Gilad Amar
Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Lifecheq
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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Top SchoolGilad Amar is a Senior Machine Learning Engineer with a decade of experience applying ML and data science to industrial and healthcare problems from Cape Town. He progressed from data analyst roles into principal data science positions at DataProphet and AdvanceGuidance, and now leads ML efforts at Lifecheq, bringing production-grade modelling and domain translation skills. Trained as an astrophysicist and physicist (MSc UCT, BSc/Honours Wits), he combines strong quantitative foundations with practical experience deploying optimization and predictive systems. Known for tackling meaningful problems while keeping work engaging, he excels at turning complex scientific concepts into robust, scalable solutions. Colleagues rely on him for bridging research-grade approaches with business impact across manufacturing, telecoms and health tech.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
MSc Astrophysics and Space Science Astronomy and Astrophysics, MSc Astrophysics and Space Science Astronomy and Astrophysics at University of Cape TownPhysics Honours Physics, Physics Honours Physics at University of the WitwatersrandYeshiva College, south africa
English, Afrikaans, Hebrew
Github Skills (25)
debian8
regression7
efficientnet7
jupyter-notebook6
homebrew6
hebrew6
mobilenet6
python6
notebook6
jupyter6
deep-learning5
linux5
machine-learning5
windows5
realtime5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
GiladAmar/Crash_courses
Jun 2016 - Dec 2022
Contributions:46 commits, 6 PRs, 75 pushes in 6 years 7 months
pythondata-sciencejupyter-notebooknotebookmachine-learning
GiladAmar/Nekudot
Jun 2021 - Nov 2023
Open-source code for a Chrome extension that adds vowels to Hebrew text using a machine learning model.
Contributions:2 reviews, 5 PRs, 6 pushes in 2 years 5 months
vowelstensorflowjshebrewmachine-learningchrome
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