Summary
Artur Ventura is an Artificial Intelligence Engineer specializing in machine translation with 17 years of software engineering experience, currently driving MT research and production at Unbabel in Lisbon. Trained with a BSc and MSc in Software Engineering and Computer Science from Instituto Superior Técnico, he blends deep systems programming skills (C/C++, Python, Java, Lisp/Scheme) with product-minded leadership from prior roles as Lead Product Engineer and Software Development Lead. He has a strong background in full-stack and tooling technologies (HTML/CSS/JS, SQL, XML, Linux/OSX) and a track record of moving research into production-grade translation systems. Known for pragmatic architecture choices and cross-functional collaboration, he pairs low-level performance tuning with higher-level product impact. An experienced mentor and engineer, he often operates at the intersection of core algorithms and deployable ML services.
17 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc, Software engineering, B.Sc, Software engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico