Experience
Cast AI
Senior Data Scientist, ML Guild Lead | Jul 2024 - Present
Built visibility and observability tooling from ground up
Worked on DB caching and invalidation algorithms
Sportradar
Lead Data Scientist | Feb 2024 - Jun 2024
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
Completed ad-hoc solo projects
XLAB
Fullstack Developer | Oct 2015 - Oct 2017
Worked part-time as a student
Worked on various projects with different teams
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