Cheng Zhang

Cheng Zhang is a skilled data professional with a background in data engineering and data science. Currently serving as a Junior Data Engineer at Allica Bank since November 2022, Cheng utilizes tools such as Microsoft Azure, Prefect, dbt, and Metabase. Previously, a Junior Data Scientist at sync. from January 2021 to September 2022, Cheng specialized in Python, SQL, AWS, and focused on fraud detection and data visualization. Experience also includes a data science internship highlighting expertise in Python, Scikit-learn, NLTK, SpaCy, AWS, Tableau, machine learning, named-entity recognition, and credit risk analysis. Additional experience encompasses a role as a Data Science Technical Writer at Towards Data Science, where Cheng created a popular data science blog and designed dynamic ecommerce data dashboards. Cheng holds an Honours Bachelor of Science in Mathematical Physics from the University of Waterloo, a Bachelor's degree in Physics from Dalian University of Technology, and has completed a MicroMaster Program in Statistics and Data Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.