Summary
Gjorgji Strezoski is an Assistant Professor and seasoned software engineer with a PhD in computer vision and machine learning and over a decade of hands-on experience building production ML systems. He currently splits his time between academia at the University of Amsterdam and leading data and ML strategy at New Black, where he architects ML-ready pipelines and real-time, multi-model recommenders. A serial founder and technical leader, he has built data platforms, medallion architectures, and high-performance inference stacks using tools like Databricks, PyTorch, ggml and vLLM. His research background includes collaborations with the Rijksmuseum and applied work on artistic paintings, bringing a rare blend of cultural-domain vision research and pragmatic engineering. Gjorgji is pragmatic about deployment: he emphasizes onboarding, developer experience, and measurable business impact alongside model innovation. Based in Amsterdam, he enjoys turning early-stage data problems into maintainable, production-grade systems.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Computer Software Engineering, Master’s Degree, Computer Software Engineering at Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering - Skopje
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Vision and Machine Learning, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Vision and Machine Learning at University of Amsterdam
SOU "Gjosho Vikentiev"
English, Italian, vlach, Dutch