Building a Scalable And Cost-Efficient BigQuery Platform: Architecture, Practices & Lessons

As data platforms evolve from proof-of-concept pipelines to business-critical systems, scaling BigQuery requires more than writing efficient SQL. Without the right architectural choices, governance, and monitoring, organizations often face unpredictable costs, query slowdowns, and operational instability.

This blog outlines a set of platform-level engineering decisions and best practices adopted to run BigQuery at scale—focused on performance, cost optimization, security and observability. Each practice is backed by real-world implementation examples. Continue reading “Building a Scalable And Cost-Efficient BigQuery Platform: Architecture, Practices & Lessons”

Technical Case Study: Amazon Redshift and Athena as Data Warehousing Solutions

Introduction

Modern data architectures demand flexible, scalable, and cost-effective solutions that can handle diverse analytical workloads. Amazon Web Services offers multiple data warehousing approaches that serve different needs: 

  • Amazon Redshift: A petabyte-scale, fully managed data warehouse designed for complex analytical queries 
  • Amazon Athena: A serverless query service that allows direct querying of data in S3. 

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