Peter Kaszt
Helping companies build with Databricks, Spark & Python
Contact
- (Mobile) 0036 30 5025856
- (Email) kasztp@gmail.com
- (LinkedIn) www.linkedin.com/in/peterkaszt
- (GitHub) github.com/kasztp
Summary
AI/ML and Data Engineer with experience building solutions using Databricks, Spark, and Python. Proven ability in project management and team leadership. Leverages over a decade of prior experience in Technical Recruitment and Talent Acquisition leadership before transitioning back into a hands-on technical role. Committed to continuous learning and getting things done.
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Project List:
Current Stack:
- Python, Spark, SQL, Delta Lake, Databricks
- Azure (primarily), AWS, GCP (basic familiarity)
- GitHub Actions and Databricks Asset Bundles for CI/CD
- Azure Boards, Jira and GitHub Projects for tracking and collaboration
Past Focus: Talent Acquisition Professional (Recruitment Manager, Trainer, Consultant)
Technology Experience
HTEC
AI Engineer, Data Engineer July 2025 - present Budapest, Hungary
- Internal RAG application development
- Databricks-specific expertise sharing across the organization
- Interviewing Data Engineers
- Getting more Databricks, Cloud related & internal AI certifications.
Databricks
Solutions Consultant, Solutions Architect (via Datapao) May 2022 - July 2025 Remote, with clients across EMEA
I’m part of Databricks’ Field Engineering Organization. My main purpose as a Solutions Consultant / Solutions Architect / Resident Solutions Architect is assisting Databricks Customers across various industries in achieving their Data & AI goals. Worked with clients ranging from Startup to Enterprise scale, mainly from NL, UK, DE, ES in a remote fashion, with multiple on-site visits when necessary.
Example Projects:
- ML model and Gen AI development for enterprise business problems. (e.g. classification, document processing with LLMs)
- Near real-time ingestion of Australian Energy Market data for an enterprise client.
- SAP HANA/BODS to Azure Databricks migration for a Global Retail Analytics platform (Top 5 Energy company).
- Development of a Spark-native, highly scalable solution for matching hundreds of thousands of financial items.
- Custom PyTorch data loader for NN training, performance optimization of model training and inference.
- Cost and performance optimization of Apache Spark / Databricks workloads.
- Architecture reviews, and best practice workshops for various clients.
Datapao
Data Engineer, ML Engineer February 2022 - July 2025 Budapest, Hungary
Data Engineering & ML related projects and consultancy, primarily using the Databricks platform and Apache Spark on various cloud providers with Python and SQL. I’m also actively participating in various aspects of the company, helping growth wherever I can.
Additional Activities:
- Internal Hackathons
- Slackbot development
- Databricks REST API based automation development
- LLM, RAG, and Vector Database/Search related solution development
- Writing technical content (blogposts, etc.)
- Various internal process improvement projects
- Technical interviewing
IBM
Tivoli Administrator / Monitoring Developer March 2009 - July 2011
- Provided L3 24/7 support for IBM Tivoli Management Framework, Firewall Toolbox, IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM 5.x/6.2.x, Omegamon XE).
- Developed monitoring solutions for ITM6, Omegamon XE (MQ / zVM).
- Designed, implemented, and supported ITM6 KDE Gateway.
- Developed custom shell scripts.
Talent Acquisition Leadership & Recruitment Experience (Summary)
July 2011 - February 2022 (~10 Years 7 Months) Budapest, Hungary | Zurich, Switzerland | Vienna, Austria
Following the technical role at IBM, dedicated over a decade to specializing in IT/Technology Talent Acquisition. This period involved progressive responsibility across agency, RPO, and corporate in-house settings, focusing on recruitment strategy, execution, and leadership within local (Hungary, Switzerland) and international (EMEA) contexts.
- Key Roles & Progression: Evolved from HR Consultant/Technical Recruiter roles to Sourcing Lead, Recruitment Project Manager, Team Lead, and ultimately Vice President of EMEA Talent Acquisition for Blackrock.
