Nicolas Toussaint
Data Engineer
Paris, Ile-de-France
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Top SchoolNicolas Toussaint is a Data Engineer with 9 years of experience blending NLP, statistics and systems design to take research-grade models into production. He has led teams of developers and data scientists to build an NLP platform, overseen data engineering verticals, and driven R&D projects using LLMs for tasks like anonymization and aspect-based emotion analysis. Comfortable at the intersection of product and engineering, he mentors juniors and runs knowledge-sharing programs to acculturate collaborators to data practices. His background spans academic research in complex systems and PhD-level modelling to pragmatic solutions for security and personal data management in the banking and HR sectors. Now based in Paris, he plays a "Swiss army knife" role—making methodological choices, defining architecture, and shipping robust, production-ready NLP capabilities.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Speciality Software and Knowledge Engineering, Master's degree, Speciality Software and Knowledge Engineering at Université de Strasbourg
English, French, Chinese, SpanishGithub contributions (5)
Nicotous1/ImmoScrapping
Sep 2022 - Mar 2025
Contributions:53 pushes, 10 branches in 2 years 6 months
Nicotous1/Codenames
Dec 2019 - Dec 2022
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
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