Anthony D'amato is a Senior Staff Software Development Engineer Lead based in Paris with 11 years of experience building scalable ML and distributed systems, currently leading retail media recommendation efforts at Criteo. He combines hands-on expertise in Scala, Python, PyTorch, Ray and Spark with a strong track record of shipping end-to-end ML pipelines and multimodal retrieval models that delivered double-digit revenue uplift. Known for bridging product and engineering, he architects robust inference systems, standardizes ML development practices, and mentors cross-functional teams to improve system stability and delivery velocity. His background spans research to production—MSc from the University of Tokyo and early work on adaptive decision-tree learning—bringing a blend of academic rigor and pragmatic engineering. Pragmatic about trade-offs, he focuses on measurable business impact while advancing state-of-the-art model training and retrieval for adtech at production scale.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
University of Tokyo
Engineer's degree, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Engineer's degree, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at ISAE-SUPAERO
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