10/24/2025 updated

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AI/ML Engineer & Machine Learning Specialist

Angeles City, Philippines
Only remote
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Angeles City, Philippines
Only remote
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

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About me

ML Engineer with 4+ years of experience building, fine-tuning, and deploying AI systems using LLMs, NLP, and embeddings. Skilled in Python, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, Node.js, AWS, Docker, and LangChain, with a track record of delivering scalable, production-grade ML solutions.

JavaScriptA/B TestingApplication Programming Interfaces (APIs)Artificial IntelligenceApache AirflowAmazon Web ServicesAmazon S3Data AnalysisAutomationC++ (Programming Language)CalibrationCloud ComputingCode ReviewContinuous IntegrationData CleansingExtract Transform Load (ETL)Data StoreDjangoExperimentationForecastingFraud Prevention and DetectionGitHubR (Programming Language)Python (Programming Language)PostgreSQLMachine LearningMongoDBMySQLNode.jsPredictive AnalyticsQuery OptimizationTensorFlowWriting DocumentationReproducibilitySciPySemanticsSQL DatabasesSalesforce TableauTime SeriesTypeScriptWorkflowsFeature EngineeringPackaging and Processing DutiesPyTorchFlaskLarge Language ModelsPrompt EngineeringConvolutional Neural NetworksFastAPIpandasMatplotlibScikit LearnKubernetesCoaching and MentoringPlotlyMachine Learning OperationsSafety PrinciplesAnomaly DetectionRecurrent Neural NetworksDockerMicroservices
  1. Core β€” Python, TypeScript/JavaScript (Node.js), R, SQL, C++; clean, modular code; CI/CD.
  2. AI/ML β€” TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, Pandas/SciPy; feature engineering; model selection and tuning; evaluation (ROC-AUC, precision/recall).
  3. LLMs & NLP β€” OpenAI/LLaMA/Gemini, embeddings, semantic search, prompt engineering, RAG, vector DBs (Pinecone, FAISS, Chroma).
  4. Time-Series & Predictive β€” LSTM/GRU/CNN, ARIMA, Prophet; forecasting, anomaly detection, calibration, A/B testing.
  5. MLOps β€” Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions; experiment tracking; model packaging/serving; reproducible pipelines.
  6. Data Eng β€” ETL/ELT, data cleaning, Airflow; scalable batch/real-time pipelines.
  7. APIs & Services β€” FastAPI, Flask, Django/DRF, Node.js microservices; REST design, auth, observability.
  8. Cloud β€” AWS (Lambda, S3, containerized deployments); cost/perf optimization.
  9. Data stores β€” PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, S3; schema design and query optimization.
  10. Analytics & Viz β€” Tableau, Plotly, Matplotlib; automated reporting workflows.
  11. Practices β€” TDD, code reviews, documentation, mentoring; security and compliance mindset.
  12. Impact Highlights β€” Fraud detection latency ↓50%; campaign response ↑20%; retraining time ↓40%; loan approval accuracy ↑18%.

Experience

Professional experience5 - 10 years
Freelancer since2024

Languages

EnglishFluent

Project history

Machine Learning Engineer

TopData Global IT Solutions

Internet & IT

250-500 team member

  1. Designed and deployed LLM-powered fraud detection and customer segmentation systems, reducing fraud detection latency by 50% and increasing campaign response rates by 20%.
  2. Implemented semantic search and embeddings for financial risk modeling using Pinecone and FAISS.
  3. Integrated ML models into Node.js + FastAPI microservices, enabling seamless use across distributed teams.
  4. Developed data pipelines with Apache Airflow, cutting retraining time by 40%, and containerized models with Docker for scalable deployments.
  5. Collaborated with DevOps to orchestrate deployments on Kubernetes, ensuring high availability and fault tolerance.
  6. Mentored junior engineers, reviewed code, and introduced best practices for prompt engineering and model evaluation.

Data Scientist

Rural Bank of Angeles, Inc

Banking & Financial Services

250-500 team member

  1. Built and deployed credit risk scoring models (XGBoost, logistic regression), improving loan approval accuracy by 18%.
  2. Conducted NLP-based fraud detection using transaction pattern analysis, reducing fraud-related losses by 15%.
  3. Automated reporting pipelines in Python and Tableau, improving efficiency by 40%.
  4. Developed time-series forecasting models (Prophet, ARIMA) to predict loan demand with <7% error.
  5. Ensured data security and compliance with BSP guidelines, applying MLOps practices for production deployment.

Data Scientist Intern

Rural Bank of Angeles, Inc.

Banking & Financial Services

250-500 team member

  1. Assisted in cleaning, preprocessing, and structuring financial datasets for machine learning applications.
  2. Prototyped an early-warning loan default detection system, supporting the transition to a production-grade risk scoring tool.
  3. Conducted exploratory data analysis (EDA) to identify correlations between repayment behaviors and customer demographics.
  4. Helped senior data scientists evaluate multiple ML models using metrics like ROC-AUC, precision, and recall.
  5. Documented data workflows, schema designs, and preprocessing scripts, improving knowledge transfer and onboarding.
  6. Automated ETL scripts for financial datasets, reducing manual data preparation by several hours weekly.
  7. Contributed to team sprint meetings and provided support for ad hoc analysis tasks requested by managers.


Certificates

Kaggle Certifications

Kaggle

2025

PACUCOA Accreditation

Angeles University Foundation

2021


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