Anza Abbasi
@anzaabbasi
Principal Data Engineer and Data Scientist, delivering automated, governed insights at scale.
What I'm looking for
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
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.
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.
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.
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%.
Python Developer
Cubator
Jan 2018 - Jan 2019 (1 year)
Developed and applied machine learning models and performed Python-based data manipulation. Integrated data from APIs, carried out feature engineering, and implemented multiple ML algorithms to solve business problems.
Education
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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
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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