Summary
Jason Fong is a data science and engineering leader with nine years of experience building scalable analytics, experimentation, and data infrastructure across growth, product, finance, and sales functions. As Director of Data Science & Engineering at Wealthsimple he leads Decision Science and the teams that run the data warehouse, experimentation platform, and data infrastructure that inform product and marketing decisions. Previously he scaled marketing data science at Shopify—shipping attribution, churn and lead-scoring models, and geo/causal experimentation pipelines—while also co-founding a 3D virtual showroom startup, Mudaven. He combines hands-on machine learning and PySpark engineering with strategic team building and product-focused experimentation. Based in Old Toronto and trained in Systems Design Engineering at University of Waterloo, Jason brings a builder’s mentality to both metrics and user-facing outcomes. Colleagues describe him as someone who genuinely likes “building and counting things,” turning data curiosity into measurable business impact.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Systems Design Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, Systems Design Engineering at University of Waterloo
English, Chinese, Chinese