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Jacob Chapman

Senior Data Engineer
Results-driven Data Engineer with a proven track record in designing and implementing robust data infrastructure solutions. Experienced in ETL processes, database design, and performance optimization. Skilled in Python, SQL, and relevant ETL libraries.
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Atlas AI PBC
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Brigham Young University -- Hawaii
Hong Kong

Professional Background

  • Current status
    Employed
  • Profession
    Data Engineer
    Database
    Geographic Information Systems Specialist
  • Fields
    Logistics
    Venture Capital & Private Equity
    Big Data
  • Work experience
    4-6 years (4-6 years relevant)
  • Management
    I've had experience in managing 5-10 people
  • Skills
    SQL
    Database Administration
    QGIS
    Spatial Analysis
    Spatial Data
    R
    Linux
    PowerBI
    Statistics
    PostgreSQL
    PostGIS
    Snowflake
    AWS
    dbt
    Excel
    regex
    Shell Scripting
    dapr
    infrastructure as code
    Process Improvement
    Six Sigma
    Google Cloud
    R language
    Data Engineering
  • Languages
    English
    Native or Bilingual
    Tagalog
    Intermediate
  • Highest level of education
    Bachelor

Job search preferences

  • Desired job type
    Full-time
    Interested in working remotely
  • Desired positions
    Data Engineer
  • Desired work locations
    Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
    Chiayi City, Taiwan 600
    Hualien County, Taiwan
    Pingtung County, Taiwan
    Taitung, Taitung City, Taitung County, Taiwan 950
    Hong Kong
  • Freelance
    Non-freelancer

Work Experience

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L3 Senior Engineer

Atlas AI PBC
Full-time
Feb 2021 - Present
— Automated the creation of arbitrary combinations of country boundaries into regions (at any admin level, maintaining topology) — Designed editorial flow and built a spatial data QA pipeline for both raster and vector data — Ad-hoc dataset processing scripts; customer data extracts and deliverables
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Senior Backend Engineer (Consultant)

Atlas AI PBC
Contract
Nov 2020 - Feb 2021
4 mos
- Review and build data pipeline architecture with different types of spatial and non-spatial data (BigQuery, PostgreSQL, Python)
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Data Engineer (Contractor)

Nov 2019 - Dec 2020
1 yr 2 mos
- Serverless development to track 3rd party SLA (puppeteer.js) - Azure to GCP migration, Pulumi / Terraform, dbt, BigQuery, DOMO, GitHub Actions CI/CD, Docker
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Data Manager, Geospatial (Contractor)

Jan 2020 - Jul 2020
7 mos
- User data architect: led planning for how to organize and secure user data (PostGIS, PostgreSQL schema design) - Created GeoJSON datasets and MBTiles tilesets for interactive web and mobile apps - Frontend development (Mapbox, CSS, ES6 JavaScript, Parcel, TypeScript)
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Lead System Architect

Nov 2018 - Nov 2019
1 yr 1 mo
- Led product development for a web-based travel planning app - Developed GIS data pipelines (PyQGIS, Python, R, SQL, API, NodeJS, React, Git) - Learned how to define customer expectations as agile product requirements
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Systems Consultant

Sep 2017 - Apr 2019
1 yr 8 mos
- Trained 7 employees in a Tier 2 technical IT support environment - Led the migration from Windows 7 to Windows 10 - Resolved hardware and software issues in 300+ Windows and Mac OS computers

Manager, Volunteer Resources

Aug 2014 - Jul 2016
2 yrs 0 mos
- Renegotiated publishing service contract and reduced annual cost by 43% - On-boarding, training, and flight approval for 300 volunteers (Mail merge, AHK) - Gained fluency in reading / writing Tagalog and other Filipino dialects

Linux Systems Engineer / Business Analyst

Jul 2012 - Aug 2014
2 yrs 2 mos
- Determined best-value IT solutions to improve business performance - Implemented policies for GDPR and PCI-DSS compliance - Automated repetitive business tasks with scripting languages like Bash and R
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IT Support Tier 1 Helpdesk

Aug 2013 - May 2014
10 mos
- Published the first online digital collection of the library with 87 years of records - Assisted in managing 100+ workstations with Active Directory for 4,000+ users

Education

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Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Cultural Anthropology
2017 - 2019
Description
Minors in Psychology and Digital Security Transferred credits from Snow College (2013-14) and BYU Provo (2016-17)