Solutions Engineer
2022 - PRESENTIterative- Acted as the technical account manager for large enterprise clients that account for over 65% of the company's revenue.
- Supported clients in integrating iterative tools into their existing systems and processes. Led training sessions on the best MLOps practices.
- Partnered with founders and product and sales teams to drive sales, define the product roadmap, and demonstrate the technical capacities of iterative tools.
Technologies: Machine Learning Operations (MLOps), DvC, CML, CI/CD Pipelines, PyTorch, Data Science, Machine Learning, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Education, TrainingData Science Consultant
2017 - PRESENTSelf-employed- Delivered corporate training on data science, machine learning, and MLOps.
- Developed and refined the data science curriculum to improve outcomes at online boot camp programs and universities.
- Worked with several organizations, namely O'Reilly Media, McKinsey, Lambda School, Yandex Practicum, and Concordia University.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), PyTorch, Keras, Scikit-learn, Jupyter, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Python, Data Science, Education, TrainingSenior Data Scientist
2020 - 2022Rio Tinto- Led the development of predictive maintenance and computer vision applications at Rio Tinto's smelters and hydroelectric power stations.
- Mentored junior software engineers and data scientists.
- Established team processes and best engineering practices.
Technologies: Python, Amazon Web Services (AWS), PyTorch, Scikit-learn, SQL, Linux, Fast.ai, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Data ScienceSenior Data Scientist
2018 - 2020MindGeek- Automated a part of the post-production team's workflow by developing a deep learning-based video action recognition system.
- Designed and developed a public-facing web application to crowd-source image labeling and annotation data, eliminating the need for expensive 3rd party services.
- Improved the process of deploying and monitoring the performance of ML models in production by utilizing the best CI/CD practices, such as code and model versioning and unit and integration testing.
Technologies: Elasticsearch, Splunk, MongoDB, Redis, Apache Hive, SQLite, PostgreSQL, OpenCV, PyTorch, Keras, Scikit-learn, Jupyter, Bokeh, Plotly, Matplotlib, Blaze, Dask, Pandas, SciPy, NumPy, Fast.ai, Machine Learning, Neural NetworksMachine Learning Engineer
2017 - 2018Splunk- Built machine learning applications within the Splunk ecosystem to allow users without a strong data science background to train, validate, and deploy ML models quickly.
- Implemented novel parameter-free machine learning algorithms in Splunk Machine Learning Toolkit.
- Provided consulting services to Splunk's clients, solving their operational and domain-specific challenges and establishing their data analytics strategy using Splunk.
Technologies: Elasticsearch, Splunk, MongoDB, Scikit-learn, Jupyter, Bokeh, Plotly, Matplotlib, Blaze, Dask, Pandas, SciPy, NumPy, Windows, MacOS, Linux, Machine Learning, Data ScienceSoftware Engineer
2013 - 2017UrtheCast- Designed and developed software systems to process and classify satellite images using modern software development practices, including unit testing, continuous integration, and configuration management.
- Performed statistical modeling to test and verify the performance of developed algorithms.
- Administered on-premise and cloud-based Linux servers by installing and troubleshooting system software and programs.
- Developed an operations database system for convenient monitoring of space segment's health status, command execution, and data flow by allowing the execution of interactive queries and creating custom dashboards.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Elasticsearch, Splunk, MongoDB, Redis, Apache Hive, SQLite, PostgreSQL, OpenCV, Scikit-learn, Jupyter, Bokeh, Plotly, Matplotlib, Blaze, Dask, Pandas, SciPy, Linux, Data Science, Machine Learning
Alex Kim
Software Developer in Montreal, QC, Canada
Member since December 3, 2019
Alex is an ML engineer with 10+ years of experience in the tech industry. He has shared his expertise as an invited speaker at various conferences and meetups, helped companies with their ML strategy, and advised startups on their Data Science curriculum. He's also the founder and organizer of PyData Montreal, Canada's largest PyData meetup.
Alex is now available for hire
Portfolio
- IterativeMachine Learning Operations (MLOps), DvC, CML, CI/CD Pipelines, PyTorch...
- Self-employedAmazon Web Services (AWS), PyTorch, Keras, Scikit-learn, Jupyter...
- Rio TintoPython, Amazon Web Services (AWS), PyTorch, Scikit-learn, SQL, Linux, Fast.ai...
Experience
- Python 6 years
- Linux 6 years
- Scikit-learn 5 years
- Jupyter Notebook 5 years
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) 4 years
- PyTorch 2 years
- Keras 2 years
- Fast.ai 2 years
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
Python, Keras, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, SQL, DvC, CI/CD Pipelines, Data Science, Machine Learning
The most amazing...
...project I've done is build machine learning-based services used by millions of users a day.
Employment
Experience
- NSFW Data Scraperhttps://github.com/alex000kim/nsfw_data_scraper
NSFW data scraper and image classifier.
Featured in:
https://syncedreview.com/2019/01/15/nsfw-dataset-removes-humans-from-content-review/ - Presentation on Approximate Nearest Neighborshttps://github.com/alex000kim/ann_presentation
Built using Jupyter slides and RISE extension.
- Parameter-free K-means Clustering: X-meanshttps://github.com/alex000kim/XMeans
Implementation of X-means algorithm based on Pelleg, Dan, and Andrew W. Moore. "X-means: Extending K-means with Efficient Estimation of the Number of Clusters." ICML. Vol. 1. 2000. https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dpelleg/download/xmeans.pdf
- Video Frame Removerhttps://github.com/alex000kim/video_frame_remover
Remove frames and borders around videos.
Skills
Languages
Python, R, SQLLibraries/APIs
NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Scikit-learn, SciPy, PyTorch, Fast.ai, Keras, OpenCV, DaskParadigms
Data SciencePlatforms
Linux, Jupyter Notebook, Docker, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Visual Studio Code, MacOS, Windows, Amazon EC2, AzureOther
Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Image Recognition, Neural Networks, CML, Blaze, Bokeh, Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), CI/CD Pipelines, Machine Learning Operations (MLOps), Education, TrainingTools
PyCharm, VS Code, Plotly, Jupyter, Splunk, ELK (Elastic Stack), Amazon SageMaker, Git, GitLab, GitHub, MATLAB, Confluence, JiraStorage
Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Apache Hive, Redis, MongoDB, Amazon S3 (AWS S3)
Education
- Master's Degree in Physics2011 - 2013Unviersity of Alberta - Edmonton, Canada
- Bachelor's Degree in Physics2007 - 2011Moscow State University - Moscow, Russia
Certifications
- AWS Cloud ArchitectJANUARY 2021 - PRESENTUdacity
- Splunk Certified Power UserAPRIL 2018 - PRESENTSplunk
- Machine Learning Engineer NanodegreeMARCH 2017 - PRESENTUdacity
