Nikolaus Thiel
Senior Data Expert
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolNikolaus Thiel is a Senior Data Expert based in Zurich with 11 years of experience turning complex business questions into scalable data solutions across transport, telecom and finance. He blends deep technical skills in Scala, Spark and SQL with strong business analysis—building data lake automation, Cloudera-based pipelines and KPI-driven analytics that inform operational decisions like diagnostic vehicle routing and mobile quality correlation. With a PhD in logic and an early career in mathematics and physics education, he brings a rigorous, model-driven approach to data engineering and anomaly detection. Notably, he has led end-to-end delivery from offer management to production analytics and is actively exploring functional languages such as Haskell to broaden his toolset.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Maîtrise (MSc) Mathematik, Maîtrise (MSc) Mathematik at Université Paris CitéDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Logik, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Logik at University of LeedsVordiplom / D.E.U.G. Mathematics Physics, Vordiplom / D.E.U.G. Mathematics Physics at Universität des Saarlandes
German, English, French, Spanish, Latin
Github Skills (128)
sql-client10
postgresql10
photo10
image-viewer10
db210
vim10
erd10
nosql10
photography10
emacs-lisp10
dbeaver10
emacs10
sql10
database10
sqlite10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
kaelte/Leonteq_ScalaStudyGroup
Apr 2015 - Jun 2019
Contributions:39 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 2 months
kaelte/playingWithScala
Sep 2016 - Oct 2022
Contributions:14 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 1 month
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