Eleanor is available for hire

Eleanor Thomas

Verified Expert in Engineering

Machine Learning Developer

Location

Ingleside, IL, United States

Toptal Member Since

September 9, 2019

Eleanor is an analytics professional with 7+ years of experience, mostly in financial services/quantitative research and more recently with a healthcare social network. She is proficient in Python and SQL and comfortable with a variety of other programming languages and analytical tools. Her academic background is in mathematics, and she is also experienced with more advanced analytical models and machine learning techniques.

SQL MATLAB Linux Python GitHub Machine Learning PostgreSQL MySQL Snowflake MacOS Jupyter Sublime Text PyCharm Git

Portfolio

Doximity

SQL, Python

Old Mission Capital

Linux, Git, PostgreSQL, Excel VBA, SQL, Python

IMC Financial Markets

SQL, MATLAB

Experience

MATLAB - 7 years SQL - 7 years Quantitative Research - 6 years Linux - 6 years Python - 5 years GitHub - 5 years PostgreSQL - 4 years Machine Learning - 3 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

PyCharm, Sublime Text, GitHub, Jupyter, MacOS

The most amazing...

...project I've worked on is an analytical suite for optimizing the parameters of a volatility trading algorithm.

Work Experience

Data Analyst - Insights

2019 - PRESENT

Doximity

Built and maintained analytics packages to derive business insights and drive sales.
Constructed dimensional model framework for improved analytics capabilities and convert existing data.
Conducted regular code reviews to ensure the quality of data deliverables.

Technologies: SQL, Python

Options Quantitative Researcher (Data Analysis)

2016 - 2019

Old Mission Capital

Built and maintained quantitative research infrastructure using Python, PostgreSQL, Git, and Linux.
Designed, prototyped, visualized and validated pricing algorithms in Python and Excel VBA.
Created and prototyped position management algorithms using Python and Excel VBA.

Technologies: Linux, Git, PostgreSQL, Excel VBA, SQL, Python

Options Trader/Researcher

2012 - 2015

IMC Financial Markets

Conducted quantitative research on options trading strategies.
Built analytical tools in MATLAB utilizing connections to SQL databases.
Contributed to production trading software in conjunction with Java and C++ developers.

Technologies: SQL, MATLAB

Experience

Deep Learning Image Classifier in PyTorch

https://github.com/eleanorthomas/image_classifier

• Utilized transfer learning from pre-trained convolutional neural network to train image classifier for flower species
• Developed command-line application for deploying trained model

Skills

Languages

Python, SQL, Excel VBA, Snowflake

Tools

MATLAB, GitHub, Jupyter, Sublime Text, PyCharm, Git

Paradigms

Quantitative Research

Platforms

Linux, MacOS

Storage

PostgreSQL, MySQL

Other

Machine Learning

Education

2008 - 2012

Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics and Philosophy

Harvey Mudd College - Claremont, CA

Certifications

APRIL 2019 - PRESENT

Data Science Nanodegree

Udacity

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