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Data Scientist and Full‑Stack Python/PHP Developer with over a decade of professional experience designing, building and deploying data‑driven systems across commercial, research and innovation‑led environments. Experienced in applied machine learning, large language models, backend engineering and experimentation, with a strong track record of delivering robust prototypes and production‑ready pipelines.
Recognised for combining strong technical depth with clear communication and structured problem‑solving. Experienced in working independently and collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams, contributing to competitions, research initiatives and client‑focused solutions within fast‑paced settings.

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Software Developer.

12+ years of experience delivering a diverse range of software engineering and technology projects, managing complex workloads and multiple deadline-driven tasks.

  • Website: www.aswinvijayakumar.com
  • Phone: +44 7880 234307
  • City: Stanwell, Staines upon Thames, UK
  • Degree: Master
  • Email: aswinkvj@gmail.com
  • Freelance: Available

Meticulous, detail-oriented and highly organised, with a strong ability to prioritise competing demands, solve complex problems, and consistently deliver high-quality solutions within tight deadlines. Demonstrates adaptability, technical ownership, and a commitment to continuous improvement.

Happy Clients

Projects

Hours Of Support

Volunteering Roles

Skills

PHP / Python and Node.js (JavaScript) Developer

HTML 100%
CSS 100%
JavaScript/Node.js 90%
PHP 90%
Drupal/WordPress/CMS 90%
Symfony 85%
Python 90%
Flask/FastAPI 95%
Django 70%
SQL 100%
MySQL/Oracle/PostgreSQL 90%
GraphQL/Amazon OpenSearch/ChromaDB 80%

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Efficient and effective Full Stack Developer with 10+ years of experience in development and a proven track record in PropTech, EdTech, Content Management Services and OpenVINO. I specialize in web frameworks, exploratory data analysis, visual sentiment analysis and MLOps with drift monitoring. Experienced Python and PHP web developer with a broad focus on frameworks such as Symfony, Drupal, Flask and FastAPI, Django, TensorFlow and PyTorch. Experienced in building applications, neural networks, code analysis, and performance tuning.
I write Data Science blog articles on:
https://aswinkvj.medium.com/
https://dev.to/aswinvk28/
My profile at:
https://aswinvk28.github.io
My Academia profile at:
https://kingston.academia.edu/AswinVijayakumar
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https://meetings.hubspot.com/aswin-vijayakumar
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Sumary

Aswin Vijayakumar

Innovative and deadline-driven Graphic Designer with 3+ years of experience designing and developing user-centered digital/print marketing material from initial concept to final, polished deliverable.

  • Stanwell, Staines upon Thames, Surrey
  • +44 7880 234307
  • aswinkvj@gmail.com

Education

Python Developer & AI Engineer

Feb 2026 – Oct 2026

ITCS (ITCareerSwitch), London, United Kingdom

Completed 2 Projects, 32 Modules, 2 Exams and 2 Verbal Assessments

Master of Science in Data Science

2021 - 2022

Kingston University London, Kingston, United Kingdom

Completed 6 Projects and 5 Modules including Dissertation and obtained Distinction

Post Graduate Diploma in Computing for Software Development

2012 - 2015

Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Completed 7 Modules and obtained First Class

Professional Experience

AI Engineer Traineeship, Recommending Similar Clothing

Feb 2016 - Nov 2016

IT Career Switch, London, United Kingdom

  • Gradio Space in HuggingFace, recommends similar clothing when uploaded a clothing image
  • 50k clothing embeddings generated from ResNet50 Embedding Model
  • 31k distinct clothing embeddings found from hashing the embedding (Image Hash)

AI Engineer Traineeship, Summarizing Medical Text

Feb 2026 - Nov 2026

IT Career Switch, London, United Kingdom

  • 3955 Records obtained from OpenI-NLM-NIH Dataset of Radiology Consultations
  • Fine-tuned a Google Pegasus-XSUM Model and deployed the API in HuggingFace

Professional Experience

Python Developer & Data Scientist, EquipAny

Jan 2023 - Nov 2024

Hounslow, United Kingdom (Remote)

