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by spitfire 653 days ago
SEEKING WORK - remote, email in profile.

Location: West coast, remote only.

I'm a data scientist who has worked with the likes of Porsche and Mulesoft, I'm looking for the next thing.

An ideal fit would be a small/medium company with hair on fire green or brownfield problems that need solving. I'm currently quite interested in AI, and routing/optimization problems.

Technologies/techniques: Machine learning/AI, LLM's/RAG, Transformers, GenAI, MCMC, MCTS, Bayesnets, Neural architecture search, Python, Pytorch/Tensorflow/Keras, All the tools surrounding ML and AI, A whole host of others.

Some past work:

  - In the wild part failure prediction for Porsche, saving millions.
  - Server fleet failure prediction for Mulesoft. Give a 5 minute warning to do load shedding.
  - LLM system to output human readable flight delay information for well known airline.
  - Real-time Vehicle routing, Get a couch from where you are, to where you want it to be.
  - Goal oriented voice agent in the pre-LLM era. 
  - Taxi fleet maintenance optimization and failure prediction for a latam taxi company. Saved entire cars. 
  - Automated sports highlights - Feed in video, get nicely cut highlights of diving catches, touchdowns, etc.
  - Wound identification and mangement - Identify what sort of wound, label and categorize the tissue.
  - Account grading and revenue optimization for ARM. 
  - Maritime anti-piracy - Identifying pirate skiffs, at risk vessels, and routing them aroound danger.
Who shouldn't contact me:

  - Ads or gambling. I'd rather sleep at night. Thanks.