Rihad Variawa
Chief AI Engineer at Family & Co
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Summary
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Top SchoolRihad Variawa is a Chief AI Engineer and senior machine learning leader with eight years of international experience building secure, production-grade ML systems for fintech and enterprise applications. He blends deep expertise in fraud detection, risk assessment and algorithmic trading with a strong security-research background as a ReSec Red Team member, focusing on database security, threat modeling and tamper-proof, audit-defensible designs. Skilled across Python, TypeScript, SQL, Big Data pipelines (Kafka/Kinesis), NoSQL and neural architectures, he delivers scalable models and data platforms that anticipate misuse and adversarial behavior. His career spans roles across London, Johannesburg, Shanghai and Chengdu, reflecting a knack for applying analytics to diverse regulated environments and complex operational workflows. Outside work he’s an avid traveler (18 countries+) and skier, a detail that hints at a risk-tolerant, curious mindset he brings to technical problem solving.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Banking Corporate Finance And Securities Law, Banking Corporate Finance And Securities Law at IESE Business SchoolCyber Security, Cyber Security at OverTheWireComputer Science, Computer Science at Cognitive ClassBitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies Computer Science, Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies Computer Science at Princeton UniversityLarge Language Models, Large Language Models at ActiveloopPython Data Science Bootcamp Computer Science, Python Data Science Bootcamp Computer Science at Flatiron SchoolThe Global Financial Crisis, The Global Financial Crisis at Yale UniversityBuild A Blockchain & Cryptocurrency From Scratch Science Technology And Society, Build A Blockchain & Cryptocurrency From Scratch Science Technology And Society at Udemy AcademyThe Fundamentals Of Digital Marketing Data Analytics, The Fundamentals Of Digital Marketing Data Analytics at Google Mobile AcademyExperiments With Data, Experiments With Data at Analytics VidhyaBlockchain Professional Science Technology And Society, Blockchain Professional Science Technology And Society at Institute of Project ManagementCryptography I Computer Security And Networks, Cryptography I Computer Security And Networks at Stanford University
English, Afrikaans, Arabic
Github Skills (40)
javascript10
ai10
nodejs10
react10
data-visualizations9
math9
css9
combine9
copilot9
code-interpreter8
bank8
agent8
fintech8
codebase8
machine-learning7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
2series/2series
Sep 2020 - Jan 2025
Contributions:22 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 4 months
malastare-ai/Malastare.ai
Jul 2019 - Jun 2020
Malastare.ai is a startup Analytics Consulting Firm. Based in Texas, USA. We combine deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in analytics, strategy, operations, and risk management. We leverage our clients' real-world experience, industry best practices and technology best practices to enable them to succeed in their big data projects.
Contributions:127 commits, 123 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
riskstrategydata-sciencecombinebig-data
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