ZECH
Automation & Data · Data

ETL and data pipelines that run on schedule and fail loudly.

We build batch and event-driven pipelines with tested transformations, clear lineage and alerting, so the data downstream is complete, current and explainable.

What we deliver
  • Pipeline inventory and lineage
  • Extraction connectors
  • Tested transformations
  • Orchestration and scheduling
  • Monitoring and alerting
Tools & platforms
Apache AirflowdbtFivetran and AirbyteApache KafkaPython and SQL

Where this helps

Nightly jobs fail silently
A pipeline breaks at 2 a.m., nobody is alerted, and the morning dashboard shows yesterday's numbers — or worse, half of today's.
Pipelines only one person understands
Critical data movement lives in scripts, stored procedures and scheduled tasks written by someone who has since moved on. Changing anything feels risky.
Source changes break everything downstream
A vendor renames a field or an application adds a column, and several reports and integrations break before anyone traces the cause.

What we deliver

01
Pipeline inventory and lineage
A map of existing jobs, their sources, targets, schedules and dependencies, showing which reports and systems rely on each one.
02
Extraction connectors
Reliable extraction from databases, SaaS APIs, files and event streams, with incremental loading and handling for rate limits and retries.
03
Tested transformations
Transformation logic in version control with tests for keys, nulls, accepted values and business rules.
04
Orchestration and scheduling
Dependency-aware scheduling with retries, backfills and clear run history.
05
Monitoring and alerting
Freshness, volume and failure alerts routed to an owner, with enough context to diagnose the problem quickly.

How it works

  1. 01

    Map what exists

    We trace current jobs, dependencies and consumers, and identify the pipelines that break most often or matter most.

  2. 02

    Design the pattern

    We agree on the load pattern — full, incremental or change data capture — along with orchestration, testing standards and naming.

  3. 03

    Build or migrate

    Pipelines are rebuilt or migrated one at a time, with outputs compared against the old version before switching.

  4. 04

    Add observability

    Alerts, lineage and run dashboards are set up as each pipeline goes live.

  5. 05

    Hand over

    Your team receives runbooks and on-call guidance for each pipeline.

Design decisions we make with you

  • ETL or ELT

    Loading raw data first and transforming in the warehouse suits most modern stacks. Transforming before load still makes sense for sensitive fields or constrained targets.

  • Batch, micro-batch or streaming

    Frequency follows the business need. Hourly or daily batches are simpler to run and debug; event streaming is used where latency genuinely matters.

  • Build or buy connectors

    Managed connectors save time for common SaaS sources. Custom extraction is used for internal systems, unusual APIs or where data must not pass through a third party.

  • Failure behavior

    For each pipeline we decide whether a failure should stop downstream jobs, load partial data with a flag or retry, and who is alerted.

Questions buyers ask

Pipelines are one part of the broader platform. Data engineering covers architecture, data models, governance and access; this service focuses on moving and transforming data reliably.

Yes. We migrate one job at a time, run old and new in parallel and compare outputs before switching, so downstream reports do not change unexpectedly.

Often not. We start from how quickly decisions actually depend on the data. Streaming adds operational cost, so we recommend it only where the latency is needed.

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