Alex Cummaudo
Research Engineer at Canva
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolAlex Cummaudo is a Research Engineer with 12 years of experience building production-grade AI and ML systems, currently leading Canva Research’s framework for automated evaluations of generative design. He blends hands-on engineering (front-end, back-end, and ML) with product and design sensibilities—previous roles include accelerating generative design at Canva, leading GenAI R&D at REA, and shipping scalable data and CV pipelines. Alex’s eval tooling embedded visual LLM “judges” into developer workflows, shrinking QA cycles from weeks to minutes and surfacing critical regressions used for go/no-go decisions. He holds a PhD in Machine Learning Engineering Evaluation and has a track record of turning research into shipped features—e.g., improving Magic Layouts relevance and MAUs through optimized learn-to-rank models. Based in Berlin, he contributes across open-source repos (from UI fixes to backend serializers) and brings a pragmatic focus on developer experience and measurable product impact.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Machine Learning Engineering Evaluation, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Machine Learning Engineering Evaluation at Deakin Applied Artificial Intelligence InitiativeBachelor of Information Technology (Honours) - BIT(Hons) Software Engineering / Computer Vision, Bachelor of Information Technology (Honours) - BIT(Hons) Software Engineering / Computer Vision at Deakin UniversityBachelor of Science - BSc Software Development, Bachelor of Science - BSc Software Development at Swinburne University of TechnologyVictorian Certificate of Education, Victorian Certificate of Education at Parade College
English, German
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Github Skills (24)
apidoc10
rails10
ui-design10
uid10
api10
front-end-development10
angularjs10
backend10
ruby-on-rails10
javascript9
serialization9
data-serialization9
html8
css8
pdfjs7
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
doubtfire-lms/doubtfire-web
Jul 2014 - Apr 2018
Angular web application for the OnTrack front-end.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1125 commits, 76 PRs, 173 pushes in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Alex primarily contributed to the Doubtfire web application by addressing bug fixes and UI enhancements related to batch uploads and PDF viewing. The code changes indicate involvement in the front-end, with modifications to templates (e.g., tutor-marking-context.tpl.html, task-feedback.tpl.html) and styling (less/main.less). Additionally, the user worked on improvements to the PDF viewer by fixing bugs and adding "pdf still compiling" messaging.
angularfrontendontrack
doubtfire-lms/doubtfire-api
Jul 2014 - Apr 2018
Rails RESTful API for the OnTrack back-end.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:497 commits, 91 PRs, 135 pushes in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Alex primarily worked on the Doubtfire API, focusing on improvements to the project model and the burndown chart data generation. They also addressed issues related to handling of negative values and preventing the repetition of target completion percentages in burndown charts. The user introduced changes to the project serializer and model files, demonstrating a focus on data presentation and backend data manipulation.
backendrailsrestrestful-apiontrack
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