Juan Farah
Senior Software Engineer at EPFL
Switzerland
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Top SchoolJuan Farah is a software engineer, researcher, and entrepreneur with 13 years of experience building large-scale web and AI systems across academia and industry. He holds a BA in Economics from Harvard, studied CS at Stanford, earned an MSc with Distinction from Imperial College London, and completed a PhD in Robotics and Intelligent Systems at EPFL. Juan blends hands‑on engineering—frontend, backend, DevOps—and generative AI agent development with a strong research portfolio in conversational agents, HCI, cognitive neuroscience, and privacy. He has led applied research and production engineering at EPFL and now develops generative AI services for enterprises while continuing visiting research on human–machine interaction. As a co‑founder of multiple ventures and a leader in a non‑profit for digital education, he pairs product instincts with academic rigor and a track record of integrating conversational agents into learning environments. Notably, his background includes coordinating complex logistics for major art exhibitions and migrating legacy systems to cloud infrastructure, illustrating an unusual mix of technical depth and operational experience.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Computer Science, Master's Degree, Computer Science at Imperial College LondonInternational Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma, International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma at Colegio Franklin Delano Roosevelt, The American School of LimaBachelor of Arts (BA), Economics, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Economics at Harvard UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Robotics, Control, and Intelligent Systems, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Robotics, Control, and Intelligent Systems at EPFLStanford Summer Intensive Studies, Computer Science, Stanford Summer Intensive Studies, Computer Science at Stanford University
Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, Greek
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Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
graasp/graasp-app-rewards
Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
A an application to assign rewards to users within a Graasp learning space.
Contributions:23 PRs, 25 pushes, 19 branches in 10 months
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graasp/graasp-content-desktop
Aug 2020 - Feb 2021
A landing page for Graasp's desktop clients.
Contributions:23 reviews, 14 commits, 11 PRs in 5 months
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