Data Scientist

Ph D Candidate

PhD candidate with research in computer systems and algorithmic trading, industry experience as a data engineer, PhD level training in optimization, control theory and data science, and a Master’s in Finance with a focus on econometrics.


Experience: 5 years

Yearly salary: $90,000

Hourly rate: $45

Nationality: 🇨🇳 China

Residency: 🇳🇿 New Zealand


Experience

Data Engineer
Gallagher Group Limited
2022 - 2022
Engineered Azure based data pipelines using Data Factory, Data Lake, Databricks and SQL to ingest, cleanse and model data for analytics. Supported the migration of key pipelines from Data Factory to Databricks, redesigning workflows to improve performance and maintainability. Optimized storage and compute usage, improving reliability, performance and cost of the BI data platform.
Research Assistant
Massey University
2022 - 2023
Performance Analyst
Gallagher Group Limited
2020 - 2022
Primary developer and maintainer of 20 plus BI dashboards across sales, accounting, product and operations. Built and updated complex Power Query and SQL logic to extract, transform and model data from SAP, CRM, IBM databases and O365 systems. Standardized metrics and reporting logic across teams to ensure consistent KPI definitions and reliable performance tracking.

Skills

analyst
backend
quantitative-researcher
data-science
english
chinese-mandarin
japanese