Alex Collins
Staff Machine Learning Engineer at Canva
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolAlex Collins is a Staff Machine Learning Engineer based in Sydney with 11 years of experience blending software engineering, ML, and distributed systems design. Holding a PhD in Theoretical Physics from UNSW, he has progressed from core software roles at Dolby and Fairfax to leadership positions at CSIRO Data61 and senior ML engineering at Canva, where he now leads production ML initiatives. He excels at translating complex data and physics-informed models into scalable, reliable systems and platform tooling for teams. Known for bridging research-grade rigor with pragmatic engineering, he frequently leads cross-functional efforts in graph analytics, data platforms and ML infrastructure. An unexpected strength is his background in computational physics, which informs creative approaches to model design and system performance optimization.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc Hons 1) Physics, Bachelor of Science (BSc Hons 1) Physics at University of New South WalesUNSW Sydney
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Github Skills (200)
api-blueprint10
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servlet-filter9
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Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
atcol/epsg
Jul 2020 - Dec 2023
Contributions:2 releases, 32 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 5 months
atcol/config-files
Nov 2016 - Feb 2025
Contributions:2 PRs, 82 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years 4 months
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