  • Built recommendation engine using visual-sentiment analysis on 14,000+ construction images for risk/incident prediction
  • Developed pipelines for data processing, feature optimization, clustering, hyperparameter tuning, and drift monitoring. Also developed an app prototype in UIBakery.
  • Managed experiments via MLFlow; deployed solutions on Microsoft Azure
  • 1,800+ images to extract insights and build visual reports, implemented automated testing (pytest)
  • Developed FastAPI services for image captioning and sentiment analysis; hosted on AWS
  • Built interactive tables using React Table Virtualized; created visualizations with Pandas, Matplotlib, Plotly

Competition Project Lead, SAS

Mar 2023 – Aug 2023

Hounslow, United Kingdom (Remote)

  • Built analytics prototypes and dashboards using SAS Viya Analytics Cloud
  • Performed database administration with SASDb; presented results via UIBakery

Professional Experience

Competition Project Lead, Digital Government Authority

Jan 2023 – Aug 2023

Hounslow, United Kingdom (Remote)

  • Cleaned/processed 14,000+ images using RoboFlow; built and hosted showcase site on AWS
  • Applied Gaussian clustering and object detection workflows; created YAML descriptors for classification
  • Presented findings and use cases to senior evaluators

Intel Innovator, Intel oneAPI

Jul 2022 – Jan 2023

Sunbury on Thames, United Kingdom (Remote)

  • Ran AI/computer vision experiments using Intel oneAPI toolkits
  • Published research outcomes; awarded Intel Innovator of the Month

Python Developer, Evidently AI

Oct 2022 – Dec 2022

Sunbury on Thames, United Kingdom (Remote)

  • Contributed code to open-source drift detection tools
  • Used Pandas and Evidently AI to analyze datasets and implement drift monitoring

Professional Experience

Freelance JavaScript/PHP Developer, Procom, Dubai

Feb 2021 – Apr 2021

Dubai, United ARab Emirates (Remote)

  • Built drag-and-drop interface using React
  • Developed PHP backend; deployed website on AWS

PHP / WordPress / Drupal Developer, Chillibyte

Feb 2019 – Aug 2019

Horsham, United Kingdom (Remote)

  • Built Google Maps integrated features for Reshoring UK; used WPForms and WPEngine
  • Optimized performance/SEO via WP-Optimize and Yoast SEO
  • Developed custom post management tools using Python

Professional Experience

PHP / Drupal / WordPress Developer, Creative Agency/Fiora

Aug 2019 – Nov 2019

Bristol, United Kingdom (On-site)

  • Built custom Drupal modules and WordPress plugins for UK clients
  • Fixed caching/image loading issues; created mortgage calculator and database tools

Director, BurseuWeb Ltd

Mar 2018 - Jan 2021

United Kingdom (On-site and Remote)

  • Founded Contracting Company that worked with 7 clients and 15 Projects all over UK
  • Built many Features, maintained relationships with clients

Professional Experience

Mid-Level PHP / Drupal Developer, Leo Learning

Apr 2016 – Aug 2016

Brighton and London, United Kingdom (On-site)

  • Worked at Civil Service Learning in the Home Office Building
  • Implemented Drupal Features for version control/deployment
  • Built accessibility features aligned with GDS standards; integrated with Moodle/Node.js
  • Managed sprint planning, bug triage, retrospectives and code reviews; and worked with requirements scoping

Junior PHP Developer, COINS Ltd

Feb 2015 – Mar 2016

Slough, United Kingdom (On-site)

  • Built document management system with access control for 20,000+ suppliers; developed 10+ features
  • Developed search/ranking features (trade categories) and leaderboard using jQuery DataTables and jsTree
  • Supported Salesforce and ERP workflows; produced analytics reports

Professional Experience

Additional Software Development Roles

2011 – 2018

United Kingdom (On-site and Remote)

  • Built Drupal solutions for Chiltern Railways (London Underground) and Danny’s Comedy Club
  • Implemented testing frameworks in Codeception, PHPUnit, Selenium
  • Delivered data projects following DAMA-DMBOK and PRINCE2 standards

Portfolio

After working with 41 Clients and 57 Projects, I have gained extensive experience in delivering high-quality solutions across various industries.

