Summary
Sebastian Alfonso is a Full Stack AI Developer based in Leipzig with 8 years of experience building machine learning systems that bridge research and production. He has a strong academic foundation from Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and has worked across startups, research labs, and NGOs on projects spanning agentic AI, time-series classification from eye-tracking, privacy-preserving NLP for healthcare, and computer vision for social impact. At unstructured.io and now Sapience AI he focused on production-ready ML and agentic systems, while his earlier roles show deep hands-on experience with transformers, generative models, and deployment on AWS. He also mentors and leads community-driven AI projects, having founded Renewable Africa initiatives and led Omdena teams for real-world impact. Notably, his work includes an open Multivariate Time Series Classification repository and practical solutions for scarce-data medical records, highlighting both reproducible research and product-oriented engineering.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma High School/Secondary Diploma Programs, High School Diploma High School/Secondary Diploma Programs at Saint Viator High School
Electronic Engineering Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electronic Engineering Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Master of Science - MS Computer Science for Digital Media, Master of Science - MS Computer Science for Digital Media at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Spanish, English, German