João Galego
Principal AI Engineer Head Of AIOps at Critical Software
Lisbon, Portugal
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Top SchoolJoão Galego is a Principal AI Engineer and Head of AIOps at Critical Software with 11 years of experience building dependable AI for safety-critical industries and an academic post as Invited Professor at ISEG. Trained as a physicist and with doctoral research in cognitive science, he applies machine learning to decode complex brain signals and translate lab-grade models into production-grade systems. His career spans hands-on roles at AWS (Solutions Architect, GenAI and Quantum Ambassador) and Siemens (Lead ML Engineer), where he focused on MLOps, model lifecycle management and robust deployment. João combines research fluency—BCI and quantum machine-learning credentials—with practical DevOps craftsmanship (Ansible, Terraform, Kubernetes) to bridge high-stakes engineering and regulation-driven domains. Outside work he contributes to open-source projects, advises aeronautical AI standards via EUROCAE WG-114, and is known for bringing interdisciplinary rigor to delivering “ML that matters.”
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate in Advanced English, Certificate in Advanced English at Hertford College, OxfordPost-graduation Forensic Science, Post-graduation Forensic Science at ISCSP-ULisboa / Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas - Universidade de LisboaY Combinator Startup School, Y Combinator Startup School at Startup School OnlineMaster of Science (MSc) Physics, Master of Science (MSc) Physics at Instituto Superior TécnicoPhD (unfinished) Cognitive Science, PhD (unfinished) Cognitive Science at University of LisbonFirst Certificate in English, First Certificate in English at St. Hugh's College, OxfordBolseiro de Iniciação à Investigação Theoretical Particle Physics, Bolseiro de Iniciação à Investigação Theoretical Particle Physics at Centro de Física Teórica de Partículas (CFTP)Certificate of Quantum Excellence Quantum Computing Quantum Machine Learning, Certificate of Quantum Excellence Quantum Computing Quantum Machine Learning at 2021 Qiskit Global Summer School on Quantum Machine Learning
Portuguese, English, French, German, Spanish, Italian
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Github Skills (121)
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Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
JGalego/GenAI
Jul 2023 - Jan 2024
Contributions:151 pushes, 6 branches in 6 months
JGalego/JGalego.github.io
Nov 2019 - Mar 2025
Personal website
Contributions:149 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 4 months
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