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Anza Abbasi

@anzaabbasi

Principal Data Engineer and Data Scientist, delivering automated, governed insights at scale.

Pakistan
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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead end-to-end data engineering and AI/ML pipelines—automating reporting, enforcing data governance, and turning NLP and financial datasets into dependable, real-time decisions with measurable business impact.

I’m a Microsoft & AWS Certified Data Engineer and Data Scientist based in Islamabad, and I turn complex data into reliable, real-time insights. As Principal Data Engineer at Burger King (2025–Present), I transformed financial datasets to enable accurate P&L, income, and accounting reporting—automating complex integrations and reducing manual effort by 70%.

I build end-to-end ETL and orchestration solutions with Azure Synapse Pipelines and Azure Data Factory, and I engineer enterprise foundations in Microsoft Fabric using Lakehouses and OneLake. I also model financial datasets in Fabric Data Warehouses and Synapse dedicated SQL pools, tuning queries and pipeline performance while enforcing governance and security across environments.

Earlier as a Senior Data Engineer at Smart IS (2022–2025), I delivered GPT-based business solutions such as chatbots, intelligent summarization, automated report generation, and recommendation systems. I applied strong NLP capabilities (NER, semantic search, classification) and integrated GPT/LLM applications with enterprise systems using RAG, embeddings, and vector databases.

As an AI/Data Engineer (Quantyss Global, Remote; 2021–2022), I designed NiFi and Airflow-driven pipelines for AI/ML workloads and created monitoring and dashboards with Grafana. I’ve also worked in data science (Naeco Blue, Remote; 2019–2021) to develop forecasting and predictive models—cutting inventory costs by 25%—and I bring this same problem-solving mindset to engineering, including projects like YOLOv4 low-light object detection and Power BI dashboards.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

BK
Current

Principal Data Engineer

Burger King

Jan 2025 - Present (1 year 5 months)

Transformed and modeled critical financial datasets to produce accurate P&L, income, and accounting reports, automating complex integration and reducing manual effort by 70%. Built end-to-end Azure and Microsoft Fabric ETL/ELT pipelines with robust data quality, lineage, and governance to support month-end closings, compliance audits, and forecasting.

SI

Senior Data Engineer

Smart IS

Jan 2022 - Jan 2025 (3 years)

Implemented GPT-based solutions including chatbots, intelligent document summarization, automated report generation, and content recommendation systems. Applied NLP techniques (classification, NER, semantic search, topic modeling, sentiment analysis) and integrated GPT/LLM workflows using RAG with embeddings and vector databases.

QG

AI/Data Engineer

Quantyss Global

Jan 2021 - Jan 2022 (1 year)

Designed and orchestrated data pipelines using Apache NiFi and Apache Airflow for structured/unstructured ingestion, validation, anomaly detection, and ML workflow scheduling. Built fintech data integration and reconciliation systems, including automated reconciliation that reduced manual effort by 60% and improved fraud detection and regulatory reporting data integrity.

NB

Data Scientist

Naeco Blue

Jan 2019 - Jan 2021 (2 years)

Developed machine learning models for regression, classification, clustering, and time series forecasting to derive actionable business insights. Forecasted demand patterns that reduced inventory costs by 25% and improved product availability, and used customer behavior and sales analysis to increase campaign effectiveness by 15%.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Bahria University logoBU

Bahria University

Master of Science, Data Science

2018 - 2020

Grade: 3.7/4

MS in Data Science from Bahria University, completed in 2018–2020. Earned a CGPA of 3.7/4.

COMSATS University Islamabad logoCI

COMSATS University Islamabad

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

2015 - 2018

Grade: 3.6/4

BS in Computer Science from COMSATS University Islamabad, completed in 2015–2018. Earned a CGPA of 3.6/4.

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