Aaron Chong

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Senior Data Scientist, CIMB - PyTorch · Python · embeddings

CIMB
Melbourne, Australia · AEST (UTC+10)
7+ years experience
Ateneo de Manila University
English
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Overview

Currently at CIMB, where I work on recommendation systems. Moved the homepage from rules to a learned ranker. Replaced 108 hand-built dashboards with one metrics layer people trust.

Good reasons to reach out
  • People who want to build this with me
  • Collaborators for my side project
  • Second opinions on embeddings decisions
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
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  • Agency or outsourcing pitches
  • SEO and link-building offers
  • Courses and coaching offers

Answers in batches on Fridays

Skills
recommender systemsPythonPyTorchrankingembeddingsSQLSpark
Co-founderLooking for a co-founder
closes in 3 months

Looking for an ML-focused co-founder for credit underwriting for pharmacies

The idea
Looking for an ML-focused co-founder for credit underwriting for pharmacies
Stage
Idea
I bring
15 years in recommendation systems
Looking for
Commercial co-founder who has sold to enterprises
Commitment
Full-time now
Location
Melbourne or remote

I bring 7 years of recommendation systems (currently CIMB). Ideally you've run operations in the Nordics. Have a working prototype and design partners.

Melbourne, Australia · remote OKrankingrecommender systemsembeddings
Open
CollaboratingLooking to collaborate
closes in 3 months

Co-writing a newsletter issue about recommendation systems - looking for a co-author

Project
A newsletter issue about recommendation systems - looking for a co-author
Skills needed
Marketing, SQL
Time commitment
A few hours a week
Outcome
Conference talk

A few hours a week. Based in Melbourne, happy to work remotely.

Melbourne, Australia · remote OKpythonsparkranking
Open

Experience

  1. Senior Data Scientist
    Sep 2023 - Present
    CIMB · 3 yr 1 mo · Contract · Melbourne, Australia
    • Taught SQL to 135 non-analysts.
    • Replaced 43 hand-built dashboards with one metrics layer people trust.
    • Wrote the metric definitions the leadership team reviews every week.
  2. Data Analyst
    Dec 2019 - Sep 2023
    Kakao · 3 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Melbourne, Australia
    • Shipped a ranking change that increased conversion 2.3%.
    • Moved the homepage from rules to a learned ranker.

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Education

  1. Ateneo de Manila University
    BS, Statistics
    2015 - 2019

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