About - Griffin Rush

About Me

Philadelphia Native. IU Graduate. Data Engineer.

I am a Philadelphia native who is a passionate sports fan. I hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Informatics with minors in Business and Financial Literacy from Indiana University.

I work for General Motors as a Data Engineer where I develop and maintain data pipelines that process millions of rows of data. I am experienced in architecting agentic systems taking natural-language to query internal datasets that bolster business initiatives.

Beyond the technical realm, I find creative expression through photography and videography, capturing stories that resonate with authenticity and emotion. This dual pursuit of analytical precision and artistic vision shapes my unique perspective on problem-solving and innovation.

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Education

Indiana University - Bloomington

B.S. Informatics

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Location

New York, NY

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Currently

Data Engineer L6

General Motors

Technical Expertise

Engineering Solutions at Scale

Data Engineer - L6

General Motors

Jan 2024 - Present

Build and maintain production data pipelines using PySpark, SQL, and Python within Databricks Unity Catalog to support business intelligence and analytics across marketing and business units. Architect scalable solutions on Azure Databricks with Delta Lake and Spark to process large-scale transactional and event data from 1st and 3rd party sources. Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver self-service analytics and ML-ready data products while championing best practices and continuous learning.

PySpark SQL Python Azure Databricks Delta Lake Unity Catalog Cross-Functional Collaboration

Data Engineer - L5

General Motors

Jul 2021 - Dec 2023

Drove migration of 100+ scheduled processes from DataStage to modern on-prem tools, reducing technical debt and optimizing performance. Delivered $32.5M in potential business benefit through customer happiness analytics. Achieved 95%+ SLA for critical data pipelines using PySpark and Kafka streaming.

PySpark DataStage Process Migration On-Call Support

Featured Projects

Agentic Analytics Platform

Designed and deployed a multi-agent analytics platform integrating Databricks Genie, Unity Catalog, and custom LangGraph agents to enable governed natural-language querying of marketing datasets, campaign performance metrics, and experimentation results
Architected a custom LangGraph supervisor agent to orchestrate multiple specialized sub-agents including vector search for semantic retrieval, externally-served agents (Genie) for structured experiment data, and in-code agents for dynamic code execution and programming assistance
Engineered robust prompt orchestration with system prompts and policy guardrails to ensure concise, grounded, and compliant responses while managing tool routing, SQL generation, and policy filters to map business questions to correct Delta tables and metrics
Deployed agent as an MLflow ResponsesAgent for seamless integration, version control, and end-to-end tracing of agent interactions and model performance

LangGraph Databricks Genie Unity Catalog MLflow Multi-Agent Systems

Automated Template Processing & Dynamic Content Generation

Automated end-to-end deck generation that reads governed PowerPoint templates from Volumes, populates text and image placeholders from source tables, and writes polished outputs, eliminating manual deck assembly
Preserved brand-consistent formatting by copying font attributes during text replacement, ensuring professional visuals without rework
Built a reusable parameterized workflow including widgets for template, table, filters, and output that lets teams generate tailored presentations without code changes
Improved reliability with exception-safe image handling and text/table fallbacks, keeping runs/paragraphs valid and reducing failed outputs

Python PowerPoint Automation Databricks Workflows Template Processing

Core Technologies

Technical Stack

Proficient in modern data engineering tools and cloud platforms, with expertise spanning from traditional big data technologies to cutting-edge AI/ML frameworks and cloud solutions.

Data Engineering Tools

SQL Spark Databricks Hadoop Hive PowerBI

AI/ML Frameworks

MLflow LangGraph Vector Search/RAG

Programming Languages

Python Unix Shell Scripting

Cloud/Big Data Technologies

Azure

Creative Portfolio

Visual Stories & Moments

Passionate about capturing moments and storytelling about life experiences. Photographer, videographer, runner, frequent food eater, and avid Spotify listener. I lean in to the aesthetics of my own life but inspired by many. Iterative creator.