KieranĀ Litschel
Software Engineer, Consumer Payments at Affirm
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolKieran Litschel is a backend-focused software engineer with eight years of experience building robust payment and AI infrastructure from London. Currently on the Consumer Payments team at Affirm, he previously developed backend systems for AI research engineering and data warehousing at JPMorgan Chase, shipping services for querying large warehouses and post-publication data adjustments. He combines a strong academic foundation in AI and computer science from the University of Edinburgh with hands-on experience moving models and data workflows toward production. Comfortable across the full backend stack, Kieran has a track record of turning research-driven requirements into reliable, production-grade services. He brings a pragmatic, data-informed approach to engineering trade-offs and is particularly skilled at integrating AI systems with scalable backend architecture. Colleagues describe him as detail-oriented and quietly proactive, often surfacing engineering improvements that reduce operational friction.
8 years of coding experience
BSc (Hons) Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science, BSc (Hons) Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science at The University of EdinburghA-Levels, A-Levels at Hills Road Sixth Form College
English, German
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Github Skills (42)
financial10
stock10
predict10
python10
mysql10
trading10
machine-learning10
keras10
fintech10
deep-learning10
tensorflow10
stock-prediction10
technical-indicators10
knn10
random-forest10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
KieranLitschel/IvyPortfolioBacktesting
Feb 2020 - Apr 2020
Contributions:52 commits, 36 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
KieranLitschel/XSWEM
Dec 2020 - Feb 2021
A simple and explainable deep learning model for NLP.
Contributions:3 releases, 40 PRs, 83 pushes in 1 month
pytorchnlpbertdeep-learningmachine-learning
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