Shaan Aucharagram

Shaan Aucharagram

Data Engineer

Hexegic

About Me

High-performing and results-oriented individual working at Hexegic as a Data Engineer for Palantir. Previous experience within the financial sector as a Data Scientist for Santander.

Strong analytical, engineering and teamwork skills. Experienced in working with complex data problems, liaising between business and technical departments to perform data analytics, predictive analysis and data engineering.

Interests

  • Data Science
  • Data Engineering
  • Machine Learning
  • Web3

Education

  • BSc (Hons) in Data Science, 2021 - 2024

    Nottingham Trent University

  • Computing (D*), Media (A), Maths (C)

    Reigate Sixth Form College

Skills

Python

Git

R

Data Viz

SQL

Machine Learning

Statistics

Domain Knowledge

Stakeholder Management

Skills Breakdown

Technical Skills

Soft Skills/Business Skills

  • Stakeholder Management
  • Public Speaking

Interests/Hobbies

  • Investing
  • Web3
  • Football, Skiing & Tennis
  • Vegan Food

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Data Engineer

Hexegic - Contractor at Palantir

Aug 2022 – Present London
● Developing data pipelines using Python, Spark & SQL – debugging any issues with the pipelines for the foundry platform within Palantir.
 
 
 
 
 

Data Scientist

Santander UK

Sep 2019 – Jul 2022 London

Projects involved in include:

  • Chatbot Optimisation using Natural Language Processing in Python to improve customer satisfaction and identify where agents/chatbots can improve responses.
  • Mortgage Churn Model using Python and Plotly Dash to help improve customer retention by predicting customers who are likely to default on their mortgage.
  • Entity Resolution using Python to replace outdated companies data within the bank data lake using API calls and Data Engineering, presenting the project to a director within the bank.
  • BBB Reporting using SQL to create ETL scripts to automate the invoicing reports to the British Business Bank for COVID business loans. This replaced the slow manual reporting tools by processing 150,000 contract accruals daily, generating £28M revenue in 2020.
  • Credit Risk using SAS to develop capital (economic + regulatory) models for the corporate bank.
 
 
 
 
 

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Suneeta London

Jan 2017 – Sep 2019 London

Managing the development of the Suneeta London website www.suneetalondon.co.uk and the respective CBD website www.suneetacbd.co.uk, whilst ensuring that we complied with legislation for the CBD website.

Attending a variety of events and acting on the companies behalf, most notable collaboration was being invited to the HQ of ASOS.

Certifications & Awards

BIMA 100 Class of 2020

BIMA (British Interactive Media Association) Mar 2020
Top 100 most influential individuals within the technology sector

Data Scientist With Python

DataCamp Nov 2019
See certificate

Machine Learning

Stanford University Nov 2019
See certificate

Prestigious Principal’s Award In Computing For Outstanding Achievement

Reigate Sixth Form College May 2019
Recognition for the AI and software programmed in Computing. Involved in creating a unique ‘Flappy Bird’ style game and for demonstrating a strong interest in AI/Machine Learning.

Best Television Script

Reigate Annual Film & Television Awards May 2019
Recognition for my Media Studies coursework, and for extensive use of postmodernism within the television script. Awarded out of all Film and Media students within Reigate College.

Posts

Classifying Random Cat Facts using NLP and Sentiment Analysis

Natural Language Processing using SpaCy and Classifying Random Cat Facts Retrieved Via a Web API Into Positive, Negative or Neutral Using Sentiment Analysis.
Nov 23, 2020 7 min read NLP

Why I Chose A Degree Apprenticeship Over University

My thoughts on the traditional university route vs the modern degree apprenticeship path.
Apr 20, 2019 4 min read Career

What Is Machine Learning?

Machine Learning explained in an easy-to-understand format without the jargon.
Last updated on Apr 17, 2019 5 min read Machine Learning

Some Of My Work

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All Machine Learning Websites Other

Algorithmic Trading

Algorithmic Trading using Moving Weighted Average trading strategy in Python.

My Personal Website

My website, the site you are on right now, made in R using the blogdown package.

Recreating Flappy Bird With a Twist

My sixth form coursework, made in C# with Unity based on Flappy Bird but with additional functionality.

Contact

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