Fernando Fernandes
Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Tripadvisor
Porto, Portugal
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Top SchoolFernando Fernandes is a Senior Machine Learning Engineer based in Porto with 10 years of experience building production-ready ML systems across e-commerce and fintech. He holds an MSc in Informatics and Computer Engineering from the University of Porto and added international perspective through an Erasmus at VSB-TUO in the Czech Republic. Fernando has shipped recommendation engines, session-based recommenders, and large-scale online model serving on Kubernetes and Azure Databricks, and more recently focuses on generative AI and LLM workflows using LangChain, Kubeflow, and OpenAI. His background spans the full ML lifecycle—from embeddings and Vespa.ai vector search to PySpark optimizations and memory/CPU tuning—bringing both research-grade models and pragmatic engineering to production. Known for crossing boundaries between data science and software engineering, he combines deep model work with scalable infrastructure and a proven record in fast-paced companies like FARFETCH, Revolut, and Tripadvisor.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master in Informatics and Computer Engineering Engenharia de Computação, Master in Informatics and Computer Engineering Engenharia de Computação at Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do PortoERASMUS Computer Science, ERASMUS Computer Science at VSB - Technical University of Ostrava
Github Skills (34)
npm10
javascript9
yarnpkg9
cli9
package-manager9
httpd8
http-server8
unicorn8
wsgi-server8
gunicorn8
stream8
server7
region7
incremental-learning7
python7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
andre-b-fernandes/andre-b-fernandes.github.io
Oct 2019 - Feb 2025
My curriculum vitae
Contributions:47 pushes in 5 years 5 months
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andre-b-fernandes/FEUP-DISS
Feb 2020 - Jul 2020
Software library for stream-based recommender systems
Contributions:1 release, 109 commits, 2 PRs in 4 months
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