Experience

Sportradar

Lead Data Scientist | Feb 2024 - present

  • Technical leadership

  • In-house AutoML solution based on Kubeflow

Outbrain

Team Lead | Oct 2021 - Jan 2024

  • Lead a team of 3 to 7 data scientists

  • Mentored and on-boarded new members

Data Scientist | May 2018 - Jan 2024

  • Conducted end-to-end feature implementation

  • Conducted research and developed system optimizations

  • Conducted online A/B testing

  • Wrote production code in GO and conducted feature research and simulations in Python and R

  • Led an internal knowledge-sharing initiative

  • Provided mentorship to team members

  • Conducted interviews to expand the team

  • Spoke at multiple conferences

SmartPA d.o.o.

Software Developer | Oct 2017 - May 2018

  • Worked part-time as a student

  • Implemented various BI systems

  • Conducted backend engineering

  • Completed ad-hoc solo projects

  • Primarily worked with Python, Django, and the SciPy stack

  • Conducted some work with the Postgres database

  • Used MS Excel for various projects

XLAB

Software Developer | Oct 2015 - Oct 2017

  • Worked part-time as a student

  • Worked on various projects with different teams

  • Conducted full-stack development

Freelancing

Red Bumerang d.o.o.

Lead Data Scientist | May 2023 - Apr 2024

  • ML research and product development

  • Production architecture and development

ParetoAI

Part-time Team Lead | Feb 2023 - Aug 2023

  • Research and design for ML products

  • Company culture initiatives

  • Support and grow team member

Education

University of Ljubljana

Master's Degree in Applied Statistics | October 2019 - Hiatus

  • Focused on applied statistics with an emphasis on machine learning, predictive and explanatory modeling

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and Mathematics | October 2015 - March 2019

  • Gained extensive knowledge of mathematics and computer science

  • Later focused on machine learning and statistics