Michael Erasmus
Lead ML Engineer at Chess.com
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Erasmus is a Lead ML Engineer based in California with over a decade of hands-on experience building data-driven products and 20+ years in the software industry. He combines deep expertise in machine learning, LLMs, data engineering, analytics, and team leadership to move models from research into production, most recently leading ML efforts at Chess.com. Previously he scaled analytics and data science organizations at DonorsChoose and Buffer, evolving from developer and data engineer roles into senior management. Known for blending a developer’s pragmatism with strategic product thinking, he also brings a personal passion for Chess+AI that informs his work on game-centered intelligence.
14 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Waterkloof High School
Afrikaans, English
Github Skills (139)
looker10
python10
deep-learning10
segmentio10
jax10
data-science10
analytics10
tensorflow10
slack10
pytorch10
data-modeling10
machine-learning10
dbt10
business-intelligence10
rubymotion9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
bufferapp/lookerpy
May 2016 - Sep 2016
A Python API client for Looker
Contributions:6 commits, 1 PR, 3 pushes in 4 months
lookerpython
bufferapp/stripe-pipeline
Jan 2018 - Mar 2019
A simple data pipeline for Stripe API events to Redshift
Contributions:23 commits, 8 PRs, 18 pushes in 1 year 2 months
data-pipelinestripe-api
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