Bremen, Germany — Available for work

Leslie Magoronga.

Data Scientist and software engineer with 5+ years building machine learning systems, cloud data pipelines and production Python services. I help teams turn messy data into decisions and ship the infrastructure to keep it running.

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What I do

A full stack data scientist who wants to explore every tech stack

PythonRTensorFlowPyTorchScikit-LearnPandasPySparkDockerKubernetesAWSGCPPostgreSQL
  • Production-ready machine learning & deep learning models for forecasting and classification
  • End-to-end cloud data pipelines on GCP & AWS — ETL with PySpark, BigQuery, Cloud Run
  • Interactive dashboards & data storytelling with Power BI, Tableau and Streamlit
  • Complex quantitative modelling for demand prediction and time-series analysis
  • Deployment of ML services to web & mobile apps with FastAPI, Django, and Docker
  • DevOps automation with Terraform, GitHub Actions and Kubernetes for reliable delivery

Proficiency

Data Science & Machine Learning92%
Python & R95%
Cloud (GCP, AWS, Azure)88%
Data Visualization (Power BI, Tableau)85%
Relational Databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL)90%
Non-Relational Databases (MongoDB)78%
DevOps (Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform)82%

Education

Constructor University Bremen

October 2022 – May 2024

Master of Science in Data Science for Society & Business

Bremen, Germany

Graduate program focused on applied machine learning, data engineering, and business analytics.

  • President of the Graduate Students Association (GSA) 2023–2024
  • Python & R programming, advanced statistical modelling
  • Machine Learning, Deep Learning & Neural Networks
  • Natural Language Processing and Computer Vision
  • Data Visualization & Storytelling with Power BI and Tableau
  • Capstone project on cloud-deployed ML forecasting service

Chinhoyi University of Technology

August 2016 – July 2020

BSc Honours in Animal Production & Technology

Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe

Best graduating student in Bioinformatics with research focus on data-driven biotechnology.

  • Best graduating student in Bioinformatics
  • Research in Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
  • Built statistical pipelines for genomic data analysis
  • Foundation in scientific computing and R programming

Work Experiences

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Tokyo Streets

October 2023 – Present

IT & Software Developer

Bremen, Germany

Building and maintaining the restaurant's digital and IT infrastructure.

  • Developed and managed the restaurant's website and IT infrastructure
  • Integrated service and kitchen systems, optimizing order processing and reducing wait times
  • Provided technical support for POS systems with real-time synchronization
  • Automated order tracking and reporting, improving operational efficiency
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BRIGE GmbH

August 2023 – September 2023

Backend Data Engineer

Hamburg, Germany

Short-term contract engineering automated stock and demand pipelines.

  • Developed automated processes for stock forecasting, replenishment and demand prediction using Python
  • Managed databases and data pipelines for inventory optimization
  • Collaborated with operations to translate business rules into production code
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Forestry & Citrus Research

February 2019 – December 2023

Chief Technology Officer

Harare, Zimbabwe

Led the technology arm of a research-driven agritech startup.

  • Identified valuable data sources and automated collection processes
  • Implemented DevOps culture and Agile development in Cloud Solution Architecture
  • Ensured package reliability by writing tests with PyTest, achieving 85% coverage
  • Led technology research and development initiatives across the team
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Capital Foods Pvt Ltd

September 2020 – May 2022

Branch Manager / Data Engineer

Gweru, Zimbabwe

Bridged operations and engineering to modernize the company's data stack.

  • Designed and implemented ETL pipelines, improving data processing efficiency by 40%
  • Optimized database performance, reducing query times by 65% (6s to 2s)
  • Integrated ERP, WMS, and POS systems, reducing data discrepancies by 50%
  • Developed real-time data streaming with Kafka, reducing data latency by 80%
  • Automated inventory forecasting, reducing stockouts by 30% and overstocking by 25%

Projects

Data, machine learning and cloud projects — from model creation to deployment in production environments.

Cloud Data Pipeline Platform

End-to-end ETL platform on GCP — ingests multi-source telemetry, transforms with PySpark on Dataproc, and serves analytics via BigQuery.

ML Forecasting Service

Time-series forecasting microservice for demand prediction. Trained with scikit-learn and Prophet, deployed as a FastAPI container on Cloud Run.

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DevOps Infrastructure Toolkit

Reusable Terraform modules and GitHub Actions workflows for provisioning secure, observable workloads across AWS and GCP.

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Tokyo Streets Website

Restaurant digital presence on WordPress — custom theme, integrated kitchen & POS systems, automated order tracking and reporting.

Customer Churn Prediction

ML web app that predicts which customers are most likely to leave the business, with explainability and dashboarding.

EDA for Data Science App

Streamlit-based exploratory data analysis app for cleaning, profiling and visualizing CSV datasets in one click.

Achievements & certifications

Recognition and credentials earned along the way.

012023

Google Associate Cloud Engineer

Google / GADS Scholarship

Cloud architecture and deployment on Google Cloud Platform.

022022

Complete Python Developer — Zero to Mastery

Zero To Mastery

OOP, automation, web scraping, and data tooling end-to-end.

032022

Spark and Python for Big Data with PySpark

Udemy

Distributed data processing with PySpark on large-scale datasets.

042022

POTRAZ Hackathon Award

Government of Zimbabwe

Winner at Zimbabwe's national tech & innovation hackathon.

052022

Section24 Certified Data Analyst

Section24 (USA)

Scholarship covering analytics, SQL and BI tooling end-to-end.

062022

AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials

Amazon Web Services

Cloud migration, workload architecture and security on AWS.

072022

Docker & Kubernetes Essentials

Linux Foundation

Containerization, orchestration and production deployment patterns.

082021

Django for Production

Self-directed

Building secure, scalable Django services with PostgreSQL and Celery.

092023

GSA President 2023–2024

Constructor University Bremen

Elected President of the Graduate Students Association.

102023

WordPress Site Engineering

Tokyo Streets

Custom WordPress builds, theme engineering and IT infrastructure.

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