Summary
Will Du is a senior data engineer and solution architect with over a decade of experience designing high-throughput distributed data systems for major financial institutions. He specializes in migrating legacy systems to cloud and Spark/Databricks platforms, building real-time feature engineering pipelines to productionize AI/ML models, and codifying enterprise data architecture and metadata pipelines. His background spans TD, Citi, CIBC, HSBC, RBC and Expedia, where he delivered risk, credit, and analytics platforms over enterprise data lakes. A Databricks Certified Data Engineer, open-source committer and coach, Will blends hands-on engineering with architecture and team enablement. Based in Old Toronto, he pairs rigorous academic training (MCS) with a practical track record of turning complex financial data requirements into scalable, auditable systems.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master Computer Science, Master Computer Science at Dalhousie University
Bachelor Computer Science, Bachelor Computer Science at Jilin University
English, Chinese