Ruben Naeff
Sr Staff Data Scientist, Risk & Compliance, Age Modeling
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRuben Naeff is a senior staff data scientist with 11 years of experience applying AI/ML to high-stakes products at Facebook, currently focused on risk, compliance, and age modeling. He has led monetization and relevance initiatives across ads ranking and applied AI, blending production ML systems with product strategy and rapid prototyping. With a background in mathematics (MS) and composition (MM), Ruben pairs formal quantitative rigor with creative problem framing—he also composes music professionally, an unusual cross-disciplinary thread that informs his approach. A former data science instructor at General Assembly, he is open to fractional engagements spanning research, product strategy, and prototyping.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Music Composition and Musicology, Music Composition and Musicology at Conservatories of Amsterdam and The Hague / University of AmsterdamMaster of Music Music Composition, Master of Music Music Composition at New York UniversityMaster of Science (MS) Mathematics Algebraic Geometry, Master of Science (MS) Mathematics Algebraic Geometry at University of AmsterdamHigh School, High School at Barlaeus Gymnasium te Amsterdam
English, Dutch, Latin
Github Skills (6)
nyc9
python5
science5
machine-learning4
data-visualization3
data-science3
Github contributions (5)
rubennaeff/sql_bootcamp
May 2016 - Mar 2017
Contributions:31 commits, 25 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
rubennaeff/GADS23
Jun 2015 - Dec 2017
Contributions:215 commits, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
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