About Sofian
A seasoned data scientist specialised in designing and deploying NLP production models, with a proven track record in the finance sector working for Bank of America, Bloomberg and AXA. Has led teams to tailor advanced NLP solutions for institutional investors such as AI-based chatbots, sentiment models and semantic search engines. Passionate about driving innovation in AI and keen on collaborating with top-tier talent to shape the future of the industry.
Commercial projects: AI-powered chatbots, NLP-based sentiment models, Time-series forecasting, classification systems, recommender systems.
Clients / Employers: Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Bayer Crop Science, Bloomberg, AXA
Programming / IT Skills: Python, Matlab, SQL, MongoDB, AWS
Machine Learning Skills: GPT, BERT, Transformers, Tensorflow, LLM, Langchain, Llamaindex
French
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
Remote only
Primarily works remotely
Experience
- TensorielData Science LeadSOFTWARE PUBLISHINGJanuary 2021 - Today (5 years and 5 months)Paris, FranceLed a quantitative research team that deployed production-scale NLP systems for institutional investors encompassing AI-powered chatbots, semantic search, entity recognition and recommendation engines.
- BAYER CropScienceData ScientistPHARMACEUTICALS INDUSTRYNovember 2021 - April 2022 (6 months)Paris, FranceData Science / Analysis on disease prediction.
- AXA investment ManagersQuantiative Research / Data ScienceBANKING AND INSURANCEJanuary 2018 - August 2019 (1 year and 8 months)San Francisco, United States- Oversaw the development of innovative models, ranging from neural networks forecasting extreme US equity market volatility to NLP-based analysis of SEC filings; enhanced with clear visualization techniques for senior stakeholders using tools like LIME.- Led the review and validation of Rosenberg's investment models using advanced statistical tests; spearheaded research initiatives, including equity risk factor construction and backtesting, culminating in actionable insights presented to the investment committee and implemented in production.
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Education
- Masters in Financial MathematicsImperial College London2014Financial Engineering & Data Science
- Bachelor in PhysicsUniversité Paris-Sud XI2013Physics with minor in electrical engineering