Antonio Cavalcante
Senior Research Engineer & Tech Lead at RBC Borealis
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolAntonio Cavalcante is a Senior Research Engineer and Tech Lead with 11 years of experience building systems at the intersection of machine learning and data engineering. Currently leading research engineering at RBC Borealis after roles at Borealis AI and a PhD/postdoc at the University of Alberta, he blends rigorous academic research with production-focused system design. He has a strong foundation in probabilistic and statistical methods from his doctoral work, applied to scalable data pipelines and ML infrastructure in industry. Based in Old Toronto, he is comfortable moving models from experimental code to robust, monitored deployments. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic researcher who prioritizes reproducibility and operational reliability when translating novel algorithms into business value. His international training—from Brazil to France and Australia—gives him a collaborative, cross-cultural approach to complex engineering problems.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at University of AlbertaENSIIE - École Nationale Supérieure d'Informatique pour l'Industrie et l'EntrepriseMaster of Science (MSc), Master of Science (MSc) at Universidade Federal do Ceará
Portuguese, French, English
Github Skills (8)
hierarchical-clustering10
hdbscan10
clustering9
visualization8
data-mining8
react3
probot2
github1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
antoniocavalcante/mustache
Mar 2018 - Oct 2020
Contributions:34 commits, 1 PR, 18 pushes in 2 years 8 months
data-miningclusteringhierarchical-clusteringhdbscanvisualization
antoniocavalcante/hdbscan-java
Jun 2016 - Jan 2020
Contributions:115 commits, 3 comments in 3 years 8 months
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