Summary
Lucas Parreiras is a Machine Learning Engineer and BI consultant based in Minas Gerais, Brazil, with roughly a decade of professional experience and a 12-year technical background in databases, systems development and decision support. He combines practical enterprise experience—working as a consultant and systems analyst—with current research-focused training as a master's/PhD student at UFMG, concentrating on deep learning and NLP/NLU. At Kunumi he applies ML engineering in production contexts, building on earlier roles delivering SQL Server modeling, BI solutions and mentoring data analysts. Comfortable bridging research and applied engineering, he is skilled at turning complex data and legacy systems into actionable intelligence for stakeholders. His trajectory shows a steady pivot from hands-on database and systems work toward cutting-edge neural methods, offering both operational rigor and academic rigor. Fluent in Portuguese and experienced across consultancy and product teams, he brings pragmatic problem-solving informed by ongoing research.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bacharel em Sistemas de Informação, Tecnologia da Informação, Bacharel em Sistemas de Informação, Tecnologia da Informação at Faculdade de Tecnologia e Ciências
Data Analyst Nanodegree, Business Statistics, Data Analyst Nanodegree, Business Statistics at Udacity
Mestrando, Computer Science, Mestrando, Computer Science at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
The Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais
Portuguese, English