About me

AI & Data Science Specialist with experience in FinTech, AML/FT, and U.S. compliance. Built an AI agent that automated AML/FT tasks, reducing manual workload and improving accuracy. Collaborated with U.S. banks to develop robust AML and KYC policies for a financial product, fully aligning with FinCEN, OFAC, and the Bank Secrecy Act. Proficient in Python, SQL, machine learning, generative AI, prompt engineering, and transaction monitoring.

What I do

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    Data Analysis

    Extract insights through meticulous exploratory analysis and the employment of statistical techniques.

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    Machine Learning

    Build predictive models to contribute to data-driven decisions and solve complex problems.

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    Web Apps

    Design web applications to host and deploy ML models for practical utility of data-driven solutions.

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    Kaggle Competitor

    Engage in high-level competitions to sharpen skills and explore innovative data solutions.

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Experience

  1. AML/FT Intelligence Analyst (Focus on Data)

    CloudWalk, Inc (Full-time)

    Apr 2024 — Nov 2024

    • Developed an AI agent that automated 80% of AML tasks, reducing manual workload and enhancing operational efficiency.

    • Collaborated with 4 major U.S. banks, including Patriot Bank and Lead Bank, to develop AML/FT and KYC policies for a U.S. financial product, ensuring 100% alignment with FinCEN, OFAC, and U.S. banking regulations such as the Bank Secrecy Act and Patriot Act.

    • Designed KYC onboarding workflows, integrating real-time identity verification and PEP/watchlist screening for customer due diligence for the U.S. product.

    • Leveraged Python and SQL to design transaction monitoring alerts and web applications to enhance the analysis of suspicious transactions, cutting query runtime by 60%.

    • Maintained a vector database supporting an AI agent adopted by 15+ Compliance team members, delivering real-time Slack assistance for Brazilian and U.S. regulatory frameworks.

  2. SEO Content Writer

    Sabio Trade (Contractor)

    Feb 2024 — Present

    • Produced 5+ SEO-optimized articles monthly on forex, technical analysis, and investment strategies, leveraging NeuronWriter’s competition analysis to integrate high-value keywords, improving organic traffic.

    • Researched and authored long-form financial content (2,500+ words), optimizing H1/H2 headers and meta descriptions to rank higher on Google.

    • Collaborated with international teams to align content with SabioTrade's topical authority goals.

  3. AI/Finance Technical Writer

    Medium (Freelance)

    Apr 2023 — Present

    • Published 20+ articles on Medium’s InsiderFinance Wire, Artificial Intelligence in Plain English, and LXAI, focusing on data science applications in trading and AI, driving 2,500+ subscribers and 5,000+ monthly reads.

  4. Kaggle Master

    Kaggle (Freelance)

    Dec 2021 — Present

    • Earned pretigious titles such as Notebooks Master, Discussion Expert, and Dataset Expert on Kaggle by creating highly-rated content, including in-depth Data Science notebooks for Finance and Investments, Machine Learning solutions for various industries, step-by-step tutorials, and datasets to support the Kaggle community.

  5. Finance Analyst

    LR Torres (Full-time)

    Jan 2018 — Apr 2024

    • Built and launched the company’s website using HTML and CSS, modernizing its online presence and improving customer accessibility.

    • Designed and implemented a financial tracking system with Google Sheets, integrating interactive data visualization tools to consolidate company expenses, revenue streams, and cash flow, enabling stakeholders to analyze spending paperns and optimize financial planning.

    • Provided customer support via phone and email, ensuring high satisfaction and retention while also leading prospecting efforts to engage potential clients and expand the company’s market reach.

Education

  1. Data Science & Artificial Intelligence

    PUCRS

    Feb 2022 — Dec 2022

    Postgraduate Specialization.

  2. Financial Management

    FGV

    Feb 2020 — