Open to senior data roles · Vancouver or remote

Zhongjie Shen (Jeffrey)

Data engineer and analyst who builds reliable data pipelines, modernizes legacy reporting and turns large, messy datasets into answers people trust.

Richmond, BC 7+ years at BC Hydro UBC Integrated Engineering
Hourly demand · weekday profile18:00 · 100% of peak
Illustrative daily demand curve, the kind of time-series profile I build from raw event data. Hover to explore.

Impact

Runtime and effort, before and after.

WorkBeforeAfter
Core customer dataset (2M+ records) rebuilt from legacy SAS scripts into a single SQL pipeline2–3 h, 20 scripts~10 min
Month-end revenue process migrated from SAS to the enterprise data platform6+ h~30 min
Monthly executive dashboard refresh, automated end to end1 day manual~30 min
Legacy billing extracts replaced with enterprise warehouse tablesbaseline−30% runtime
Paid third-party API replaced with an open government datasetAPI fees$1,000+ saved

Experience

Seven years building data products at BC Hydro, plus internships at Boeing and Motorola Solutions.

Sep 2024 – Present
Vancouver · Hybrid

Senior Data Integration Specialist

BC Hydro

  • Build and maintain the data pipelines and models behind forecasting, research and revenue reporting for a customer base of over 2 million accounts.
  • Own a multi-source analytics data library that combines internal transactions with government and third-party datasets, with monthly ingestion fully automated.
  • Designed a record-matching and pattern-detection algorithm that flags misclassified records, with validation rules that reject bad data but keep it traceable for audit.
  • Led a legacy modernization that replaced 20 SAS scripts with one SQL pipeline, cutting runtime from 2–3 hours to about 10 minutes.
  • Migrated month-end revenue and daily reporting to the enterprise data platform, cutting runtime from 6+ hours to about 30 minutes and reducing variances for Finance.
  • Built weather-normalized demand forecasts in Python and Power BI on a cross-team rotation with planning engineers.
PythonGreenplum SQLSASMicrosoft FabricPower BI
Sep 2019 – Sep 2024
Greater Vancouver

Data Integration Specialist

BC Hydro

  • Ran the core monthly data process and reporting, and delivered ad hoc data requests for teams across the organization.
  • Took over a reporting program from external contractors and automated the monthly dashboard refresh from a full day of manual work to about 30 minutes.
  • Built an in-house SQL decoder for vehicle identification data that processes the full dataset in under an hour and keeps sensitive data off external APIs.
  • Evaluated a paid data API and proposed an open government dataset instead, saving over $1,000 in licensing costs.
  • Produced analysis that supported regulatory reporting and pricing proposals.
  • Mentored co-op students and trained Finance staff on self-serve reporting.
Apr – Dec 2018
Vancouver

Advanced Analytics Intern

Boeing

  • Ran association-rule and market-basket analysis on historical sales data alongside the data science team.
  • Built an interactive sales performance dashboard (Python for cleaning, Tableau for visualization) and automation tools on SQL Server and SSRS for resource planning.
Jan – Sep 2017
Vancouver

Documentation Specialist Co-op

Motorola Solutions

  • Improved the CMS backend in PHP and MySQL, cutting document turnaround time by up to 70%, and redesigned the frontend on a customized Bootstrap framework.
  • Hardened the Linux VM against phishing and SQL injection with no downtime or breaches during the term, and integrated Google Analytics for usage data.
2014 – 2016

Earlier roles

Canadian SolarProduct Development Co-op, Guelph ON. Designed portable solar generators and published the company's first Android app.
UBCTeaching and Lab Assistant, APSC 150.
Honda Automobile (China)Service Engineer Assistant.

Skills

What I use day to day.

Languages

  • Pythonpandas · Plotly
  • SQLGreenplum · PostgreSQL
  • SASETL · macros
  • MySQLassessment passed

Platforms

  • Microsoft FabricLakehouse · notebooks
  • Power BI
  • Tableau
  • Windows & Linux

Domain

  • EV charging analytics
  • Load profiling & forecasting
  • Smart meter & billing data
  • ETL & data modeling

Education & beyond

The University of British Columbia

B.A.Sc., Integrated Engineering · 2013 – 2018

Animal photography

Away from the data, I photograph animals. A gallery is coming to this page.

Contact

I'm open to new opportunities and always happy to talk data engineering, analytics and automation. Reach me by email or on LinkedIn.