  • Website
  • AI/ML
  • Product
Operation Happy Child

Operation Happy Child

A photoshop work (2010)

Volunteer Centre Hounslow (VCH)

Volunteer Centre Hounslow (VCH)

A proposal for a Joomla site in PHP (2011)

Chiltern Railways

Chiltern Railways

A Booking engine for Chiltern Railways and London Underground Status (2011)

TSM Consultants UK Ltd

TSM Consultants UK Ltd

A Drupal website for TSM Consultants UK Ltd (2012)

Local Weight Loss Class - Get Slim Guaranteed

Local Weight Loss Class - Get Slim Guaranteed

A website proposal in PHP and Wordpress for Local Weight Loss Class (2012)

Get Slim Guaranteed

Get Slim Guaranteed

A website proposal in PHP and Wordpress for Get Slim Guaranteed (2012)

Danny's Comedy Club

Danny's Comedy Club

Website for the comedy club with shows every month (2013)

Easy Call Now

Easy Call Now / Easy Contact Now

A product with reseller service that acts as a call centre solution (2014)

SmartPan

SmartPan

A product with payment website based portfolio of stocks (2014)

COINS iPortal

COINS iPortal

A product (supplier-oriented data system) with 20,000+ suppliers of main contractors for managing supplier oriented PQQs (Pre Qualified Questionnaires) in Construction (2015)

Civil Service Learning

Civil Service Learning

A product of the Civil Service with government digital standards (GDS) for providing online learning and development opportunities (2016)

Specsavers

Specsavers

A client with a website who were helped for onboarding new developers (2017)

Explained Variance PCA Biplot PCA Clustering PCA Components Plot

Creating Customer Segments (Udacity)

A customer segmentation project done with Udacity (2017)

Boston Housing Prices Training Loop

Predicting Boston Housing Prices (Udacity)

A machine learning project to predict housing prices done with Udacity (2017)

Dog Identification App Dog Identification App

Write an algorithm for Dog Identification App (Udacity)

A machine learning project to identify dogs, done with Udacity (2017)

Train a Smartcab how to drive Train a Smartcab how to drive Train a Smartcab how to drive Train a Smartcab how to drive

Train a Smartcab how to drive (Udacity)

A machine learning project to train a smartcab how to drive, done with Udacity (2017)

Ascenti UK

Ascenti UK

A client with a website who were helped for drupal based CMS updates and features (2019)

Backtesting for Trading Backtesting for Trading Backtesting for Trading

Backtesting for Trading (Udacity)

A machine learning project to conduct backtesting for trading strategies, done with Udacity (2019)

Britannia Movers International

Britannia Movers International

A client with a website who were helped for wordpress based CMS updates and features (2019)

Butcombe UK

Butcombe UK

A client with a website who were helped for wordpress based CMS updates and features (2019)

Combine Signals for Enhanced Alpha Combine Signals for Enhanced Alpha Combine Signals for Enhanced Alpha Combine Signals for Enhanced Alpha

Combine Signals for Enhanced Alpha (Udacity)

A machine learning project to Combine Signals for Enhanced Alpha, done with Udacity (2019)

LiveWest UK

LiveWest UK

A client with a website who were helped for drupal based CMS updates and features (2019)

Factor Returns Quantile Plot Portfolio Net factor Exposures

Multi Factor Model (Udacity)

A machine learning project to evaluate a multi factor model, done with Udacity (2019)

Factor Rank Autocorrelation Cosine Similarity (AMZN) Jaccard Similarity (AMZN) Quantile Plot (Sentiments)

Natural Language Processing on Financial Statements (Udacity)

A machine learning project to evaluate financial statements using NLP techniques, done with Udacity (2019)

Panoramic Associates

Panoramic Associates

A client with a website who were helped for drupal (headless) based CMS updates and features (2019)

Reshoring UK

Reshoring UK

A client with a website who were helped for wordpress based CMS updates and features (2019)

Slumberland Furniture

Slumberland Furniture

A client with a website who were helped for drupal based CMS updates and features (2019)

Covariance returns correlation Optimization

Smart Beta Portfolio Optimization

A machine learning project to optimize portfolio allocation using smart beta strategies, done with Udacity (2019)

Portfolio Returns Analyze Alpha Statistical Tests

Trading with Momentum Strategy

A machine learning project to evaluate trading with momentum strategy and conduct statistical tests, done with Udacity (2019)

Code Explanation Mouse Pointer

Computer Mouse Controller (Gaze Estimation) OpenVINO

A machine learning project to develop a computer mouse controller using gaze estimation with OpenVINO, done with Udacity (2020)

