Dennis Chu
Head Of Data Engineering, AI And Data Platforms
Gauteng, South Africa
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Top SchoolDennis Chu is a seasoned data and analytics leader with 11 years of experience building Big Data, ML and data platform capabilities for major banks across Africa. As Head of Data Engineering, AI and Data Platforms at Absa he drives modernization, MLOps/AIOps and operational ML integration into retail banking and customer channels. He is a Databricks‑certified Spark developer with deep hands‑on expertise in Scala/Spark, NoSQL and large‑scale ingestion patterns rooted in regulatory and enterprise data requirements. Previously he defined enterprise data lake standards and contributed to open source alignment at Barclays, translating legacy analytic systems into scalable open‑source platforms. Known for combining technical depth with product ownership, he builds teams and tooling that accelerate ML delivery in highly regulated environments. Based in Gauteng and trained at the University of Cape Town, he blends financial services domain knowledge with practical engineering for production AI.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Honours in Business Science Information Systems, Honours in Business Science Information Systems at University of Cape TownHighschool, Highschool at South African College School
Chinese, English, Afrikaans
Github Skills (25)
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spark-ml7
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scala7
pipeline7
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
dwfchu/testrepo
May 2015 - Dec 2018
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 3 years 7 months
dwfchu/chessplayer
Jul 2018 - Jan 2020
random project
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
javascript
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