Engineering Insights

Engineering Insights

Practical articles on AI, Data Engineering, Metadata-Driven Development, Snowflake, Enterprise Architecture, and Modern Data Platforms.

Real-world engineering lessons, technical deep dives, and implementation guides by Amit Singh · 16 articles published

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Showing 12 articles tagged #Data Engineering

Data EngineeringIntermediate

From Claim PDFs to Governed Delta Tables with Databricks AI Functions

A practical walkthrough for ingesting P&C claim documents into a Bronze-Silver-Gold lakehouse using Databricks ai_parse_document and ai_extract 2.1, with deterministic validation and a human-review step before data reaches Gold.

#Databricks#AI Functions#ai_extract
Oct 5, 2026
Data EngineeringIntermediate

Extending Databricks Lakehouse Industry Data Models for Property & Casualty Insurance

Explore how the Databricks Lakehouse Industry Data Models approach could be extended to Property & Casualty insurance, covering policy, coverage, risk, premium, claims, grain and AI-assisted data engineering.

#Databricks#Data Engineering#Insurance
Sep 19, 2026
Data EngineeringAdvanced

Databricks Industry Data Models: From AI Coding to AI Architecture

Databricks' 23,000+ table Industry Data Models show how GenAI, metadata, deterministic validation, Unity Catalog and human governance could reshape enterprise data architecture.

#Databricks#Data Engineering#Data Modeling
Sep 8, 2026
AI & Data EngineeringAdvanced

Agentic Engineering: 30 Concepts Are Useful, but Knowing When to Use an Agent Matters More

Understanding agentic AI concepts is important - but the most valuable skill is engineering judgment: knowing when a prompt, Python script, or SQL query is the better answer than an agent.

#Agentic AI#AI Agents#Data Engineering
Sep 4, 2026
Data EngineeringAdvanced

Inside Databricks Instructed-Retriever-1: A Practical Enterprise Search Example

How parallel query generation and multi-pivot reranking can improve enterprise knowledge retrieval beyond traditional RAG.

#Databricks#Instructed-Retriever-1#Knowledge Assistant
Aug 16, 2026
Data ArchitectureAdvanced

How Snowflake Cortex Helped Me Turn an STTM into a Governed Customer 360

A practical pattern for moving from source-to-target mappings and business definitions to a semantic Customer 360 model that business users can query safely.

#Snowflake Cortex#Cortex Analyst#Customer 360
Jun 28, 2026
ETL ModernizationIntermediate

From Informatica XML to Snowflake: Why ETL Migration Needs a Governed Delivery Workflow

Legacy ETL modernization is more than a code conversion exercise. Translating Informatica PowerCenter mappings to Snowflake SQL requires preserving transformation intent, surfacing hidden assumptions, and ensuring human approval before any artifact is released.

#Informatica#Snowflake#ETL Migration
Jun 27, 2026
StrategyBeginner

From Legacy Data Platforms to Modern Data Stacks: Why Metadata Matters More Than Technology

Organizations spend millions modernizing data platforms - yet many programs still struggle. The reason is surprisingly simple: technology changes, metadata remains. Here's why metadata-driven engineering changes the conversation.

#Metadata#Data Modernization#Legacy Migration
Jun 21, 2026
VisionBeginner

From Metadata to Production: The Future of Enterprise Data Engineering

Every migration starts from scratch. Teams rebuild business logic, mappings, transformations, documentation, and test cases - again and again. The technology changes. The business logic does not. What if the real asset is the metadata?

#Metadata#Data Engineering#Modernization
Jun 19, 2026

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