About the Authors

Zhaolong Liu is a seasoned Data Platform Engineer and Lead Data Engineer with extensive experience in data engineering, site reliability, and cloud infrastructure. With expertise in Kubernetes, Spark, and cloud technologies, he leads complex projects, including real-time data processing, CI/CD automation, and event-driven data pipelines.

During his studies, he worked as a programming assistant at his university, gaining early experience in software development. He later contributed to large-scale data engineering and site reliability projects at FlixBus and Miro. He currently works at AVIV Group in Berlin, Germany.