Max Flander
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Max has been working as a data scientist since 2013, backed by a Ph.D. in mathematics. His areas of expertise include data engineering, predictive modeling, recommender systems, information retrieval, and crowdsourced data curation. With exceptional communication skills and his knack for cutting to the heart of the discussion, Max has worked in Agile teams of varying sizes, and he is known for running highly effective stand-ups, planning, and team retrospectives.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, Git, Linux
The most amazing...
...thing I've built is a 20GB per day AWS S3 JSON to HDFS/Impala ETL pipeline, using Hive and Hadoop Streaming.
Work Experience
Data Scientist
SEEK, Ltd.
- Performed data analysis and modeling, using Python, Pandas, and scikit-learn.
- Worked on a team that was building a Haskell ETL pipeline.
- Implemented real-time data visualization using D3, Google Maps, and Tableau.
- Built a 20GB per day AWS S3 JSON to HDFS/Impala ETL pipeline, using Hive and Hadoop Streaming.
- Crowdsourced a data curation project, using CrowdFlower.
- Built and deployed a batch-scored predictive model running on six million records per week on a SQL Server.
Data Scientist
Predictive Match
- Built a recommender system for a real estate website, using Python.
- Developed a prioritization model for recommendation algorithms using RapidMiner.
- Implemented data analysis and visualization, using a Python data science stack.
- Performed clustering analysis of users, using scikit-learn.
- Collaborated using tools such as Trello and Bitbucket.
Experience
eBay Sale Predictor in Python
I was inspired to build this toy because I was bored with sifting through unwanted ads on eBay. The model performed well—with a ROC AUC of 0.7 on the example I looked at—considering it is trained only on the ad title and price. All the dependencies were included in the Anaconda distribution of Python 3.4.
Skills
Languages
Python, SQL, Clojure, Python 3, Ruby, Haskell, JavaScript
Frameworks
Apache Spark, Hadoop, Mach-II, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Flask, Spark, Windows PowerShell, ClojureScript
Libraries/APIs
Pandas, Requests, Scikit-learn, Matplotlib, TensorFlow, PyTorch
Tools
Amazon Elastic MapReduce (EMR), Apache, Git, Tableau, Emacs, AWS CloudFormation
Paradigms
Agile Software Development, Mobile Development, Continuous Delivery (CD), Functional Programming, Continuous Integration (CI), Unit Testing
Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, Linux, Unix, Kubernetes, Windows, Windows Server 2012, RapidMiner, Anaconda
Storage
Redshift, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Microsoft SQL Server, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB
Other
Web Scraping, Regular Expressions, Smart Contracts, Security, ADK, Quality Assurance (QA), Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing (NLP), GPT, Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPT), Integration Testing, Mathematics, eBay, Gradient Boosted Trees, Scraping
Education
Ph.D. in Mathematics
University of Melburne - Melbourne, Australia
Bachelor of Science (Honors) Degree in Mathematics
University of Melburne - Melbourne, Australia
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