UK-Based Data Engineering Consultancy

Turning data complexity into business clarity

Petalouda Consulting helps organisations across Finance, Insurance and Telecoms build robust, high-performance data pipelines and analytics infrastructure — so your data works as hard as you do.

15+ Years Experience
3 Industries Served
100% UK Based

A specialist team, built around your data

Petalouda Consulting Limited is a UK-registered data engineering consultancy. The name means butterfly in Greek — a nod to transformation, which is exactly what we do: we transform raw, complex data into clean, reliable, and actionable intelligence.

We are a close-knit team of experienced data engineers who collaborate flexibly on projects of all sizes. Whether you need a single specialist or a full delivery team, we scale to fit your needs without the overhead of a large consultancy.

Our people bring deep expertise from regulated industries, meaning we understand the stakes around data quality, compliance, and performance.

Practical First We build solutions that actually get delivered and maintained
Honest & Direct Clear communication — no jargon, no surprises
Quality Obsessed We care deeply about clean code and robust pipelines
Long-term Partners We invest in understanding your business, not just the ticket

Petalouda Consulting Ltd

Registered in England & Wales · petalouda.co.uk

Finance & Banking Insurance Telecommunications ETL / ELT Data Pipelines SQL & NoSQL Performance Tuning Process Optimisation Cloud Data
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A flexible team of specialists — assembled to match your project scope

Data engineering, end to end

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ETL / ELT Pipeline Development

We design, build, and maintain robust data pipelines that move and transform your data reliably — from source systems to your data warehouse or lake.

Apache Spark dbt Airflow AWS Glue Talend Informatica SSIS Databricks Workato
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Database Development

From schema design to stored procedures and data modelling — we build databases that are well-structured, maintainable, and fit for purpose. Our highly experienced DBAs provide hands-on support across all major platforms.

Oracle PostgreSQL SQL Server Snowflake BigQuery

Performance Optimisation

Slow queries, bloated pipelines, inefficient data flows — we diagnose and fix the root causes, dramatically reducing processing times and costs.

Query Tuning Indexing Partitioning Cost Analysis
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Process Optimisation

We review your data workflows end-to-end and identify inefficiencies — automating manual steps, reducing errors, and improving team productivity.

Automation DataOps CI/CD Monitoring
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Data Migration

Safely migrating data between platforms, databases, or cloud environments — with minimal downtime and zero data loss. We handle the planning, validation, and cutover so your team can focus on business continuity.

Cloud Migration DB Upgrades Data Validation Cutover Planning
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Database Administration Services

Ongoing or project-based DBA support to keep your databases healthy, performant, and secure. From routine maintenance and backups to incident response and capacity planning, we've got your data estate covered.

Oracle DBA SQL Server DBA Backup & Recovery Security & Patching Capacity Planning

Problems solved, results delivered

Finance & Banking

Rebuilding a nightly batch pipeline processing 40M+ records

A retail bank's overnight processing job was routinely overrunning its window, causing downstream failures. We re-architected the pipeline using incremental loading and parallel processing, bringing it back within SLA.

73% reduction in pipeline runtime, eliminating downstream failures
Insurance

Consolidating six data sources into a single claims data warehouse

An insurer was manually reconciling claims data from disparate systems. We built a unified ELT pipeline with dbt transformations, giving analysts a single reliable source of truth for the first time.

8 hrs saved per analyst per week through automated reconciliation
Telecommunications

Real-time network event streaming for a major UK telco

A telecoms provider needed sub-minute visibility into network anomalies. We designed and deployed a Kafka-based streaming pipeline feeding a real-time dashboard, replacing a 15-minute batch process.

15× faster incident detection vs. previous batch-based approach

What our clients say

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"Petalouda transformed our data infrastructure. What used to take hours now runs in minutes. Their team took the time to understand our business before writing a single line of code."
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Sarah R.
Head of Data, Retail Bank
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"They spotted a partitioning issue in our claims pipeline that we'd been living with for two years. Fixed in a week. The team were professional, communicative, and genuinely excellent engineers."
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Mark K.
CTO, Insurance Group
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"Honest, pragmatic consultants who deliver. No unnecessary complexity, no upselling. They built exactly what we needed and left the team fully able to maintain it — that's rare."
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James L.
Engineering Manager, Telecoms

Let's talk about your data challenges

Whether you have a specific project in mind or just want to explore what's possible, we're happy to have a no-obligation conversation. We typically respond within one business day.

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