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Dylan Matthew Rees

London,United Kingdom

Summary

Experienced at developing data science focused engineering solutions at scale in a range of environments including insurance and the government. Committed to continuous professional and personal development I am currently taking a career break after recently finishing an MSc in Data Science while also a full time contributor to industry leading data science team. Aiming to return to work summer 2024 I am open to offers as I carefully consider my next move.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Data Engineer Manager, Data Science Team

LV= General Insurance (Now Allianz Personal)
London
07.2019 - 09.2023

I was responsible in some way for scoping, planning, developing and integrating multiple machine learning projects that in total delivered millions of pounds of benefit to the business. I also contributed to defining the technical best practice, developing the data science platform, line managing junior members of the team and instituting team process and workflows.

Data Engineer, Economic Statistics

Office of National Statistics
Newport
10.2018 - 07.2023

I was responsible for designing, writing, testing and documenting data processing pipelines written in Pandas and PySpark. I also took responsibility for instilling industry standard software development practice in the wider team.

Software Engineer

Incopro
Caerphilly
01.2018 - 10.2018

I was responsible for developing and maintaining a large collection of web scrapers used for monitoring online marketplaces, enabling the protection of customers intellectual property.

Education

Master of Science - Data Science

Bristol University
Bristol
09.2021 - 09.2023

Master of Science - Computer Science

Swansea University
Swansea
09.2016 - 09.2017

Bachelor of Science - Physics

Swansea university
Swansea
09.2013 - 06.2016

Skills

  • Python
  • Microsoft Azure
  • AWS
  • Data platform modernisation
  • ETL processes
  • Data pipelining
  • Machine learning
  • SQL
  • Databricks
  • Containerisation

Interests

In my spare time I like to run, read science fiction, travel and play team sports.

Timeline

Master of Science - Data Science

Bristol University
09.2021 - 09.2023

Data Engineer Manager, Data Science Team

LV= General Insurance (Now Allianz Personal)
07.2019 - 09.2023

Data Engineer, Economic Statistics

Office of National Statistics
10.2018 - 07.2023

Software Engineer

Incopro
01.2018 - 10.2018

Master of Science - Computer Science

Swansea University
09.2016 - 09.2017

Bachelor of Science - Physics

Swansea university
09.2013 - 06.2016
Dylan Matthew Rees