About

Alex Kan is a highly skilled Data Engineer with 2.78 years of experience in the field. Currently, he is working as a Software Engineering Intern at Genentech, where he is a part of the Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BCB) department. In this role, he has developed an R package for automated statistical analysis and visualization of clinical study data. Additionally, he has created a new pipeline to obtain and curate high-dimensional datasets for analysis. He has also translated clinical research needs of Pathologists and Oncologists into production software. Previously, Alex has worked as a Data Engineering, Analytics Intern at Facebook, where he was a member of the Ads Core Data Engineering team. Here, he has architected efficient and scalable ETL models to handle ads data at Facebook scale (50 TB+). He has also implemented a data pipeline to simplify the tracking of 80+ signals across Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger. Furthermore, he has collaborated with Product Strategy to craft data-driven cross-app ads strategy decisions. He has used tools such as Python, SQL, Dataswarm (Apache Airflow), Presto, and Spark. Alex has also served as the Co-President of UNC's Data Science Student Organization at Carolina Analytics and Data Science. Here, he has led the Carolina Data Challenge, UNC's Datathon, for two years as it grew > 100% YoY. He has also built the curriculum for a new Data Science major and minor alongside STEM Department Chairs and University Deans. Additionally, he has run workshops on topics such as ML-Powered Applications and Reproducible Data Science, as well as regular meetings for a 200+ member student organization. He has designed the homework assignments for a new introductory Data Science class. Alex has a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science (BS), Statistics and Analytics (BS) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also has a High School Diploma from Panther Creek High School (Cary, NC). His tech stack includes Data Engineering, SQL, Spark, Apache Airflow, Python, ETL, Senior Software Engineer, and Research Scientist. He is also active on GitHub (https://github.com/akan72) and can be reached via email at lexokan@gmail.com.