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Life mission

Don't be evil and strive for the greater good.

Work experience

  • Apr 2023 - Present
    Senior Backend Engineer
    National University Health System (NUHS), Singapore
    • Architected and developed serverless AWS and Kubernetes-based platforms to support patient follow-up, food logging, and clinical decision support for 3,000+ patients.
    • Built real-time bidirectional chatbots using AWS Lambda and Django, enabling seamless patient communication via WhatsApp.
    • Developed and deployed production-grade Kubernetes CronJobs to analyze 15,000+ patient records for health risk scoring and reporting.
    • Implemented a Clinical Decision Support System used across 11 hospitals and polyclinics, reducing manual checks and consultation time by up to 20%.
    • Designed an AI-powered drug knowledge ingestion pipeline integrating AWS Bedrock and Claude 3.5, eliminating manual drug data curation.
    • Created a full-stack food logging system with AI feedback that accelerates dietitian consultations and improves patient engagement.
    • Optimized AWS Athena query performance by 90% and reduced S3 storage costs by 50% through log partitioning and lifecycle policies.
    • Collaborated closely with data scientists to build end-to-end pipelines combining NLP, embeddings, and LLMs for clinical and patient-facing applications.
  • Dec 2020 - Mar 2023
    Senior Data Scientist
    Department of Data Science, Singapore General Hospital (SGH), Singapore
    • Led and scaled a cross-functional data science team while spearheading forecasting, risk modeling, and real-time prediction projects.
    • Deployed a Prophet-based system to predict dialysis demand, improving nurse scheduling and resource planning.
    • Evaluated ML models to predict ICU risk and hypoglycemia using real-world patient data.
    • Established HPC workflows, SOPs, and reviewed hospital-wide AI proposals for feasibility and impact.
  • Oct 2018 - Oct 2020
    Project Officer
    School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, NTU, Singapore
    • Improved RNA flexibility prediction by 16% through a novel ML + topological data analysis framework.
    • Simulated realistic financial time series using GANs and HMMs to explore market regime dynamics and investment strategies.
    • Published and validated multiple research models in both biomedical and financial domains.
  • Oct 2016 - Oct 2018
    Data Analyst
    DB Schenker
    • Optimized warehouse layout, routing, and fleet usage, achieving over SGD 270K in annual cost savings.
    • Automated product velocity and truck allocation analyses using Python, improving logistics efficiency.
    • Revised SOPs post-automation rollout to align operations with new conveyor and sorting systems.

Certifications

  • 2024
    AWS Certified Developer - Associate
    Amazon Web Services
  • 2024
    AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
    Amazon Web Services
  • 2023
    AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
    Amazon Web Services

Education

  • 2021
    Master of Science (Statistics)
    National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore