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Amsterdam, Nh, Nl

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

> Search Personalization: Project focused on improving user efficiency by enhancing the relevance of search results. By re-ranking search outputs based on contextual user and board features, relevance increased by 42%. I developed a pairwise learning-to-rank pipeline with Kedro for deployment on Databricks, utilizing a feature store and MLflow for versioning and tracking. Model performance was evaluated using metrics like MAP@5 and MRR.> Board Sharing Optimization: Project aims to boost engagement among new users, this project identified key moments to prompt sharing based on user activity on newly created boards. This approach led to an 8% improvement in model precision and a 9% increase in recall compared to the baseline. I experimented with data sources and tested multiple classifiers, with a focus on reducing false positives to maintain a seamless user experience; and helped to design A/B tests.> AI Quality Improvement Initiative: Solves problem of AI features quality assessment. I created the deployment logic using Databricks bundle for the data anonymization pipeline.> Enterprise guard Data Protection – Labeling Functionality: Developed for board content identification based on predefined categories, achieving up to 80% precision. I built data preprocessing pipelines that reduced processing time by 95% through Spark optimizations, experimented with various modeling approaches, including stacking, and prepared the final pipelines for production.> Internal Libraries for Board Content Standardization and Clustering: I created two libraries to support hierarchical navigation, enabling features like voice-assisted navigation, high-level content summaries, and context detection. These libraries facilitated internal experimentation with AI-driven features.> Sticky Notes Clustering by Keyword: AI-powered feature helping to identify initial topic-related patterns in sticky notes texts. I researched alternatives for current algorithm

> Canvas domain modelCore logical layer of the whiteboard aimed to standardize data schemas and general logic of canvas objects. I designed the new schema, created a glossary, documented the status quo for each object and their target state. The documented model became a part of widely shared company knowledge, increasing work efficiency of software engineers and sped up new canvas features development. It is constantly visited by 25% of unique Product organization employees monthly.> Content Management at ScaleThis project was dedicated to the business logic and interface modifications that would allow users and admins to create, manage and find their content efficiently. I identified enterprise client needs through 20+ interviews and developed a target content management model informed by competitor research, Miro’s technical specifics, and best practices. This model laid the groundwork for the interface and business logic of the next-generation content dashboard and admin dashboard.> Technical Documentation GuildAn internal, employee-driven initiative that shaped documentation practices across the organization. I conducted research on company-wide documentation practices and issues, informing the guild’s strategic direction; led the definition, prioritization and implementation of ADRs and Docs-as-Code initiatives, formulated guild’s Confluence documentation section, enhancing accessibility to documentation standards. > Billing and Account Business Logic Modellinginitiatives focused on standardizing the business logic for these core product domains across subscription plans. I conducted current state and competitor analyses and developed consistent, scalable domain models, providing a foundation for architectural decisions during the company's hyper-growth stage.

Paris Area, France

I created and implemented the data model for a global database of art objects and valuable collectibles. The product provided users throughout the company with powerful tool for price predictions, market analysis and advanced search.My role included: – The overall design of data models and wireframes, – Guiding their implementation during the application development process, – Making improvements to the admin application and underlying database to support master data management, metadata management, business intelligence, content management, data interoperability and analytic,– Development of machine learning classification and data parsing algorithms for proper database management.My core activities were the following:– Translation of strategic requirements into a usable information architecture which included data model, associated metamodel, common business vocabulary, taxonomies to assist implementation engineers, UI designers and research staff– Development of a metadata management and repository strategy to manage enterprise information– Identification of standards and frameworks as necessary to achieve the envisioned information structure– Overseeing the analysis and design of the data stored by information systems, concentrating on entities, their attributes and their relationships– Direction of the development of various models (data, process, metrics/measures, object based) to present the abstractions that make up the information structure– Evaluation and recommendation of potential technologies (tools, hardware and software) to accomplish the organization's information management goals– Parsing terms and named entities from raw texts to populate controlled vocabularies and introduce new entities within taxonomy– Work within data science team on creation of data extraction and classification algorithms to improve the process of manual Q&A and to support the development of different machine learning systems used for market analysis

Paris, Île-De-France, France

A knowledge management tool for creative professionals I developed internal logics and structure of the service, built up content organization methodology, I am in charge of quality assurance, feedback collection and analytics. I also do legal management, financial planning, operations and accounting.

Service design agency http://tsentsiper.com/en/Within the agency I worked on several projects for large delivery service (online certified mail delivery service, new central portal, internal client identification system, subscription agency service). The work I did in each project is fully described in doc files accessible via links listed below. In order to sum up: I interviewed stakeholders, collected, structured and documented business information, analyzed it and suggested improvements, developed internal logics and structure of corresponding products, created wireframes and specifications, oversaw design and implementation

Information architecture and design studio http://infodesk.pro/Within infodesk studio I worked on several large and small service projects. The work I did in each project is fully described in doc files accessible via project links listed below. In order to sum up: I interviewed stakeholders, collected, structured and documented business information, analyzed it and suggested improvements, developed internal logics and structure of products, created wireframes and specifications, oversaw design and implementation

Specialist'S Degree, Virology

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