Work Experience

• Research Scientist, DeepL

  Apr, 2022 - Present

  • Trained, evaluated, and deployed machine translation models — from encoder–decoder architectures to, more recently, LLMs — on top of large-scale internal ML infrastructure (Megatron-based distributed training, evaluation, and inference pipelines).

  • Built and maintained the backend for serving those models — input preprocessing, output postprocessing, and orchestration of multi-model, multi-step translation pipelines.

  • Generated synthetic training and evaluation data for a range of MT tasks using heuristics, rules, and LLMs — both in-house models and third-party batch APIs.

  • Designed and managed human annotation projects for training and evaluation data.

  • Built data-extraction pipelines to mine MT training and evaluation examples from sources such as arXiv PDFs and LaTeX.

  • Interviewed Research-team candidates on foundational mathematics.

• Software Development and Data Analysis in Energy Trading, Next Kraftwerke GmbH

  May, 2019 - Mar, 20222 years 10 months

  • Developed (in Python) applications for real-time anomaly detection and correction of electricity grid feed-in data.

  • Developed libraries and applications for internal data management.

• Software Development in Mobile Applications (iOS) and Embedded Systems, ImagineOn GmbH

  Jul, 2017 - Apr, 20191 year 9 months

  • Designed customer-specific IT solutions with a focus on IoT and smart home.

  • Developed (in Swift and Objective-C) the corresponding apps for iOS devices.

  • Developed (in C++ and C) the software for the associated embedded systems.

  • Wrote articles on various IT topics for the company website.

• Algorithm and Software Development in Chip Design, Research Institute for Discrete Mathematics, University of Bonn

  Oct, 2015 - Jun, 20171 year 8 months

  • Developed and implemented (in C++) algorithms for the automated placement and routing of the components of a computer chip.

  • Solved optimization problems related to signal delay, power consumption, and area usage.

  • Worked in partnership with IBM.

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