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Sam Chance | UK | https://baseddata.io/about-me

Analytics Engineer with over 4 years experience designing and implementing comprehensive analytics solutions with focus on data modelling and building data pipelines. Proficient in SQL and Python, with expertise in data warehousing and creating dashboards to track company metrics. My personal interests are focussed around IT and systems administration which has helped me build a broad set of skills that gives me a unique ability to approach and solve novel problems creatively and holistically. I work well in both small and highly focussed teams or independently and autonomously with minimal managerial oversight.

Skills

Data and Engineering

  • GCP services such as BigQuery
  • Data modelling using DBT
  • Data quality and testing
  • Workflow management with Apache Airflow
  • Data monitoring and alerting
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Programmatic data visualisation
  • Geographic information systems

Programming

  • (proficient) SQL, Python, Bash,
  • (capable) R, Lua
  • (learning) Javascript, Nix

Tech

  • Git
  • AI tools such as Ollama, Langchain, Open Interpreter
  • Web development
  • CLI Wizard

Work Experience

Growth Analyst & Analytics Engineer | What3Words | May 2020 to Apr 2024

  • Designed and implemented alerting system in Python from scratch to monitor partner API usage
  • Built data pipelines and dashboard for company wide KPI metrics
  • Assisted with migrating data from Firebase to Mixpanel
  • Built data models using DBT
  • Started as a growth analyst, then promoted to analytics engineer

Education

MSc Marine Biology

Bangor University - 2017 to 2018

BSc Marine Biology & Zoology

Bangor University - 2008 to 2011