Desmond Fung
Data Engineer @ State Farm | CS Grad Student @ UIUC
I am currently a Data Engineer at State Farm where I specialize in managing Unstructured Data in a hybrid cloud environment.
My focus is on optimizing the storage and retrieval of Unstructured Data, using AWS, Python, and Terraform for efficient data pipelines.
Experience
Data Engineer
State Farm- Managed high-volume production application handling 3.2 million daily document storage and retrieval requests (~3TB data)
- Ensured seamless 24/7/365 enterprise document management service delivery across all State Farm lines of business
- Delivered a high-impact feature in production that impact the ingestion of over 6 million pages of documents per day
- Wrote comprehensive unit tests to cover various success and failure scenarios
- Developed Python script that streamlines crucial data extraction from ~100k documents for downstream operations every day
- Leveraged infrastructure as code (Terraform) and GitLab CI/CD pipelines to automate DevOps efforts
Education
Master of Computer Science in Data Science
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignEarning a Master of Computer Science in Data Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, specializing in Data Science and Cloud Computing.
Courses completed:
- Applied Machine Learning
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science & Statistics
University of Wisconsin-MadisonCourses completed:
- Elementary Matrix and Linear Algebra
- Multivariable Calculus
- Applied Regression Analysis
- Introduction to Probability and Mathematical Statistics
- Deep Learning
- Machine Learning
- Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Data Visualization, Discrete Mathematics
- Introduction to Operating Systems
- Introduction to Algorithm
- Database Management Systems
Certifications