Summary
Kilian Tep is an Applied AI Scientist with 8 years of experience building production-grade ML and causal inference systems across Southeast Asia and Europe. He has led data science teams at GoTo Group—delivering ML-driven promotion allocation that managed the majority of weekly marketing spend across multiple countries—and now works at Mistral AI. Skilled across the stack (Spark, Hadoop, BigQuery, TensorFlow, GCP/AWS, DBT, Airflow, MLOps), he combines rigorous statistical and deep learning expertise with pragmatic engineering to move research into reliable production. Fluent in French and English with conversational Khmer, he brings cross-cultural collaboration experience from multinational projects and deployments. Outside work he’s a badminton player and self-styled philosopher, reflecting a curiosity-driven approach to problem solving.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master's of Science Data Science & Business Analytics, Master's of Science Data Science & Business Analytics at ESSEC Business School
Master's of Science Data Science & Business Analytics, Master's of Science Data Science & Business Analytics at CentraleSupélec
Bachelor’s Degree Economics and Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Economics and Computer Science at Pace University
French, English, Khmer, Spanish