Alex Pilafian
Head Of Server-Side Systems at Stark Future SL
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Pilafian is a Senior Software Engineer based in Barcelona with 10 years of experience building production systems spanning machine learning, real-time web, and large-scale backend services. He led development of a deep reinforcement learning-driven algorithmic trading platform and authored a general-purpose RL framework using TensorFlow and Hydra, while combining Python for ML with Go for performance-critical components. As founder and technical lead at WindFish Studio he shipped a complex simulation game platform using Elixir, Kubernetes, AWS, ThreeJS and Electron, and earlier roles show deep full-stack and data engineering chops from Hadoop MapReduce to AngularJS front-ends. Comfortable moving between research-grade ML and pragmatic engineering, he has a track record of turning acquired IP into working products and managing small cross-functional teams. An unconventional strength is his ability to blend high-performance systems programming with polished client experiences, making him effective across the entire software lifecycle.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. Computer Science, B.S. Computer Science at Arizona State UniversityGeneral Studies, General Studies at Dobson High School
English, Spanish
Github Skills (58)
elixir9
webstorm9
dqn9
pycharm9
scalable8
intellij-plugin8
appcode8
reinforcement-learning8
rubymine8
clion7
elixir-mix7
threejs7
functional-programming7
programming-language7
spatial-index7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
windfish-studio/three-map-controls
Oct 2016 - Sep 2017
Map controls class for threeJS (pan and zoom with respect to a THREE.Plane or Sphere)
Contributions:3 commits, 3 PRs, 65 pushes in 11 months
threejs
NydiaAI/g-mlp-tensorflow
Jun 2021 - Aug 2021
A gMLP (gated MLP) implementation in Tensorflow 1.x, as described in the paper "Pay Attention to MLPs" (2105.08050).
Contributions:27 commits, 11 pushes, 2 tags in 2 months
mlptensorflow
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