Auke Wiggers is a software engineer with 14 years of experience specializing in machine learning and deep reinforcement learning, currently building software at Monumental after a senior research role at Qualcomm AI Research. He moved into industry via Scyfer, a machine-learning consultancy that was acquired by Qualcomm, and has a strong academic foundation with an MSc in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Amsterdam. His work spans research and applied engineering—shipping RL models and research-grade systems into production environments. Known for bridging theory and practice, he has experience across tutoring, teaching assistance, and Django development, giving him a pragmatic, full-stack perspective on ML projects. Based in Amsterdam, he combines deep technical rigor with product-minded engineering, favoring solutions that scale beyond prototypes. Colleagues describe him as someone who comfortably navigates both research papers and production code, translating experimental ideas into robust systems.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc) Artificial Intelligence, Master of Science (MSc) Artificial Intelligence at University of Amsterdam
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