Hi, I'm Lyle Henkeman.

Freelance Data Platform & MLOps Engineer — architecting scalable, cloud-native data & AI platforms on AWS, Databricks & Kubernetes.

About

Data Platforms & MLOps

I design and build modern data platforms that make it easy for data scientists and analysts to work: clean data, robust pipelines, reproducible experiments and push-button deployments of ML workloads.

Engineering Excellence

With ~15 years of engineering experience, I combine software craftsmanship, data engineering and platform thinking to deliver solutions that still work in 3–5 years, not just next sprint.

Cloud & Automation

Cloud-native first: infrastructure as code, containers and Kubernetes to create secure, scalable and repeatable environments across teams and regions.

Enabling Teams

My job is to make other people’s work easier. I mentor engineers and collaborate with data scientists and product teams so platforms actually get used and deliver value.

Technology

Cloud

Amazon Web Services

Databricks

Snowflake

Orchestration & Compute

Kubernetes (EKS)

Docker / ECS

Airflow / MWAA

Data & ML

Spark — Glue, EMR

Delta Lake / Iceberg

dbt, MLflow, Feature Stores

CI/CD & IaC

GitLab CI, GitHub Actions

Terraform, AWS CDK

CloudFormation, ArgoCD

Observability

Prometheus / Grafana

CloudWatch, OpenSearch

Loki, ELK, New Relic

Programming

Python, SQL

TypeScript / JavaScript

Bash

I can help with

Modern Data Platforms

Design and implementation of secure, cost-efficient data lakes and lakehouses on AWS, Databricks and Snowflake — ready for analytics & ML.

MLOps & Production ML

CI/CD for models, experiment tracking, feature stores and serving patterns so ML can be deployed, monitored and iterated with confidence.

Data Engineering & Pipelines

Batch & streaming pipelines, schema management, data quality and observability so stakeholders can trust the numbers they see.

CI/CD & Automation

From Git push to production: automated build, test and deployment pipelines for data & ML workloads.

Cloud Architecture & Migration

Moving from legacy and on-prem into resilient, cloud-native architectures with clear guardrails, security and cost controls.

Platform & Team Enablement

Improving developer experience, mentoring teams and setting up ways of working that help platforms and data products scale across the organisation.

Who's this guy?

Lyle Henkeman

Freelance Data Platform & MLOps Engineer / Entrepreneur

News / Clients

  • Nov 2024

Hello Essent!

People, Planet, Profit and Power — helping Essent build modern data & AI capabilities for the energy transition.

  • Feb 2024

Hello VodafoneZiggo!

Fun and progress with every connection — supporting data & platform initiatives.

  • Oct 2023

Hello Alliander!

Alliander develops and operates energy networks — enabling data-driven decisions across the grid.

  • March 2023

Hello PVH!

One of the world's largest and most admired fashion companies. Building stable, reliable and resilient data platforms at global scale.

  • Oct 2022

Hello DPG Media!

The largest media company in the Netherlands. Building and enhancing the data platform that powers data science, machine learning and analytics.

  • March 2022

Hello Yolt!

Bringing the power of open banking — building secure, efficient and scalable data pipelines to help businesses make better decisions.

  • Sep 2020

Hello NXP!

Together, we accelerate the breakthroughs that advance our world. Building data platforms in AWS with a focus on enabling data scientists to transform data into information.

  • Mar 2020

Hello ASML!

Changing the world, one nanometer at a time. Building Big Data and machine-learning platforms and enabling teams for data-driven solutions.

  • Jan 2019

Hello Nike!

Just do it. Building robust and reliable platforms for data analytics.

Get in touch

KVK

86762222

Phone

+31 683 66 4710

Email

datareaper@kpnmail.nl

Address

Amsterdam, Netherlands