David Scott
Senior Machine Learning Engineer II at Instacart
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Scott is a Senior Machine Learning Engineer with eight years of experience building production ML systems across edge devices, logistics, and cybersecurity, currently driving ML infrastructure and real-time CV/ETA solutions at Instacart. He combines deep technical skill in distributed training, embedded inference (Jetson, Android, TFLite), and MLOps (Kubernetes, Terraform, Ray) with a track record of patents pending for latency and hardware optimizations. A Métis engineer with an M.Sc. from University of Alberta and Tsinghua experience, he is bilingual in Chinese and English and has lived and presented research in China, which gives him cross-cultural fluency useful for international teams. He has led small teams, shipped impactful fault-detection and threat-detection systems, and helped save substantial operational costs through applied signal-processing and ML. David enjoys the outdoors and language learning, reflecting a curious, growth-oriented mindset that fuels both technical leadership and community building.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science in Computer Process Control, Computer Engineering, Master of Science in Computer Process Control, Computer Engineering at University of AlbertaMaster of Science - MS, Department of Automation , Master of Science - MS, Department of Automation at Tsinghua University
English, Spanish, Chinese
Github Skills (27)
reinforcement-learning9
optimization9
ray9
python8
machine-learning8
java8
parallel8
pytorch8
data-science7
large-language-models7
scaling7
tensorflow7
hyperparameter-optimization7
deep-learning7
baidu7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
davejscott/Dave-CV
Jul 2019 - Dec 2019
Contributions:24 commits, 22 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
djscott12/hello-world
Aug 2017 - May 2019
Contributions:4 PRs, 5 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 8 months
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