Summary
Rafael Murcia is a data science leader and principal manager with 11+ years turning ML research into production-grade products across banking, payments, and digital marketing. Currently leading the Data Science discipline at BBVA AI Factory, he has built cross-functional ML platforms, championed inner-source/open-source tooling like the Mercury Python library, and guided generative AI products at Adyen. He combines deep technical expertise in deep learning, NLP/LLMs, graph analytics, explainability and ML robustness with hands-on engineering and MLOps best practices. A Kaggle Competitions Master, former lecturer in deep learning, and PhD-trained researcher, he blends academic rigor with product-driven delivery. An underappreciated strength is his track record of turning reusable ML components into widely adopted toolkits that scale across geographies and teams.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Universitat Politècnica de València