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Data Pipelines

ETL/ELT pipelines with quality checks so analytics stop arguing about numbers.

Data Pipelines move data from apps and ops systems into analytical stores on a schedule you can trust. We implement ingestion, transformation for priority entities, and alerts when freshness or quality breaks—so reporting has a dependable backbone.

From $6,999

Who it’s for

  • Teams replacing manual CSV exports
  • Companies connecting product and billing data for reporting
  • Ops leaders who need trustworthy operational metrics

Problems we address

  • Reports depend on someone remembering to export files
  • Pipeline failures are discovered days later
  • Source schema changes silently break transforms

Expected outcomes

  • Automated ingestion for priority sources
  • Core warehouse models for key entities
  • Alerts on freshness and test failures

Capabilities

Concrete engineering capabilities included in a typical engagement for this service.

Source connector setup and custom extractors

Staging and core model layers

Orchestration and scheduling

Data quality checks

Failure alerting and replay guidance

Documentation for source → model lineage

Technology

Representative technologies used for this service. Final stack depends on your estate.

  • dbt
  • Airbyte / Fivetran
  • BigQuery / Snowflake / Postgres
  • Airflow / cloud schedulers
  • SQL
  • Object storage

Architecture

AI application flow

User requests through the application into model APIs, tools, and storage.

UserApplicationAI APIToolsDatabase

Deliverables

  • Pipeline design for agreed sources
  • Production pipelines and models
  • Quality checks and alerts
  • Lineage / docs for operators
  • Handover for adding the next source

Out of scope

  • Warehouse credit purchases
  • Unlimited historical backfills without scope

Timeline

Typical timeline

2–6 weeks

Timeline depends on scope, access, and dependencies—not a delivery guarantee.

Process

A clear delivery path from discovery through handover and optional support.

  1. 01

    Discovery

    Goals, constraints, success criteria, and current-state review.

  2. 02

    Architecture

    Target design, interfaces, risks, and delivery sequence.

  3. 03

    Implementation

    Incremental build with visible progress and documented decisions.

  4. 04

    Testing

    Functional checks, failure paths, and acceptance criteria validation.

  5. 05

    Deployment

    Controlled release to staging and production with rollback paths.

  6. 06

    Handover

    Runbooks, access notes, and operator/admin walkthrough.

  7. 07

    Support

    Optional hypercare window or retainer continuity after go-live.

Packages

Scoped offerings you can add to cart, or request a quote when the fit is custom.

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Pipeline Foundation

Core warehouse model and two priority source pipelines with quality checks.

Popular

$6,999

  • Source audit for selected systems
  • Two priority source pipelines
  • Core warehouse models
  • Data quality checks
  • Freshness alerts
  • Operator documentation

FAQ

The Pipeline Foundation package covers two priority sources. Additional sources are scoped as follow-on work.

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Tell us about your environment, constraints, and target outcomes. We’ll recommend a package or a scoped quote.