Nicolás Presta
Sr. Engineering Manager - Machine Learning at Mercado Libre
Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay
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Top SchoolNicolás Presta is a senior engineering manager specializing in machine learning with over a decade of experience building high-impact fraud prevention platforms at Mercado Libre from core engineering to team leadership. He has led the design and adoption of an internal ML platform that scores 400K+ transactions daily with 150+ models under 80ms latency, cutting model time-to-market by half and improving fraud detection by ~10%, directly affecting company P&L. Comfortable both managing senior teams and rolling up his sleeves, Nicolás has grown and enabled 50+ internal data scientists and ML engineers while delivering 1,000+ pipelines monthly. Based in Montevideo, he combines a strong software engineering foundation with hands-on ML productionization know-how and a proven track record of turning advanced models into reliable, low-latency services.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachiller + Técnico en Informática, Bachiller + Técnico en Informática at Instituto Técnico Maria ReinaIngenieria en Sistemas de Información, Cursando 5to nivel, Ingenieria en Sistemas de Información, Cursando 5to nivel at Universidad Tecnológica Nacional
English, Spanish
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Github contributions (5)
NicolasPresta/ReconoBook
Jul 2016 - Mar 2017
Contributions:275 commits, 273 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
NicolasPresta/EncuestasIT
Feb 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:66 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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