Rainer Mensing
Data Engineer
Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolRainer Mensing is a data engineer with eight years of experience applying data-driven solutions to development and social protection challenges across NGOs, multilateral organizations, and the private sector. He combines practical engineering skills from roles at inovex and Informationsfabrik with domain expertise in development studies (Geneva Graduate Institute) and data economics (MITx), focusing on how financial inclusion and social protection affect poverty, governance and the environment. Rainer’s background spans end-to-end data work—modeling, warehousing and database administration—grounded in field-facing research and program experience at CARE, GIZ and the International Social Security Association. He brings a rare blend of quantitative rigor and policy sensibility, able to translate complex evaluation questions into production-ready data pipelines. Based in Germany, he is motivated by leveraging new technologies to improve outcomes for marginalized communities and to measure policy trade-offs that are often overlooked.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc) - Graduation with distinction International Business Administration, Bachelor of Science (BSc) - Graduation with distinction International Business Administration at University of TwenteMicroMaster Data Economics & Development Policy, MicroMaster Data Economics & Development Policy at MITx CoursesHigh School Thematic focus: Mathematics and Computer Science, High School Thematic focus: Mathematics and Computer Science at Berufkolleg für Technik AhausData Engineer Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration, Data Engineer Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration at Pipeline Data Engineering AcademyMDEV Development Studies, MDEV Development Studies at Geneva Graduate Institute
English, German, Dutch, French
Github Skills (41)
sas10
data-modeling10
python-interface10
statistics10
data-sharing10
transform10
data-science9
analytics9
python9
pipeline9
slack9
data-analysis9
sql8
mainframe8
infrastructure8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
rainermensing/GDLive-Explorer
Dec 2021 - Apr 2022
A BeautifulSoup scraper with attached Streamlit Dashboard to visualize aggregate text data from the GiveDirectly GDLive Platform
Contributions:19 PRs, 115 pushes, 4 branches in 3 months
streamlit-dashboardpythonvisualizebigquerystreamlit
rainermensing/Angular-Practice
Apr 2022 - Sep 2022
My Javascript, Typescript and Angular practice ground.
Contributions:1 PR, 5 pushes, 3 branches in 4 months
javascriptjavascript-typescriptangulartypescriptground
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