Kuok Xuen Tan

About

I work on machine learning systems, data pipelines, and cloud infrastructure. My background spans NLP research, quantitative development, and building production ML applications.

I completed my MPhil in Artificial Intelligence at Monash University, where my thesis focused on applying knowledge graphs and machine learning to NLP problems in support systems.

Experience

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Machine Learning Engineer

Mar 2024 - Nov 2025

Built data pipelines for ingesting and processing external data sources
Managed AWS infrastructure including ECS, Lambda, RDS, and S3
Developed FastAPI backend services integrated with OpenAI LLMs
Deployed TypeScript frontend with Cognito-based authentication
Set up CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions

Intel Corporation

Machine Learning Engineer

Mar 2021 - Mar 2024

Developed a multilingual recommendation system serving factories across 4+ countries
Improved internal search engines using transformer-based semantic search
Collaborated with Intel Labs on language model research
Trained HuggingFace transformer models for text classification
Built semantic similarity pipelines for manufacturing data validation
Developed knowledge graph frameworks for visualization and triple extraction

Crosslight Capital

Quantitative Developer

Apr 2018 - Mar 2021

Developed and backtested quantitative trading strategies in C#
Optimized strategies using genetic algorithms
Built trade analysis dashboards using Plotly Dash
Designed middle-office systems for automated trade submission
Created financial data pipelines for market data collection

Configura

Application Developer

Sep 2017 - Apr 2018

Worked with a proprietary object-oriented language
Participated in Agile Scrum development in an international team

Education

Monash University

2021 - 2023

Master of Philosophy - Artificial Intelligence

Thesis: Natural Language Processing in Support Systems - Applications of Knowledge Graph and Machine Learning

Monash University

2014 - 2017

Bachelor of Computer Science

Courses

Natural Language Processing Nanodegree - Udacity
Building Cloud Computing Solutions at Scale - Coursera

Projects

Dive Log Explorer

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A web app to explore my personal dive logs with AI-powered insights. Built to visualize dive data and surface interesting patterns from underwater adventures.

Skills

Languages

Python C# SQL TypeScript

ML & Data

PyTorch HuggingFace MLFlow OpenAI

Infrastructure

AWS Docker GitHub Actions MongoDB

Tools

Git VSCode Plotly Dash

Beyond Work

PADI Divemaster. I also train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Contact

Email LinkedIn GitHub