Case study
A fintech Lakehouse from scratch
Implementation of a Databricks Lakehouse integrating an entire fintech database.
Problem
The fintech lacked a unified data platform: analytics and reports were slow and data was fragmented across systems.
Architecture
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Solution
- Designed and implemented the Lakehouse (Databricks, Spark, SQL, AWS) from scratch.
- Integrated the entire database into Bronze, Silver and Gold layers.
- Governance practices: quality testing, documentation and access control.
- Foundation for data products and self-service analytics.
Results
- Improved analytics performance.
- Faster report and dashboard updates.
- Solid foundation for the company's first data products.
Stack
Databricks Spark SQL AWS Delta Lake