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Kaba Keita

Data Scientist / Data Engineer

€556/day
Lille, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Kaba

Thanks to my experience in Data Science and Business Intelligence (Data Engineering) in the supply chain, transport, and retail sectors, I have developed new skills in Cloud technologies, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and customer knowledge management. These skills now allow me to work in various business areas.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Lille (up to 50km), Paris (up to 50km), Bruxelles (up to 10km)

Experience

  • Decathlon Digital,
    Data Scientist
    RETAIL (SMALL BUSINESS)
    July 2025 - Today (11 months)
    France
    • In-store assortment optimization
    ◦ Improvement of an optimization heuristic with an exact algorithm (+6% revenue, -99% computation time).
    ◦ Industrialization of scalable and maintainable Python code, versioned on Github.
    ◦ Writing technical documentation for onboarding and knowledge sharing.
    ◦ Participation in Agile processes: user stories and backlog refinement.
    ◦ Tech: Python, PySpark, Pandas, Pulp, Poetry, AWS, Databricks, Air flow, Github CI/CD, Docker.
    Python GitHub SQL Databricks AWS S3
  • Leroy Merlin,
    Data Scientist/Engineer
    March 2022 - January 2025 (2 years and 10 months)
    France
    • Supply chain forecasting and optimization
    ◦ Improved stock rotation through accurate forecasts, saving €18M in storage costs.
    ◦ Analysis and validation of DeepAR (GluonTS) results with Python and Jupyter Notebook.
    ◦ Building GCP data pipelines with BigQuery, Terraform, and Kestra.
    ◦ Deployment of anomaly detection algorithms to optimize pallet loading.
    ◦ Documentation of technical solutions and architecture, data quality control with Collibra.
    ◦ Management of production incidents: ETL, anomalies, and GCP/Kestra pipeline errors.
    ◦ Agile participation: sprint planning, user stories, backlog refinement, and code reviews.
    ◦ Tech: Python, GCP, BigQuery, Github, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Kestra, Terraform, Power BI, Looker Studio, Collibra.
    Python Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Microsoft Power BI SQL GitHub
  • INRIA,
    Research Engineer
    TECH
    May 2018 - March 2022 (3 years and 10 months)
    Lille, France
    • Supply chain and transport optimization
    ◦ Development of a genetic algorithm in C++ to optimize vehicle routes (Urban-Hub), containerized with Docker.
    ◦ Development of a column generation algorithm in C++ for daily fleet sizing (ColisWeb).
    ◦ Price optimization for home delivery (ColisWeb).
    ◦ Clustering of COVID-19 data (CHRU-Lille) for pooled testing, co-authoring scientific publication.
    ◦ Refactoring and optimization of HappyChic picking algorithm (Jules), +15% performance.
    ◦ Tech: C/C++, Java, Python, Docker, Cplex, LpSolve.
    Python Java C++ Cplex Docker

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Education

  • Ph.D in Operations Research (Linear Programming)
    Centrale Lille
    2017
    Ph.D en recherche opérationnelle (Programmation linéaire)
  • Master in Industrial Engineering and Logistics
    Université d'Artois
    2014
    Master en génie industriel et logistique

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