Pheng Tan
Machine Learning Engineer at TikTok
Singapore, Singapore
Summary
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Top SchoolPheng Tan is a Machine Learning Engineer with 11 years of experience who blends NLP, computer vision, and full-stack development to turn large conversational datasets into actionable insights. He has led research and production work at Nanyang Technological University—authoring a paper on conversation-thread dynamics—and now applies those skills at TikTok to build predictive models and scalable systems. Comfortable across the stack, he has deployed applications on MongoDB and AWS and contributed front-end and backend improvements to the well-known Tatoeba open dataset project. Pheng also builds for social impact: he created a Unity-based educational game that teaches children to detect misinformation, demonstrating a knack for translating research into engaging, real-world tools.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science with a Second Major in Business, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science with a Second Major in Business at Nanyang Technological UniversityA Levels, Rank point of 86.25, A Levels, Rank point of 86.25 at Anderson Junior CollegeGCE ‘O’ Level Certificate, L1R5:10, GCE ‘O’ Level Certificate, L1R5:10 at Victoria School (Singapore)
Github Skills (9)
css10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
sql10
pagination10
php9
ux-design9
javascript7
lang5
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
Tatoeba/tatoeba2
May 2016 - Jun 2016
Tatoeba is a platform whose purpose is to create a collaborative and open dataset of sentences and their translations.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 4 PRs, 4 comments in 28 days
Contributions summary:Pheng primarily focused on front-end development and UI/UX improvements, as evidenced by the re-styling of the pagination and navigation elements. They also implemented backend changes, specifically creating an SQL trigger and modifying the database structure. Additionally, they updated the application by improving hyperlink functionality.
sentencetranslationtatoebadatabasecodebase
phtan/blog
Apr 2016 - Aug 2024
Contributions:22 pushes, 2 branches, 2 issues in 8 years 5 months
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