João Matias
Machine Learning Engineer at ComplyAdvantage
Odivelas, Portugal
Summary
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Top SchoolJoão Matias is a Machine Learning Engineer with a PhD in Mathematics and a decade of experience building production-ready ML and forecasting systems. He progressed from academic teaching and research at Penn State to developing time-series forecasting algorithms and reliable R/Python implementations integrated into Java microservices at Talkdesk, and now applies that expertise at ComplyAdvantage. João combines deep theoretical grounding with pragmatic engineering—designing evaluation procedures and stable deployment pipelines for medium‑term demand forecasting in call centers. Based in Odivelas, Portugal, he is driven by curiosity and thrives on tackling both theoretical and software challenges, often bridging mathematical rigor with scalable production code.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mathematics at Penn State UniversityMaster's degree, Mathematics and Applications, Master's degree, Mathematics and Applications at Instituto Superior Técnico
Portuguese, English
Github Skills (55)
clustering-algorithm10
r9
hdbscan9
packaging9
spacemacs9
emacs9
linter9
vim9
clustering-evaluation9
cluster-analysis9
clustering9
python8
code-analysis8
mocking8
java8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
joaopmatias/joaopmatias.github.io
Mar 2018 - Dec 2023
Contributions:79 pushes, 3 branches in 5 years 9 months
joaopmatias/Competitions
Mar 2019 - Nov 2020
Contributions:9 commits, 60 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 8 months
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