Summary
Damian Xu is a Lead Data Science Engineer with nine years of experience building data platforms and production ML systems, currently driving data science initiatives at Salesforce. He blends consulting rigor and engineering discipline from roles at Deloitte and Origin Energy to design scalable AWS-based microservices, real-time visualizations, and enterprise data warehouses. Comfortable across the full data lifecycle, Damian has led ML productionisation, cross-platform ETL, CI/CD for models, and mentoring of engineering teams. Trained in science and IT (BSc in Drug Design, MInfTech, and Johns Hopkins data science studies) he pairs domain curiosity with a pragmatic, detail-focused approach. An Apache Spark and functional programming enthusiast, he is active in the Brisbane data community and holds ACS professional certification.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Drug Design & Development, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Drug Design & Development at The University of Queensland
Johns Hopkins University