Sebastian Nilsson
Senior Machine Learning Engineer at AstraZeneca
Gothenburg, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
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Top SchoolSebastian Nilsson is a Senior Machine Learning Engineer with 11 years of software and ML experience, currently leading development and deployment of knowledge-graph-driven drug discovery innovations at AstraZeneca. He combines a strong engineering foundation from Chalmers (MSc in Engineering Physics and a BSc in Computer Software Engineering) with hands-on experience spanning full-stack development, data engineering, and applied ML. His work emphasizes trustworthy, efficient, and interpretable models, with a master's thesis that evaluated state-of-the-art approaches for de novo drug design. At AstraZeneca he progressed from thesis student to senior engineer, bridging research and production to accelerate translational impact. Based in Gothenburg, he brings a pragmatic blend of research curiosity and production-minded delivery that helps move complex molecular AI methods into real-world workflows. An early freelance founder and web developer, he retains a penchant for building end-to-end systems and practical tooling alongside ML research.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering at Chalmers tekniska högskolaMaster of Science - MS, Engineering Physics, Master of Science - MS, Engineering Physics at Chalmers University of Technology
Swedish, English
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Github Skills (48)
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
sebastiandro/JavaPoker
Jan 2016 - Feb 2022
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch, 2 comments in 6 years 1 month
sebastiandro/neural-network-car-game
Sep 2017 - Jan 2026
Contributions:17 pushes, 2 branches in 8 years 4 months
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