People Counter App

People Counter App OpenVINO (Udacity)

A machine learning project to develop a people counter application using OpenVINO, done with Udacity (2020)

Queue Monitoring Frame Image Code Explanation

Queue Monitoring in Retail (Udacity)

A machine learning project to develop a queue monitoring application using OpenVINO, done with Udacity (2020)

Precision recall Recall Confidence Threshold Precision recall Recall Confidence Threshold

Google AutoML (Predicting Pneumonia from Chest XRay) (Udacity)

A machine learning project to predict pneumonia from chest xray images, done with Udacity (2020)

Traffic Barrier Sketch 1 Traffic Barrier Sketch 2 Traffic Barrier Sketch 3

Create a Traffic Barrier (Gate) Identification App (Udacity)

A machine learning project to create a traffic barrier identification app, done with Udacity (2020)

Power Distribution Boxes

Power Distribution Box (Procom Ltd Dubai)

A product with drag and drop features to create an interactive power distribution box in React (2021)

Petals to the Metal

Petals to the Metal (Kaggle)

A machine learning project to classify flower species (2021)

Nepal Earthquake Dataset Nepal Earthquake Dataset Nepal Earthquake Dataset Nepal Earthquake Dataset

Practical Project using an Exploratory Data Analysis for Nepal Earthquake Dataset (Kingston University)

Understand building and land characteristics associated with earthquakes, by getting insights into data (2021)

Data Analytics & Visualization Data Analytics & Visualization Data Analytics & Visualization Data Analytics & Visualization

Data Analytics and Visualization - Covid based Assignment (Kingston University)

Transactions from a Store during Covid and Pre-Covid periods (2022)

Breast Cancer Dataset Breast Cancer Dataset Breast Cancer Dataset Breast Cancer Dataset
Breast Cancer Dataset Breast Cancer Dataset Breast Cancer Dataset Breast Cancer Dataset

Clustering vs Classification on Breast Cancer Dataset (Kingston University)

An indepth analysis of Breast Cancer Dataset using clustering and classification techniques with Qualitative Evaluation on the methods (2022)

Image Anomaly Detection Image Anomaly Detection Image Anomaly Detection Image Anomaly Detection Image Anomaly Detection Image Anomaly Detection Image Anomaly Detection

Image Anomaly Detection (Kingston University)

An indepth analysis of Image Anomaly Detection using existing (ResNet/DenseNet) and designed (VAE/Conv VAE) DNN models with Qualitative Evaluation on the methods (2022)

Databases and Data Management Databases and Data Management Databases and Data Management Databases and Data Management Databases and Data Management Databases and Data Management Databases and Data Management

Databases and Data Management (Kingston University)

An indepth analysis of Company Marketing database and Flight Punctuality database from Database and Data Warehouse perspectives respectively (2022)

Evidently AI

Evidently AI

A product with reseller service that acts as a call centre solution (2014)

Intel oneAPI Innovator

Intel oneAPI Innovator

Made publications on dev.to and medium about Drift Detection (2023)

DGA WSIS Hackathon DGA WSIS Hackathon DGA WSIS Hackathon

DGA WSIS Hackathon

Participated in the DGA WSIS Hackathon and won the Digital Saudi Trophy (2023)

SAS Hackathon 2023 SAS Hackathon 2023 SAS Hackathon 2023 SAS Hackathon 2023 SAS Hackathon 2023 SAS Hackathon 2023

SAS Hackathon

Participated in the SAS Hackathon and won the Top 3 in manufacturing awards (2023)

AI Bharat ITU WTSA Hackathon 2024 AI Bharat ITU WTSA Hackathon 2024 AI Bharat ITU WTSA Hackathon 2024 AI Bharat ITU WTSA Hackathon 2024 AI Bharat ITU WTSA Hackathon 2024

AI Bharat ITU WTSA Hackathon 2024

Participated in the AI Bharat ITU WTSA Hackathon 2024 and won the 1st Phase of Hackathon

Summarizing Medical Text Summarizing Medical Text

Summarizing Medical Text

Developed a solution for summarizing medical text using NLP (Natural Language Processing) and LLM (Large Language Model) techniques.

Visual Product Recommendations

Visual Product Recommendations

Developed a solution for recommending similar clothing items based on an input clothing image.

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+44 7880 234307

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