Zahirah I
Machine Learning Engineer at Nedbank
Western Cape, South Africa
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Top SchoolZahirah I is a Machine Learning Engineer based in the Western Cape with eight years of experience blending software engineering, data science, and production ML delivery at major South African banks. She has progressed through full-stack and API-focused roles at Nedbank—building and deploying core banking APIs, CI/CD pipelines, and data visualizations—before moving into dedicated MLE work. Her background spans C#, .NET Core, Angular, Python, SQL/NoSQL, and tooling like Jenkins, UrbanCode and Dynatrace, enabling her to move models from experimentation to resilient, monitored services. Early internships at Absa and Barclays exposed her to mobile and web development, SCRUM leadership, and foundational data science practices, which inform her pragmatic approach to feature engineering and data consolidation. She holds formal training in AI and data analytics from Udacity and a BASc in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, and she often bridges the gap between engineering teams and business stakeholders to turn fragmented data into actionable reporting.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate, Artificial Intelligence, Certificate, Artificial Intelligence at UdacityUniversity of South AfricaNSC Matric Batchelors pass, NSC, 12, NSC Matric Batchelors pass, NSC, 12 at Rylands High SchoolAdvanced Java, OCA, Advanced Java, OCA at Capacitidata science, data science at iXperience CTProgramming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
E-Kaese/Younglings-Score-Metrics
Feb 2018 - Feb 2018
Contributions:13 pushes, 4 branches in 25 days
carrotapp/CarrotMobile
Mar 2018 - Apr 2018
Contributions:11 pushes, 4 branches in 1 month
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