About this episode
The shift to a unified data platform is reshaping how pharmaceutical companies manage and orchestrate data. Establishing standards across regions and teams ensures scalability and efficiency in handling large-scale analytics.In this episode, Evgenii Prusov, Senior Data Platform Engineer of Daiichi Sankyo Europe GmbH, joins us to discuss building and scaling a centralized data platform with Airflow and Astronomer.Key Takeaways:00:00 Introduction.02:49 Building a centralized data platform for 15 European countries.05:19 Adopting SaaS to manage Airflow from day one.07:01 Leveraging Airflow for data orchestration across products.08:16 Teaching non-Python users how to work with Airflow is challenging.12:25 Creating a global data community across Europe, the US and Japan.14:04 Monthly calls help share knowledge and align regional teams.15:47 Contributing to the open-source Airflow project as a way to deepen expertise.16:32 Desire for more guidelines, debugging tutorials and testing best practices in Airflow.Resources Mentioned: Evgenii Prusovhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/prusov/Daiichi Sankyo Europe Gmb
