Work & Leadership Log

Built and maintained Python data ingestion pipelines at a quantitative hedge fund, collecting and transforming alternative datasets from APIs, web platforms, and vendor systems to support quantitative research and production trading.

• /Developed and maintained Python data ingestion pipelines collecting alternative datasets from APIs, web platforms, and vendor systems to support quantitative research and trading systems.
• /Implemented parsing and transformation logic in Python/pandas to convert heterogeneous datasets (CSV, Excel, PDFs, web data) into standardised tabular schemas for downstream use.
• /Participated in production support rotations for thousands of scheduled scraping jobs, investigating pipeline failures by analysing logs on Linux hosts and coordinating with engineering teams and quantitative researchers to restore data ingestion.
• /Wrote pytest test suites for scraper parsing logic to ensure dataset schemas remained valid and prevent regressions when modifying ingestion pipelines in a shared codebase.

Built the Roots Branches cross-platform mobile platform for an Islamic education non-profit, improving lecture resource management and student engagement tracking for instructors across the UK.

• /Crafted the Roots Branches platform using Flutter, supporting Roots' mission to help Muslim students lead God-centred lives by improving lecture slide management and resource access for instructors across the UK.
• /Collaborated with cross-functional teams to implement new functionalities, such as enhanced reporting tools and QR code functionality for real-time student responses during lectures, enhancing platform usability for instructors.
• /Integrated Firebase to enable real-time tracking of student engagement, supporting data-driven lesson improvements and a post-lecture feedback system for ongoing enhancements.

Led UX research and system architecture design for a cross-platform mobile AI app, defining design standards in Figma and evaluating cloud infrastructure options to inform the product build.

• /Led UX research and UI design for a cross-platform mobile app using Figma, standardising design guidelines for colour schemes and typography to enhance user experience.
• /Spearheaded system architecture design, evaluating AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure for performance and cost efficiency, selecting AWS to reduce projected operational costs by 20%.