AI-first GCC

    Data Engineering.

    Data platform design, pipeline architecture, quality frameworks, feature stores, and governance - the foundation that makes enterprise AI possible at scale.

    80%

    of AI effort is data work

    99.5%

    target pipeline reliability

    3 zones

    bronze / silver / gold

    Hours

    not weeks to onboard data

    AI is only as good as the data underneath it. Data engineering is the most underinvested layer in most AI programmes - and the one that determines whether models stay in notebooks or run reliably in production.

    Why data is the real AI bottleneck

    Industry surveys repeatedly show that 70-80% of the effort on enterprise AI projects goes into data work - sourcing, cleaning, joining, transforming, and governing. When that work is reactive and per-project, every new use case starts from zero. Velocity stalls and unit cost rises.

    A modern data platform changes this. Reusable pipelines, governed data products, quality contracts, feature stores, and lineage turn data from a per-project chore into a shared asset. Each new AI use case starts from a higher base, ships faster, and costs less.

    NeoIntelli designs and builds the data platform layer - on AWS, Azure, GCP, or hybrid - tuned to AI workloads, integrated with governance, and engineered for the scale GCCs actually operate at.

    What we deliver

    01

    Data platform architecture

    Cloud-native, lakehouse-pattern architecture with ingestion, storage, compute, serving, and governance designed for both analytics and AI workloads.

    02

    Pipeline engineering

    Reliable, tested batch and streaming pipelines with CI/CD, lineage, contract testing, and automated quality checks across the medallion zones.

    03

    Data quality framework

    Automated profiling, validation rules, anomaly detection, freshness SLOs, and a data quality scorecard integrated into the developer workflow.

    04

    Feature store & AI-ready data

    Curated, governed feature stores and vector stores that make AI use cases reusable, consistent, and faster to deliver.

    05

    Data governance & catalog

    Catalog, lineage, access controls, masking, classification, and compliance-ready evidence for DPDPA, GDPR, and sectoral regulation.

    06

    Analytics enablement

    Self-serve analytics for business teams on top of governed data, with semantic layer, BI integration, and trust signals built in.

    Our approach

    01

    Assess

    Inventory data sources, current platform, pipeline reliability, quality posture, governance maturity, and AI use-case demand.

    02

    Architect

    Design the target platform - lakehouse pattern, medallion zones, ingestion, governance, feature store, and serving - sized for current and 3-year scale.

    03

    Build

    Implement platform foundations, migrate priority pipelines, stand up governance and quality frameworks, and onboard the first AI use case.

    04

    Industrialise

    Scale to enterprise coverage, embed FinOps, automate quality and lineage, and operate the platform as a shared product with named owners.

    Common pitfalls we help you avoid

    Per-project data work

    Every use case rebuilding its own pipelines is the single largest waste in enterprise AI.

    No data ownership

    Datasets without named owners drift in quality and lose trust quickly.

    Quality as an afterthought

    Quality bolted on after pipelines exist is 10x more expensive than quality designed in.

    Tool-first thinking

    Choosing platforms before defining data products creates expensive stacks that nobody uses.

    No FinOps

    Cloud data spend grows quietly until it becomes a board issue. Tagging and budgets need to be there from day one.

    Ignoring governance

    DPDPA, GDPR, and sector rules now constrain how data can be used. Late governance forces re-architecture.

    What success looks like

    Pipeline reliability above 99.5% on critical flows

    Data product onboarding measured in hours, not weeks

    Quality scorecard live on every critical dataset

    Feature reuse across AI use cases above 50%

    Cloud data spend under managed FinOps with monthly review

    Compliance evidence automated for DPDPA and applicable regulation

    Frequently asked questions

    What cloud platforms do you support?

    We work across AWS, Azure, GCP, and hybrid setups - and recommend based on your existing investments, regulatory constraints, and AI workload mix.

    How do you handle data quality?

    Through automated profiling, validation contracts, anomaly detection, freshness SLOs, and integration into CI/CD - so quality is measured continuously, not at audit time.

    Do you build data platforms from scratch?

    Both. We build greenfield platforms and modernise existing ones - migrating legacy ETL, on-prem warehouses, and fragmented pipelines into cloud-native lakehouse architectures.

    How does data engineering relate to AI?

    Data engineering provides the reliable, governed, AI-ready foundation that ML and GenAI models depend on - training data, feature stores, vector stores, evaluation datasets, and grounding sources for RAG.

    What tools do you typically work with?

    We are tool-agnostic but frequently use Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery, Spark, dbt, Airflow, Delta Lake, Apache Iceberg, Kafka, and cloud-native services - chosen to fit the stack and team.

    How do you handle data governance and DPDPA?

    Through catalog, lineage, classification, masking, access controls, and automated evidence collection aligned to DPDPA, GDPR, HIPAA, and your enterprise policies.

    What is a feature store and do we need one?

    A feature store is a managed, governed library of model-ready features that can be reused across AI use cases. Most centers with more than three production models benefit from one.

    Can you help with vector stores for GenAI?

    Yes. Vector store selection, embedding strategy, chunking, indexing, and hybrid retrieval are all part of the modern data platform for RAG-based GenAI.