inventory, data-quality profiling, KPI catalog, platform fit and TCO.

Step 2 · 2 to 3 weeks

Architect

Target architecture, medallion and semantic design, security model and landing zone.

Step 3 · Sprints

Build

Pipelines, models and reports by subject area. Each sprint ships usable data.

Step 4 · Parallel run

Reconcile

Numbers matched to finance and source systems before the old report is retired.

Step 5 · Ongoing

Operate

Hypercare, pipeline SLAs, cost tuning and new subject areas on a managed cadence.

Insights-as-a-Service

A data platform is the start. Insight is what it is for.

After implementation, Contemplr keeps your data and AI platforms running and turns what they reveal into daily KPIs, weekly signal briefings and a monthly executive insight pack.

Data Engineering · Real-Time Observability

Real-Time Observability.
Actionable Insights.
Business Impact.

Real-time observability is part of our Data Engineering practice. We deploy and operate enterprise observability platforms on ClickHouse, one of the fastest real-time analytics databases available, and we architect the full stack: ingestion, enrichment, analytics, alerting and business-facing dashboards.

From financial-services loan-lifecycle monitoring to connected-vehicle telemetry and live market microstructure, our deployments become the operational backbone for organizations that can't afford blind spots.

ClickHouseApache KafkaOpenTelemetryGrafanaPrometheusksqlDBDebezium CDCVectorFluent BitdbtAirflow
<100ms
Query Latency
PB+
Event Scale
99.99%
Uptime SLA
Real-Time
AI Telemetry
40min
Earlier Anomaly Detection
6+
Use-Case Domains
Why ClickHouse

The economics of seeing everything.

Traditional observability stacks force a brutal trade-off: either you capture everything and pay seven figures, or you sample and accept blind spots. ClickHouse removes the trade-off with full-fidelity ingest, sub-second analytics and high-cardinality business observability at a fraction of legacy cost.

We pair ClickHouse with a real-time reduction layer so millions of raw events become a handful of meaningful, actionable signals. That is the difference between data you store and insight you act on.

Observability platform comparison, ClickHouse delivers top-tier business observability and real-time analytics at the lowest annual cost
Platform comparison. ClickHouse delivers leading business observability & real-time analytics at the lowest annual cost band.
Case Study · Financial Services

A single backbone for the
entire loan business.

A real-time observability and analytics platform for a major financial-services client, spanning loan lifecycle, dealer operations, payments, collections, fraud, and infrastructure on one ClickHouse-powered backbone.

Real-Time Observability Platform: Financial Services

ingestion → kafka streaming → clickhouse analytics → executive dashboards

Live Deployment · ClickHouse
End-to-end ClickHouse observability architecture for financial services
6+
Observability Domains
<100ms
Query Response
Real-Time
Fraud Alerting
360°
Loan Lifecycle View
Auto
Ticket Escalation
PB+
Events Handled
Case Study · Connected Industry

From the factory floor to the
vehicle, in real time.

A business-observability platform unifying manufacturing, fleet & vehicle telemetry, supply chain, and customer signals, turning millions of IoT and operational events into command-center clarity.

Connected Industry Observability: Manufacturing & Mobility

iot & cdc → kafka → clickhouse domains → insights & command center

Reference Architecture · ClickHouse
ClickHouse business observability architecture for manufacturing and connected mobility
8
Business Domains
IoT→CH
Device to ClickHouse
Predict
Maintenance & Failure
Multi
Cloud / Hybrid
Real-Time
Command Center
Architecture Breakdown

What we build. What it delivers.

Data Ingestion Layer

Real-time collectors (Fluent Bit / Vector), API & event streams, database CDC via Debezium, batch file ingest and cloud infrastructure logs, unified into one streaming backbone.

Kafka Streaming

Apache Kafka as the event backbone with ksqlDB stream processing for enrichment, filtering and aggregation in real time before data lands in ClickHouse.

ClickHouse Core

Raw event store, parsed & enriched events, business event models, materialized aggregations, and domain data marts, structured for sub-second queries at petabyte scale.

Executive Dashboards

Revenue, volume, risk, and SLA views. Operations, performance, customer experience, and risk monitoring, in real time and by role.

Alerting & Auto-Escalation

Real-time SLA, failure, and anomaly alerts via Email, SMS, Teams, Slack. ServiceNow / Jira integration with automatic ticketing and escalation.

Security & Governance

IAM, row-level security, data masking and audit trails deliver regulatory compliance without sacrificing real-time performance.

Make your data AI-ready.

Start with a two-week assessment: platform fit, a data-quality baseline and a costed roadmap on Fabric, Databricks or Snowflake.

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The Contemplr Brief

Insights for leaders who run on data.

One short email a month with patterns we see across data platforms, AI programs and e-invoicing rollouts. Longer essays are on our Substack.