
Simon Szalai
Verified Expert in Engineering
AI Specialist and Software Developer
Simon is a software craftsman focusing on AI, Deep Learning, cloud computing, and consumer apps. He is proficient with Python and TypeScript and known for picking up new technologies as needed. He saved a client approximately 40 million EUR a year in collaboration with his team by increasing prediction accuracy and delivered a serverless React project to manage the day-to-day activities of a manufacturing company. Previous roles have included acting CTO and full-stack engineer.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
MacOS, Linux, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), TypeScript, Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Deepnote, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud
The most amazing...
...tool I've developed is a machine learning pipeline that turns brainwave data and digital artwork into a unique, animated art piece.
Work Experience
AI Specialist
Bicameral NFT
- Developed a machine learning pipeline to turn brainwave data and digital artwork into a unique animated art piece, using Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs).
- Recruited a team to use this technology to create an NFT collection of 5,000 pieces on the Ethereum blockchain.
- Lay the foundations for the technology to be deployed as an API in the future.
Acting CTO
Raiz Vertical Farms
- Developed a simulation from first principles to help design an energy-efficient greenhouse.
- Ran a successful crowdfunding campaign with my team, raising $30,000.
- Participated in defining strategy and product development direction.
Full-stack Engineer
KitchenMate
- Designed and implemented control software running on an Android tablet for the hot food kiosk using Ionic React and Node.js.
- Evolved requirements constantly despite a lot of ambiguity.
- Oversaw the software integration of many different hardware. systems (AI vision system, induction cookers, cameras, payment terminals, smart fridge, WiFi hotspot, etc.).
- Expanded a user-facing mobile app and internal tools using JavaScript.
Full-stack Engineer
SynerScope
- Executed the transition of SynerScope's entire data management platform from an on-premises app to a microservices-based cloud-native solution on Azure.
- Increased the prediction accuracy of a client's required tools and expertise for field-work of their employees from 80% to 99.98% on two million visits, saving approximately 40 million EUR a year in collaboration with my team.
- Engineered data pipelines to move documents, metadata, text, and images between Hadoop, Azure, and various databases.
- Deployed an image vectorizer model to Azure Cloud as a REST API using Docker.
Software Engineer
Dekimo Experts
- Developed a computer vision product to classify cells in microscope images.
- Delivered core development in C++, UI in QML using Qt5, image manipulation in OpenCV.
- Contributed to the project while learning C++ autonomously from zero.
Experience
Quantum Active Inference
Custom CRM and ISO Compliance Software
SorterBot
Skills
Languages
Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, C#, Go, C++, QML, Bash
Libraries/APIs
Node.js, React, PyTorch, Pandas, TensorFlow, Matplotlib, Vue, OpenCV
Platforms
Visual Studio Code (VS Code), MacOS, Linux, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Heroku, Meteor, Azure, Docker, Databricks, Raspberry Pi, Firebase, Amazon EC2
Other
Deepnote, Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Business Administration, Google Colaboratory (Colab), Electronic Sensors, Google BigQuery, Process Simulation, Data Collection, Reinforcement Learning, Deep Reinforcement Learning, Linear Algebra, Quantum Machine Learning, Quantum Computing, Firebase Cloud Functions, Robotics, GitHub Actions, AWS Cloud Development, Object Detection, Classification, Classification Algorithms
Frameworks
AngularJS, Ionic, .NET, Hadoop, Spark, Qt, Django, React Native
Tools
LabVIEW, AutoML, Docker Compose, Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Storage
Google Cloud, PostgreSQL, MySQL, NoSQL, Amazon S3 (AWS S3)
Education
Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA)
Quantic School of Business and Technology - Online
Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry
University of Szeged - Szeged, Hungary
Certifications
Deep Reinforcement Learning Nanodegree
Udacity
Deep Learning by Andrew Ng
Coursera