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Complex ETL Pipeline Architecture

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Problem

Scenario

You're discussing a pipeline you built from the ground up and want to explain the architecture clearly. The interviewer is looking for how you structure ingestion, transformation, orchestration, and operational controls in a production ETL system.

Question

Walk me through the architecture of the most complex ETL pipeline you have designed from scratch.