Partoo Vafaeikia
Machine Learning Engineer at Pinterest
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolPartoo Vafaeikia is a Machine Learning Engineer with 8 years of experience building ads ranking and conversion models, now applying that expertise at Pinterest after a multi-year tenure leading ML initiatives at RBC. He combines production ML systems experience with academic research in medical image analysis from the University of Toronto, bridging rigorous research methodologies and scalable engineering. Skilled across the stack, he has contributed full‑stack features to open-source projects like MarkUs, introducing React front‑end components and CSV export enhancements that improved data workflows. Colleagues rely on him for hyper-personalized recommendation work, cross-functional collaboration, and translating complex models into measurable business impact. Based in Toronto, he brings a blend of research curiosity and product-focused execution that surfaces less obvious strengths: attention to data plumbing and UX-driven tooling that accelerate ML delivery.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at University of Toronto
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Github Skills (20)
rails10
ruby-on-rails10
react10
javascript9
csv9
html9
database8
database-design8
databases8
css8
abtest7
testing7
ab-testing7
yeoman6
yo6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (4)
MarkUsProject/Markus
May 2018 - Aug 2018
Git repository of MarkUs
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:17 commits, 13 PRs, 7 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Partoo contributed to the MarkUs project by implementing and modifying various features. They added controllers and views for students, TAs, and admins, incorporating email and ID number fields. Further contributions included enhancements to the course summaries, particularly the addition of student ID numbers and total grade columns to the CSV export, along with associated modifications to the database and controller logic. The user also converted several tables to use React components for the front-end.
git-repositorymarkdownmarkus
partoo-vk/Markus
May 2018 - Nov 2018
Git repository of MarkUs
Contributions:81 pushes, 12 branches in 5 months
git-repositorymarkdownmarkus
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