Summary
Paula Ceccon is a Machine Learning Engineer with 11 years of experience bridging research and product-grade AI, currently building programmatic SEO models at Canva in Sydney. She holds advanced degrees in Informatics (D.Sc., M.Sc.) and combines deep academic training with hands-on expertise in computer vision, object detection, tracking, and cloud-native deployment. Her background includes developing ALPR and ROI-inference systems, microservices to decouple core components, and predictive analytics for diverse industries from telecom to finance. Comfortable across TensorFlow, Darknet, OpenCV and AWS, she has a track record of turning R&D prototypes into containerized production services. Fluent in navigating both research problems and product constraints, she leverages dual Italian–Brazilian citizenship and international experience to collaborate across distributed teams.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc., Computer Science, 8.35, B.Sc., Computer Science, 8.35 at Universidade Federal Fluminense
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
D.Sc., Informatics, D.Sc., Informatics at New York University - Polytechnic School of Engineering
Portuguese, English