- Core Expertise:
- End-to-End Technical Recruitment: Sourcing, screening, interviewing, and hiring for a wide range of niche and senior technology roles (Software Engineering, Architecture, Infrastructure, Data, Management, etc.)
- Strategic Leadership: Developing and implementing recruitment/sourcing strategies, process optimization (consistently achieving numerous measurable KPI improvements), managing employer branding, driving diversity initiatives, team leadership, and mentoring and mangement. (Direct reports up-to 12 FTE, 1-3 different locations and countries.)
- Stakeholder & Client Management: Partnering with hiring managers, senior leadership, and clients; managing RPO engagements.
- Entrepreneurship: Co-founded TalentStack (recruitment consultancy) during this period, providing RPO, training, and advisory services. Experience in key account management, sales, scaling the team from 2 to 7 FTE. +100% YoY revenue growth despite the COVID pandemic.
- Representative Employers/Engagements: BlackRock, EPAM Systems, Nokia Networks, ManpowerGroup Solutions, Misys, MSCI Inc., Emarsys, NNG LLC, Exact Solutions, and RPO partnerships via TalentStack (TrueMotion, TIER Mobility, Deloitte, etc.)
Skills
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Technical: Python, Apache Spark, SQL, Delta Lake, Databricks, Azure, AWS, GCP, CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Databricks Asset Bundles), Testing, REST APIs, Shell Scripting, LLMs, RAG, Vector Databases and libraries (e.g. Databricks Vector Search, ChromaDB, FAISS, Azure AI Search), ETL/ELT, Data Migration, Machine Learning Concepts
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Other: Project Management, Stakeholder Management, Team Leadership, Process Optimization, Employer Branding, Talent Acquisition, Coaching & Mentoring, Pre-sales Support, Sales, Sales/Technical Contect generation, Startup experience
Languages
- Hungarian: Native
- English: Full Professional
- German: Elementary (Happy to improve)
Certifications
Databricks
- Databricks Certified Generative AI Engineer Associatae (Issued Oct 2025)
- Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional (Issued Sep 2025)
- Partner Training - Advantages of Data Intelligence & Interoperability with SAP (Issued Feb 2025)
- Gen AI & LLM on Databricks - Pre-sales (Issued Oct 2024)
- Partner Training - Advantages of Gen AI & LLM on Databricks (Leadership) (Issued Oct 2024)
- Academy Accreditation - Generative AI Fundamentals (Issued Dec 2023)
- Partner Training - Cloud Data Warehouse Migration (Verified) (Issued Dec 2023)
- Partner Training - Cloud Native SPARK Migration (Verified) (Issued Nov 2023)
- Partner Training - Sales Hadoop Migration - All Clouds (Issued Nov 2023)
- Partner Training - Spark Migration (Issued Nov 2023)
- Databricks Certified Associate Developer for Apache Spark 3.0 (Issued Mar 2022)
- Academy Accreditation - Databricks Lakehouse Fundamentals (Issued Dec 2023)
WorldQuant University
- Applied Data Science II: Machine Learning & Statistical Analysis (with honors) (Issued Dec 2020)
- Applied Data Science I: Scientific Computing & Python (with honors) (Issued Jun 2020)
University of Michigan / Coursera
- Python for Everybody Specialization (Issued Mar 2020)
HackerRank
- Problem Solving (Basic) Certificate (Issued Jun 2020)
- Python (Basic) Certificate (Issued Jun 2020)
Honors & Awards
- Award for Technology Center Development Work - Code Jam organizer (During Nokia tenure)
Education
- University of Pannonia
- IT & Economics (unfinished due to family reasons)
- IT Sourcing Bootcamp
- Mentor - IT/Tech Sourcing & Recruitment (2020)
Hobbies
- Spending time & traveling with my family
- Running and general fitness
- Reading (technical and non-technical books)
- Participating in hackathons, and AWS Deepracer League, Learning something new