Yannick Zoetgnandé
Staff Machine Learning Engineer at Apathea
Vaulx-en-Velin, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Top SchoolYannick Zoetgnandé is a Staff Machine Learning Engineer with nine years of experience who bridges deep academic research (PhD in Computer Vision) and production-grade Generative AI systems. He builds high-performance ML infra and foundation models for supply chain at Blue Yonder, with hands-on expertise in CUDA inference optimization, RL (PPO/GRPO/DPO), and LLM post-training. Yannick has repeatedly shipped cross-platform, privacy-first products and tooling—most notably Atarax-AI and the GPU-accelerated differentiable physics engine Apathea, which emphasize correctness of gradients and sustained GPU performance. His background in biomedical ML and computer vision produced deployable pipelines, patents, and measurable gains in recall and processing time, highlighting an uncommon blend of scientific rigor and engineering pragmatism. Comfortable across C++, CUDA, Python, and full-stack orchestration, he focuses on the full ML lifecycle from mathematical foundations to CI/CD and production deployment. Based in Vaulx-en-Velin, France, he pairs research-driven curiosity with a developer’s appetite for elegant, optimised code.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Diplôme d'ingénieur informatique, Informatique, Diplôme d'ingénieur informatique, Informatique at Université Hassan 1erDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Vision, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Vision at Université de Rennes IMaster's degree, Conception et Intelligence des Logiciels et Systèmes (CILS), Master's degree, Conception et Intelligence des Logiciels et Systèmes (CILS) at Université Paris-Saclay
French, anglais, vieux (ca.450-1100), mooré
Github Skills (7)
image-filters10
cluster-computing9
cpp8
image-processing8
ffmpeg8
high-performance8
video-processing7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
zyannick/infentron
Jul 2018 - Jan 2021
Contributions:22 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
zyannick/tpp
May 2022 - Jan 2024
Contributions:1 push in 1 year 8 months
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