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I am a dynamic and detail-oriented Data Scientist and Financial Engineering specialist with a passion for building ML-powered solutions that solve real business problems. My expertise spans ML model development, data annotation and labeling, NLP, computer vision, and end-to-end data pipelines. Currently pursuing an MSc in Financial Engineering at WorldQuant University where I lead cross-functional research projects as Group Leader. I have a proven track record across financial analytics, Python engineering, and cross-functional collaboration, and I am committed to delivering production-ready AI solutions that drive measurable outcomes.…I am a dynamic and detail-oriented Data Scientist and Financial Engineering specialist with a passion for building ML-powered solutions that solve real business problems. My expertise spans ML model development, data annotation and labeling, NLP, computer vision, and end-to-end data pipelines. Currently pursuing an MSc in Financial Engineering at WorldQuant University where I lead cross-functional research projects as Group Leader. I have a proven track record across financial analytics, Python engineering, and cross-functional collaboration, and I am committed to delivering production-ready AI solutions that drive measurable outcomes.

Allan Simiyu Waliaulah

Data Scientist, Data Visualizer, Database Developer, +5

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I am a dynamic and detail-oriented Data Scientist and Financial Engineering specialist with a passion for building ML-powered solutions that solve real business problems. My expertise spans ML model development, data annotation and labeling, NLP, computer vision, and end-to-end data pipelines. Currently pursuing an MSc in Financial Engineering at WorldQuant University where I lead cross-functional research projects as Group Leader. I have a proven track record across financial analytics, Python engineering, and cross-functional collaboration, and I am committed to delivering production-ready AI solutions that drive measurable outcomes.…I am a dynamic and detail-oriented Data Scientist and Financial Engineering specialist with a passion for building ML-powered solutions that solve real business problems. My expertise spans ML model development, data annotation and labeling, NLP, computer vision, and end-to-end data pipelines. Currently pursuing an MSc in Financial Engineering at WorldQuant University where I lead cross-functional research projects as Group Leader. I have a proven track record across financial analytics, Python engineering, and cross-functional collaboration, and I am committed to delivering production-ready AI solutions that drive measurable outcomes.

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I am a dynamic and detail-oriented Data Scientist and Financial Engineering specialist with a passion for building ML-powered solutions that solve real business problems. My expertise spans ML model development, data annotation and labeling, NLP, computer vision, and end-to-end data pipelines.

Currently pursuing an MSc in Financial Engineering at WorldQuant University where I lead cross-functional research projects as Group Leader. I have a proven track record across financial analytics, Python engineering, and cross-functional collaboration, and I am committed to delivering production-ready AI solutions that drive measurable outcomes.

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Language

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Swahili

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Work Experience

Group Leader at WorldQuant University

January 1, 2025 - Present

Led cross-functional student research teams across multiple quantitative finance and ML projects, coordinating timelines, task allocation, and deliverables. Supported research in financial modeling, portfolio analysis, risk management, and derivatives pricing; collaborated with peers and faculty to translate AI outputs into actionable insights.

Mathematics Tutor (Part-Time) at Studypool Inc.

January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2023

Tutored and mentored students in mathematics and statistics, developed curriculum-aligned practice materials, and tracked student progress to improve understanding and performance.

Data Annotation & AI Training Specialist (Contract) at Remotasks

January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2022

Executed bounding box and classification labeling across image datasets; performed NLP annotation tasks (intent classification, NER, sentiment tagging, relation extraction); contributed to RLHF tasks, synthetic data generation, QA, and dataset quality assurance.

Backend Engineer (Contract) at Outlier

January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

Developed backend services and APIs to support AI data platforms; built and optimized data ingestion and processing pipelines; collaborated with ML teams to ensure reliability and scalability.

Financial Data Analyst at EQ Financial Solutions

January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024

Modelled financial projections and identified market risks using quantitative analysis and ML-driven scenario modeling in Python; contributed to data-driven decision making and risk assessment.

Data Science Analyst Intern at Cranes Data Analytics

January 1, 2024 - Present

Data science internship focusing on data collection, cleaning, feature engineering, and exploratory data analysis to support analytics initiatives.

Data Annotation Specialist (Contract) at Aligner

January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2023

Applied data labeling across image, text, and multimodal datasets; designed label schemas, performed QA, and ensured consistency for ML training.

Mathematics Tutor at StudyPool Inc.

January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2023

Mathematics tutor (Part-Time), tutoring high school and college students, developing curriculum-aligned lessons, and tracking student progress.

Education

MSc in Financial Engineering at WorldQuant University

January 1, 2025 - January 1, 2026

Professional Certificate — Full-Stack Data Science at African Leadership University

January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2024

B.Ed. in Science — Mathematics at Machakos University

January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2023

MSc in Financial Engineering at WorldQuant University

January 1, 2025 - January 1, 2026

B.Ed. in Science — Mathematics at Machakos University

January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2023

Qualifications

Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate

January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2024

IBM Data Science Professional Certificate

January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2023

AWS Certified Data Analytics – Specialty

January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2024

TensorFlow Developer Certificate

January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2024

DeepLearning.AI NLP Specialization

January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2024

FRM Level 1