Building and managing a data platform that is both scalable and cost-effective is a challenge many organizations face. We managed an extensive data lake with a lean data team and reduced our Infra Cost by 70%.This article explores how we built it and the lessons we learned. Hopefully, some of these insights will be useful (or at least interesting!) for your own data platform projects, regardless of your team size.Our Data Landscape#We are a fintech startup helping SMEs raise capital from our pla...