ZAK

Full Stack Data Engineer

Tech Lead / Engineering Lead

Passionate about building strong teams, developing scalable ML solutions, and translating between technical and business domains

About Me

I am always keen to continue learning and developing my skills. Additionally, I am passionate about lifting the skillsets of those around me and building up strong teams with high capabilities. I enjoy roles where I can apply my experience and knowledge.

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Leadership & Mentoring

Effective communicator with strong leadership and mentoring abilities, focused on building high-capability teams

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Analytical Problem Solving

Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities with stakeholder management expertise

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Technical Translation

Efficient at translating between technical and business domains, bridging the gap for effective communication

Technologies & Tools

Languages

Python C# JavaScript TypeScript SQL

Frameworks & Libraries

.Net Spark (PySpark) Flask React Native NodeJS

Cloud & Infrastructure

GCP Azure Databricks Data Factory Terraform Docker CI/CD DevOps

Data & Analytics

Delta Live Tables Data Streaming BigQuery DBT CosmosDB MongoDB

Machine Learning

Feature Engineering Distributed Compute RAG LangChain Agent Building VectorDBs VertexAI

Highlights

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Personalization Engine

Key contributor developing an enterprise modular ML service driving marketing across email, app, and web for 6M+ active users. From MVP in 10 weeks to highly optimized production system.

Real-Time Personalization

Built streaming pipelines for 1:1 personalized offers, integrating VertexAI models and streaming customer transactions for national rollout.

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Education & Teaching

Masters in Cybersecurity with perfect 4.0 GPA while working full-time. Taught cybersecurity, cryptography, and secure web services at university level.

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Payment Systems

Architected PCI-compliant payment gateway with Stripe integration, 3DS protocols, ApplePay, and GooglePay for cross-platform React Native app.

Conference Talks

2023

Powering Personalization With Data Lakehouse

Data+AI World Tour Melbourne & Sydney

2023

DataEngBytes Sydney

Community engagement and knowledge sharing

Get In Touch

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