Tim Xie
Senior Data Scientist Engineer
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTim Xie is a Senior Data Scientist Engineer with 8 years of cross-disciplinary experience building production ML and analytics solutions for fintech, asset management, and energy trading. He combines rigorous quantitative training (MA in Financial Math & Statistics from Columbia, OMSCS in Computer Science at Georgia Tech) with hands-on cloud certifications (AWS ML, Data Analytics) to design scalable time-series models, anomaly detection, pricing optimization, and data platforms. At SIMON Markets he delivers advisor-facing intelligence while contributing AWS technical content and mentoring graduate students, reflecting both product-driven engineering and community engagement. His background in mechanical engineering and early firmware/LabVIEW automation work gives him a practical systems mindset—optimizing pipelines with an engineer’s attention to testing and efficiency. He also holds finance credentials (FRM, CFA Level 3 candidate) which uniquely position him to bridge model development, risk management, and business decision-making.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Financial Math & Statistics, GPA: 4.0 out of 4.0 (Graduated with 2019 Chair’s List Award), Master's degree, Financial Math & Statistics, GPA: 4.0 out of 4.0 (Graduated with 2019 Chair’s List Award) at Columbia University in the City of New YorkWuxi Big Bridge AcademyBachelor of Science (BS), Major in Mechanical Engineering with Technical Focus in Technology Management, Bachelor of Science (BS), Major in Mechanical Engineering with Technical Focus in Technology Management at University of California, Los AngelesMaster's degree, Computer Science (OMSCS), GPA: 4.0 out of 4.0, Master's degree, Computer Science (OMSCS), GPA: 4.0 out of 4.0 at Georgia Institute of TechnologyHigh School Diploma, Graduated with Highest Honor. Salutatorian., High School Diploma, Graduated with Highest Honor. Salutatorian. at Ben Lippen SchoolHigh School Part-time Student (High School Dual Enrollment to receive college credits), High School Part-time Student (High School Dual Enrollment to receive college credits) at Columbia International University
French, Chinese, English
Github Skills (28)
neuroscience8
statistics8
visualization7
spider7
scrapy7
neuroimaging7
python7
weibo6
crawler6
machine-learning6
pytorch4
inference4
deep-learning4
aws3
sqlalchemy3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
TZstatsADS/Fall2018-project5-sec1-grp5
Dec 2018 - Dec 2018
Contributions:12 commits, 8 pushes in 1 day
dreamiter/Loan-Default-Prediction-on-Lending-Club-Data
May 2019 - May 2019
Contributions:21 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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