Inside Vinted’s Code-Generated Airflow Pipelines with Oscar Ligthart and Rodrigo Loredo

The shift from monolithic to decentralized data workflows changes how teams build, connect and scale pipelines.

In this episode, we feature Oscar Ligthart, Lead Data Engineer, and Rodrigo Loredo, Lead Analytics Engineer, both at Vinted, as we unpack their YAML-driven abstraction that generates Airflow DAGs and standardizes cross-team orchestration.

Key Takeaways:

• 00:00 Introduction.
• 05:28 Challenges of decentralization.
• 06:45 YAML-based generator standardizes pipelines and dependencies.
• 12:28 Declarative assets and sensors align cross-DAG dependencies.
• 17:29 Task-level callbacks enable auto-recovery and clear ownership.
• 21:39 Standardized building blocks simplify upgrades and maintenance.
• 24:52 Platform focus frees domain work.
• 26:49 Container-only standardization prevents sprawl.

Resources Mentioned:

• Oscar Ligthart
• Rodrigo Loredo
• Vinted (LinkedIn)
• Vinted (Website)
• Apache Airflow
• Kubernetes
• dbt
• Google Cloud Vertex AI
• Airflow Datasets & Assets (concepts)
• Airflow Summit

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