Kyle De Freitas
Lead, Risk AI & ML Engineering at Block
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolKyle De Freitas is a Lead in Risk AI & ML Engineering with 13 years of software experience and a decade of teaching computer science, currently building production ML platforms that power fraud, underwriting, credit and compliance decisioning at Block. He combines hands-on engineering with people leadership—scaling signal ecosystems by hundreds of device, behavioral and merchant features while simplifying fragmented tooling into compliance-ready, maintainable systems. Previously he led identity ML at Cash App and helped deliver accessible ML environments at Dessa, bringing research, publications, and graduate-level teaching into pragmatic, auditable ML products. Kyle is passionate about applying AI to underserved populations and champions AI-first workflows that increase engineering velocity and innovation. An open-source-minded front-end contributor, he’s also updated and modernized Bootstrap-based admin themes, reflecting a broad full-stack curiosity beyond core risk systems.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus
Github Skills (8)
css10
responsive-design10
javascript10
bootstra10
bootstrap10
html9
jquery8
modernizr7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
VinceG/Bootstrap-Admin-Theme
Mar 2013 - Mar 2013
A generic admin theme built with Bootstrap free for both personal and commercial use.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits in 1 day
Contributions summary:Kyle primarily focused on updating and modifying the front-end components and structure of the admin theme. They upgraded the Bootstrap version and incorporated responsive design elements using Bootstrap's responsive CSS. Additionally, the user integrated the Modernizr JavaScript library and updated various third-party JavaScript libraries such as jGrowl and Flot.
bootstrap4bootstrap5admincssgeneric
uwidcit/AgriPrice-Mobile
May 2014 - Mar 2017
The AgriPrice application was built to let farmers or consumers keep track of the prices of various crops and be automatically notified when those prices change.
Contributions:60 commits, 1 PR, 26 pushes in 2 years 10 months
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