#240: Overcoming the challenges facing modern data engineering teams

<p>This week on the Data Futurology podcast we host Paul Milinkovic, the APAC Regional Director for the leading data integration platform, StreamSets. Milinkovic joins us to share his insights into data engineers&#39; challenges and the pipelines they manage and maintain.</p> <p>One statistic really highlights just how challenging work environments have become for data engineers: 76 per cent of organisations have a pipeline break at least monthly and for 36 per cent, it&#39;s weekly. Rather than contributing strategically to their organisations, engineers split their time between diagnosis and repair, and building new pipelines. This costs the organisation, as half the time the engineer isn’t being used strategically. It also leads to cultures of over-working, burnout, and high levels of churn within the data engineering team.</p> <p>Another challenge data teams struggle with is competing priorities. When multiple lines of business need pipelines developed, teams often need to triage to accommodate priority tasks, and this affects overall company outcomes. Being able to help organisations deliver a low or no-code environment that is highly visual and accessible to non-data specialists has been a critical benefit for organisations that have adopted StreamSets.</p> <p>Milinkovic then shares two case studies where StreamSets has helped with overcoming these challenges. In one, a bank achieved a seemingly impossible task – becoming compliant with looming Consumer Data Act requirements within four months. Then, a second bank was able to leverage StreamSets to its data to detect and thwart $9 million in fraudulent activity in a single month.</p> <p>For more deep insights into overcoming the challenges facing modern data engineering teams, tune into the podcast!</p> <p>Links</p> <p>Website: <a href="https://streamsets.com">https://streamsets.com</a></p> <p>Follow on LinkedIn:<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/streamsets/"> https://www.linkedin.com/company/streamsets/</a></p> <p>Whitepapers: </p> <p><a href="https