Imad Ali
Associate Principal Data Engineer
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolImad Ali is an Associate Principal Data Engineer based in California with 10 years of experience building data-driven products across entertainment and sports industries. He has progressed from statistical and research roles into senior data science and engineering leadership at organizations including the NBA, PlayStation, and Rockstar Games, blending rigorous statistics training with production data engineering. Imad’s background—Master’s degrees in Economics and Statistics and early roles in public sector analytics—gives him a rare ability to translate complex quantitative research into scalable data pipelines and actionable business insight. He excels at bridging research and engineering, turning experimental models into reliable, production-ready systems for large consumer platforms. Colleagues rely on him for both technical direction and pragmatic delivery on high-impact projects in game and media analytics.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Economics, Master’s Degree, Economics at The University of EdinburghMaster’s Degree, Statistics, Master’s Degree, Statistics at Columbia University in the City of New YorkBachelor’s Degree, Economics and Politics, Bachelor’s Degree, Economics and Politics at University of Leeds
Urdu, Spanish
Github Skills (62)
bayesian-statistics10
r-package10
bayesian-data-analysis10
regression10
bayesian10
rstan10
rstanarm10
cross-validation10
bayesian-methods10
shiny-apps10
stan10
bayesian-inference10
modeling10
r9
approximate9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
imadmali/imadmali.github.io
Jun 2016 - Nov 2021
personal website
Contributions:53 commits, 52 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 6 months
reactnextjstypescript
imadmali/data-engineering
Feb 2021 - Jan 2022
Common data manipulations in different languages and frameworks.
Contributions:66 commits, 6 PRs, 35 pushes in 11 months
data-analysispythondatadata-sciencesql
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