Konrad Zdeb
Data Science Lead, Fraud
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolKonrad Zdeb is a Data Science Lead specialising in fraud detection with 11 years’ experience building and operationalising ML-driven solutions at scale, currently leading NatWest’s fraud data science team. He combines hands-on expertise in Python, R and SQL with deep cloud and data engineering skills across AWS, Snowflake, Hadoop and Spark to turn complex, multi-source datasets into production-grade predictive systems. A proven manager and recruiter, he drives team development, code quality and upskilling while aligning data science strategy with risk, compliance and business stakeholders. His background in public-sector analytics and a PhD from Edinburgh give him a rare blend of rigorous research, spatial and policy analysis alongside commercial fraud prevention. Colleagues describe him as someone who mixes pragmatic engineering with creative experiment design—he still codes in R and enjoys integrating it with other languages for reproducible, impactful solutions.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Data Science Specialization, Data Science, Data Science Specialization, Data Science at CourseraDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at The University of EdinburghMRes, Political Research, MRes, Political Research at University of AberdeenBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Applied Social Sciences, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Applied Social Sciences at Robert Gordon UniversityErasmus Exchange Programme, Applied Social Sciences, Erasmus Exchange Programme, Applied Social Sciences at Örebro University
Polish, English, Spanish
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Github Skills (157)
outlining10
r10
dplyr10
sparklyr10
babashka9
parser9
autocomplete9
data-transformation9
rstudio9
livy9
ide9
grammar9
save9
atom-plugin9
textmate9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
glenn-m/promR
Oct 2018 - Oct 2019
R library for reading/analyzing metrics stored on a Prometheus server
Contributions:109 commits, 20 PRs, 1 push in 11 months
analyzingprometheus-serverstoredprometheusmetrics
konradzdeb/extraInserts
Oct 2017 - Feb 2023
Simple convenience RStudio add-in inserting assignment operators and pipes
Contributions:1 review, 37 commits, 12 PRs in 5 years 4 months
pipesrstudio-addinrstudioconvenienceadd-in
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