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name: YuXuan Tay avatar: /static/images/avatar.jpg occupation: Machine Learning Engineer company: Meta Platforms Inc email: wyextay@gmail.com twitter: https://twitter.com/yxtay linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yxtay github: https://github.com/yxtay
Hi, my name is YuXuan Tay, originally from Singapore. Currently, I am a Machine Learning Software Engineer in Meta, London, United Kingdom.
I build end-to-end machine learning systems to make business impact. This includes engineering data transformation pipelines, model development, model training scheduling, model serving, deployment and monitoring.
My experience in the data science field started in 2014 and has spanned across industries such as government, consulting, startup, insurance, ecommerce, travel and logistics. This has given me professional experience on data science domains such as topic modelling, text classification, uplift modelling, ranking, dynamic personalised recommendation and visual model explanations. I have also developed models for text generation and embedding learning with matrix factorisation. I am familiar with deep learning techniques in domains such as natural language processing, computer vision and recommendation engines.
I graduated from National University of Singapore with a degree in Bachelor of Science, 1st Class Honours in Statistics. I was the valedictorian for the Statistics Class of 2014.
Outside of work, I enjoy keeping fit with calisthenics workouts and jogging, following Formula 1, mountain hiking, exploring scenery and travelling. I am a father of 1 with my lovely wife, Lynn.
Professional Experience
For more information, please refer to LinkedIn.
| Start | End | Title | Organisation | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2021 | Present | Software Engineer, Machine Learning | Meta | London, United Kingdom |
| Jan 2021 | Jul 2021 | Senior Data Scientist | Ninja Van | Singapore |
| Jul 2020 | Dec 2020 | Data Science Consultant | QuantumBlack | Singapore |
| Aug 2018 | Apr 2020 | Data Scientist, RecSys | Traveloka | Singapore |
| Jun 2017 | Aug 2018 | Senior Associate, Data Science | Lazada | Singapore |
| Jun 2015 | Jun 2017 | Associate Consultant, Data Science Division | GovTech Singapore | Singapore |
| Sep 2014 | Jun 2015 | Graduate Actuarial Analyst | Swiss Re | Singapore |
Technology Skills
Non-exhaustive lists of my technology skills, from most proficient to least.
| Category | Technologies |
|---|---|
| Machine Learning & Data Science | PyTorch Lightning, TensorFlow, CatBoost, Apache Spark, Apache Beam, Data Build Tool, SHAP feature importance, neural networks, recommendation engines, ranking, uplift modeling |
| Deployment & Integration | Git, Docker Compose, GitHub Actions, Git Hooks, Pre-Commit, Virtualenv, Travis CI |
| Automation & Orchestration | Airflow, GNU Make, Ansible, Kuberntes |
| Google Cloud Platform | BigQuery, Storage, AI Platform, Cloud Composer, Cloud Build, Cloud Run, Kubernetes Engine, Compute Engine, Stackdriver Logging, Tracing, Monitor, Dataflow, Dataproc |
| Others | FastAPI, Python, SQL, R, Bash, Linux, JavaScript, Rust, Scala, Java, PHP |
Certifications
| Date | Certificate | Provider |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2020 | [Google Cloud Certified Professional Data Engineer][pde-gcp] | Google Cloud |
| Jun 2020 | [Data Engineering, Big Data, and Machine Learning on GCP][debdml-gcp] | Google Cloud (Coursera) |
| Jun 2020 | [Data Engineering with Google Cloud][de-gcp] | Google Cloud (Coursera) |
| May 2020 | [Architecting with Google Compute Engine Specialisation][architect-gce] | Google Cloud (Coursera) |
| May 2020 | [Cloud Architecture with Google Cloud Specialisation][architect-gcp] | Google Cloud (Coursera) |
| May 2020 | [Cloud Engineering with Google Cloud Specialisation][engineer-gcp] | Google Cloud (Coursera) |
| Feb 2017 | [Machine Learning Specialisation][ml-uwash] | University of Washington (Coursera) |
| Dec 2014 | [Data Science Specialisation][ds-jhu] | Johns Hopkins University (Coursera) |
