Yiming Peng
Senior Software Engineer at Wētā FX
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolYiming Peng is a Senior Software Engineer and PhD-trained machine learning specialist with two decades of programming experience and a 15-year focus on AI, MLOps and DataOps. He has led cloud data warehouse migrations and full data lifecycle projects across New Zealand public and private sectors, currently contributing at Wētā FX after recent roles at Unity and government agencies. His research background in computer vision, pattern recognition and reinforcement learning produced 15 publications and practical systems that improved ecological image classification from ~56% to ~84%. Comfortable in Python, Java, MATLAB and SQL, he thrives in large codebases and building production-grade ETL, reporting and ML platforms. An experienced educator and public speaker, he blends academic rigour with industry delivery and a longstanding commitment to continuous learning.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, A+ (First-class Honours), Master's degree, Computer Science, A+ (First-class Honours) at Auckland University of TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, Complete, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, Complete at Victoria University of WellingtonBachelor's degree, Computer Science, A (Average), Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, A (Average) at Wuhan University of Technology
English, Chinese
Github Skills (33)
pytorch10
analytics-engineering10
data-lineage10
dbt-packages10
snowflake9
data-science9
data-governance9
data-quality9
bigquery9
dbt9
python9
data-warehouse9
machine-learning9
dataops9
tensorflow9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
yimingpeng/sac-master
Dec 2018 - Jan 2019
Contributions:34 commits, 10 pushes in 1 month
yimingpeng/DataCamp-Projects
Feb 2019 - Mar 2019
Contributions:21 commits, 20 pushes, 1 branch in 13 days
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