Michael Ball
Machine Learning Engineer at Vara
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Ball is a machine learning engineer with nine years of experience who specializes in turning state-of-the-art research into reliable, production-grade systems across healthcare and UX analytics. Currently building ML for Vara’s breast cancer screening platform, he previously led engineering at Oculid where he moved the company from notebook prototypes to scalable MLOps—introducing DVC, MLFlow, CI/CD, and the data pipeline that enabled the world’s largest gaze prediction dataset. Comfortable across the stack, he ships models and services using Python, TensorFlow/PyTorch, Docker, AWS, Terraform and CI tooling, and has delivered measurable performance wins like 8x serving speedups and a 9% error reduction via model redesign. A Brown University honors graduate who won a senior prize for ML research, he also explores real-time music visualization and other creative applications of generative models. Notably, he blends hands-on optimization (GPU scheduling, TFLite edge work) with engineering leadership, GDPR-aware data practices, and a product-focused mindset.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS w. Honors, Computer Science, 3.9 GPA, Bachelor of Science - BS w. Honors, Computer Science, 3.9 GPA at Brown UniversityHigh School, Dux (Valedictorian) - highest ranking student in academics., High School, Dux (Valedictorian) - highest ranking student in academics. at King's College, Auckland, New Zealand
English, German
Github Skills (52)
static-analysis10
polyphonic10
hydra10
pytorch-lightning10
linter10
stylelint10
ruff9
static-code-analysis9
python9
midi9
transcription9
pitch-detection9
music9
rust9
audio8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
michaelhball/discogs_alert
Mar 2021 - Dec 2022
Customised, real-time alerting for your hard-to-find wantlist items.
Contributions:18 releases, 3 reviews, 92 commits in 1 year 9 months
wantlistcustomisedalertingdiscogsdigger
michaelhball/visual_deejay
Jun 2020 - Mar 2022
end-to-end live visualisation of a DJ set
Contributions:5 PRs, 21 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 9 months
end-to-endvisualisationgenerative-artstylegan2librosa
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