Nigel Chin
Machine Learning Engineer at Tabcorp
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolNigel Chin is a Melbourne-based Machine Learning Engineer with a decade of hands-on experience across data analytics, software development, and production ML at Tabcorp. He combines a strong academic foundation—a Master’s in Statistics & Operations Research with a perfect GPA—with practical skills in Python, Redshift SQL, AWS, Scikit-learn and XGBoost to turn messy data into automated, actionable systems. His background spans building web APIs and Django sites for AI Arena, automating data extraction pipelines from Adobe Experience Platform, and creating models that emulate human decision-making for internal optimisation. Comfortable moving between stakeholder-facing data storytelling and low-level engineering (he jokes that he “likes to make processors sweat”), Nigel has a track record of improving reporting automation, reducing server load through smarter matchmaking, and delivering reproducible analytical products.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Malaysian Certificate of Education, Malaysian Certificate of Education at Tsun Jin High SchoolAssociate's degree, Mechanical Engineering, GPA 2.9/4.0, Associate's degree, Mechanical Engineering, GPA 2.9/4.0 at RMIT University
Chinese, English, Chinese, Malay, Chinese
Github Skills (20)
youtube10
typescript8
facial-recognition7
face-recognition7
facial-expression-recognition6
playing6
python6
emotion-recognition6
openface5
ai5
deep-learning5
machine-learning5
facenet4
deepface3
algorithms3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Immodal/sudoku
May 2020 - Oct 2020
Sudoku app that solves puzzles using a variety of algorithms. Check it out!
Contributions:76 commits, 6 PRs, 40 pushes in 4 months
Immodal/simulating-an-epidemic
Oct 2020 - Nov 2020
Contributions:53 commits, 2 PRs, 20 pushes in 10 days
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