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Abid Thomson

@abidthomson

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I'm a Machine Learning Engineer specializing in Generative AI, LLMs, and scalable production ML systems.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I'm seeking a senior ML role focused on Generative AI/LLMs, building production-grade systems, leading teams, and improving model reliability at scale in collaborative, product-driven environments.

I am a Machine Learning Engineer with over 10 years' experience building generative AI, NLP, and LLM solutions, from research prototypes to production deployments. I design and deploy scalable ML pipelines, fine-tune models (GPT, BERT, T5, RoBERTa, LLaMA) and leverage tools like LangChain, Hugging Face, FAISS and Pinecone.

At companies including Hightouch, Algorithmia, Google and DataRobot, I've led cross-functional teams, implemented robust MLOps pipelines, and reduced production model issues through monitoring, CI/CD and scalable inference on AWS, GCP and Azure. I mentor engineers, collaborate with product stakeholders, and focus on delivering reliable, low-latency AI that drives measurable business impact.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Lead Machine Learning Engineer

Current

Hightouch

Jan 2024 - Present (1 year 7 months)

Designed and implemented scalable ML models and end-to-end pipelines, improving accuracy on key business metrics and reducing production incidents. Led a cross-functional ML team and deployed LLM inference on GPU-backed clusters with CI/CD for model delivery.

Python TensorFlow Generative AI MLOps Docker Kubernetes AWS

Senior ML & MLOps Engineer

Algorithmia

Oct 2020 - Dec 2023 (3 years 2 months)

Built and maintained MLOps pipelines to automate model training, deployment, and monitoring, increasing deployment reliability and reproducibility. Implemented model versioning and monitoring to detect drift and streamline enterprise rollouts.

MLOps Model Monitoring Python CI CD Kubernetes MLFlow Model Versioning Deployment

Machine Learning Engineer

Google

Jul 2019 - Oct 2020 (1 year 3 months)

Developed and deployed generative AI and transformer-based models to enhance product features, improving model accuracy and availability in production. Optimized large-scale training and inference workflows using TensorFlow and internal tooling for low-latency user experiences.

TensorFlow Generative AI Optimization Distributed Training Python

Machine Learning Engineer

DataRobot

Jan 2015 - Jun 2019 (4 years 5 months)

Designed end-to-end ML solutions and data pipelines, delivering recommendation and predictive models that improved user engagement and retention. Optimized training workflows and integrated models into production to reduce computation time and accelerate feature delivery.

Python scikit learn TensorFlow Data Pipelines ETL