About

Hello! I am Iván Salazar. Data engineer, Consultant and Developer.

I am Currently working as a Data engineer, with a proven history in data manipulation, gathering, optimization and creating value from the data, I am interested in Big Data, cloud services, and MLops. I've also had experience with a wide variety of projects related to web development (back-end, microservices) and IoT. I have strong communication skills and adaptability that I have developed throughout my career and I am passionate about learning new things every day.

Basic Information
Age:
Email:

ia.salazar@uniandes.edu.co

Language:

Spanish (Native)

English (Advanced)

German (Basic)

Professional Skills
Programming languages

Java
Python
Kotlin
TypeScript,
JavaScript
HTML
CSS
SQL
No SQL


Software

  • Big Data / Data Science / MLops

    • Pyspark/MLib/Spark
    • MLFlow
    • Knime
    • Numpy, Pandas and Scikit Learn
    • TensorFlow
    • Airflow
  • Databases

    • S3
    • Google storage
    • SQS/Rredis/Kafka
    • DynammoDB
    • PostgreSQL
    • Oracle
    • MySQL
    • MongoDB
    • Neo4j
    • Firebase DB
  • Cloud experience

    • AWS
      • SQS
      • S3
      • Auto scaling
      • lambda
      • ec2
      • RDS / Google
    • Google cloud
      • Compute Engine
      • SQL server
    • Heroku
  • IDEs / Diagramming tools

    • Visual Studio Code
    • Eclipse
    • Android Studio
    • jupyter
    • Bizagi
    • Genmymodel
    • Diagrams.net
    • Draw.io
  • Project Collaboration Software

    • Github
    • GitLab
    • Trello
Soft-Skills

Organized, Time management, Compromised, good at Teamwork and comunication.

Work Experience

January 2019 - Present - Remote

Wireless & Mobile
Innovation consultant | Data Engineer
  • Improved data pipelines reducing execution time between 40% to 92%, concurrently decreasing disk storage usage by 80% for the data ingested in a database.
  • Built the initial infrastructure for MLops (level 0) in GCP compute engine, to improving CI/CD in Machine Learning life cycle with tools that help having a central registry for tracking, artifacts (important files) and to be able to recreate the models. (Mlflow, SFTP server, postgresql, jupyter notebooks)
  • Built pipelines and AI models from development to production, for different clients. For example I built a model for improving processes like fraud detection in energy consumption from 30% to 200% depending on the region.
  • Lead the process of bringing new technologies to different projects and contexts, focused on data science, big data and infra-structure.
  • Applied my knowledge from my “Research teacher assistant” in the context of the company (Pipelines, ETLs, ML, MLops, Big data).
  • My undergraduate thesis “Automatic Meter Reading using neural networks” was a cooperative work with this company.
  • Android development with Koltin in the first year. (Experimenting with different face recognitions tools like AWS rekognition)
  • August 2021 - December 2022 - Hybrid

    Universidad de los Andes
    Research teacher assistant
  • Worked with a diverse team from different countries.
  • Participated in the development of a massive open online course (MOOC), and integrated automatic grading tool for programming assignments for the Master in Data Analytics Intelligence (MIAD).
  • Back end development for an analytics including pipelines, related to professors investigations, promotions, publications, courses, innovation, patents, etc.
  • Other technologies: GCP, S3, Lambda, load balancers, Heroku, Sendgrid, Redis, AWS SQS, AWS auto scaling, ec2, RDS, docker, docker-compose, Python, JavaScript, Typescript, Pyspark/Spark, Mlflow, relational and non- relational databases.
  • Second semester 2022 - Remote

    Universidad de los Andes
    Leader teacher assistant at master level
  • Tutored students in a master degree class related to MLops (MIAD, Master in Data Analytics Intelligence)
  • Guided and graded students during the course activities.
  • Assessed students doubts related to the class concepts.
  • Technologies: Python, PySpark/Spark, GCP, Docker, Mlflow, relational and non-relational databases.
  • Second semester 2015

    Universidad de Los Andes
    Undergraduate teacher assistant
  • Class: Algorithms and object-oriented Programming.
  • Guided students in the basics of OOP (obejct Oriented Programming) model in java.
  • Graded students programming assignments.
  • LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES

    August 2021 - December 2022 - Remote

    Universidad de Los Andes
    Research teacher assistant
  • Led a small Team with under graduated students for a development in the university. (Full-stack, ETLs)
  • econd semester 2022 - Remote

    Universidad de Los Andes
    Leader tutor in Master degree class
  • Led a small Team of tutors and distributed activities that had to be done for the class. (Full-stack, ETLs)
  • Education

    Expected graduation year 2023

    Master degree

    Master of Information Engineering (MINE)

    Universidad de Los Andes

  • Relevant Coursework: Big data analytics, Cloud, Machine Learning, Security and privacy.
  • 2019

    Academic exchange

    Academic exchange

    Universität Mannheim

  • Semester aboard with studies in data science (Master level), security in IT and information security.
  • 2020

    Bachelor's Degree

    Systems and Computing Engineering

    Universidad de Los Andes

  • Relevant Coursework: Technology infrastructure fundamentals, Algorithm design and analysis, Transactional systems, Software architecture and design, Enterprise architecture, Business intelligence, Communications in- frastructure, and Construction of mobile applications.
  • Licenses & certifications
    Contact me
    Feel free to contact me

    Email

    ia.salazar@uniandes.edu.co