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Luke Phan

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Head of Data Engineering at Gusto
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Luke leads data engineering at Gusto, spearheading the companys migration to Snowflake and adopting AI automation. A Penn State University graduate, he specializes in building scalable data solutions and is described by colleagues as a "rock star" and "team player. "

He aims to make his companys "data Phantasies a reality, " a clever play on his last name.

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Experience
14 Years
Current Role
Head of Data Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
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Data Modernization
He is leading Gusto's entire data warehouse migration from Redshift to Snowflake, including the replatforming of over 2, 000 data models using dbt.
AI in Data Ops
He implements AI-powered tools to accelerate migration, automate code reviews, and validate data pipelines, significantly boosting his team's efficiency.
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Career

Work history

10-2025
Head of Data Engineering
Gusto
7-2019 - 10-2025
Senior Manager, Analytics Engineering [People Empowerment]
Gusto
12-2016 - 6-2019
Lead Data Engineer
Blurb
3-2014 - 12-2016
Application Developer
Bank of the West
1-2012 - 1-2014
Senior Business Intelligence Engineer
JustAnswer
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Education
Bachelor's degree
Penn State University
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