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General Information

Full Name Joan Salvà Soler
Location Vienna, Austria
Languages English, Catalan, Spanish, German

Education

  • 2022 - 2025
    MSc. in Data Science; Graduated with Honors
    Technical University of Vienna
    • Machine Learning and Statistics + Optimization and High-Performance Computing
    • Teaching Assistant for the courses Advanced Methods for Regression and Classification, and Data Analysis
  • 2017 - 2021
    BSc. in Mathematics
    Polytechnic University of Catalonia
    • Specialized in Algorithmics, Discrete Mathematics, and Mathematical Optimization
    • Accenture Scholarship for Academic Merit, leading to an 8-month internship

Experience

  • May 25 - Present
    ML Software Engineer
    H2O.ai
    • Core developer of H2O.ai's LLM-Studio, a platform for fine-tuning and deploying LLM-based applications
    • Python, TypeScript, Docker, AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, PyTorch, FastAPI, MCP
  • Nov 23 - May 25
    Research Engineer
    Quantagonia
    • LLMs for optimization modeling. Core developer of DecisionAI - an LLM-based natural language interface for optimization modeling
    • MIP solver development. Research and implementation of new features for Quantagonia's Hybrid Solver
    • ML-based hyperparameter tuning. Used Bayesian optimization to tune Quantagonia's MIP solver
    • LangChain, LangGraph, FastAPI, C++, CMake, SMAC
  • Mar 23 - Nov 23
    Machine Learning Research Intern
    SBA Research
    • Architecture and development of a Machine Learning solution for Landslide Detection based on computer vision and change-detection methods on satellite imagery
    • PyTorch, QGIS, GDAL
  • Apr 21 - Oct 22
    Data Scientist
    Accenture
    • Experience in multiple projects for large customers, including Sales Prices Optimization, Demand Forecasting, Supply-Chain Optimization, Port Operations Scheduling, and Warehouse Stock Optimization
    • Python, scikit-learn, OR-Tools

Certifications

  • GCP Professional Machine Learning Engineer