Summary
Mikhail Balyasin is a Senior Machine Learning Manager based in Berlin with 11 years of experience building and leading NLP-focused data science teams at Wayfair. He currently manages a cross-functional team of ~10 engineers and scientists, operating large-scale text pipelines on GCP, Vertex AI, BigQuery and Python to analyze millions of documents with direct business impact. His background spans production ML, R ecosystem design, and scalable data engineering (Spark, Hadoop, AWS), reflecting a hands-on leader who moves models from research into reliable services. Earlier roles include running live calculation systems and maintaining multiple internal R packages, showing a penchant for building robust tooling as much as models. He combines formal training in computational mathematics and educational leadership with practical experience converting legacy analytics into scalable, production-ready solutions.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma International and Comparative Education, Diploma International and Comparative Education at University of Minnesota
Master’s Degree Educational Leadership and Administration General, Master’s Degree Educational Leadership and Administration General at Universität für Weiterbildung Krems
Bachelor's degree Computational and Applied Mathematics, Bachelor's degree Computational and Applied Mathematics at Tomsk Polytechnic University
English, Russian