Zahir Yahya
Financial Analyst at freelance
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZahir Yahya is a data-driven financial analyst and former high school math teacher with 10 years of experience blending quantitative rigor, pedagogy, and practical automation. Trained in Math-Computer Science (UC San Diego) and Education (UC Santa Cruz), he builds end-to-end Python ETL pipelines, custom ML classifiers, and relational databases to turn messy transaction data into auditable insights that saved clients hours per month. His classroom background informs a clear, human-centered approach—he designs human-in-the-loop tools and dashboards that surface low-confidence predictions for efficient validation. Known for lifting student outcomes through data-led interventions, he applies the same iterative improvement mindset to financial workflows, achieving measurable savings and traceability. Based in Los Angeles, he’s a career learner who showcases projects on GitHub and bridges analytics, automation, and stakeholder collaboration.
10 years of coding experience
University of California, San DiegoUniversity of California Santa CruzAssociate's degree Mathematics, Associate's degree Mathematics at Cabrillo College
Github Skills (14)
hubot9
google-doodle8
robot8
robotics7
chat7
react5
mongodb5
nodejs5
google3
doodle3
cube3
markdown1
single-page-application1
single-page1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
BigerBallers/SquadUp
Jul 2018 - Jul 2018
A social platform where people can play sports together
Contributions:76 commits, 1 PR, 40 pushes in 23 days
reactsocial-platformnodejssportsmongodb
zahiryahya1/Math-Game
Mar 2016 - Aug 2017
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
mathelementarymath-game
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