Vanja Smailovic is an AI engineering leader and consultant based in Stockholm with over a decade and a half of experience across fintech and telecom, and eight years focused on data science and ML in production. He has driven high-impact credit risk and revenue-generating models at companies like Tink (acquired by Visa) and led remote, cross-continental AI teams at Pagos, combining hands-on modeling with engineering and data platform work. Comfortable across cloud platforms (GCP, AWS), MLOps tooling and Python-based stacks, he specializes in scaling ML systems into new markets and operationalizing end-to-end credit lifecycle solutions. Vanja holds a PhD in Computer Science and brings research rigor to pragmatic product and KPI-focused delivery, often contributing far more value than his team’s headcount would suggest.
8 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Erasmus Exchange Student, Erasmus Exchange Student at Aalborg University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at University of Zagreb / Sveučilište u Zagrebu
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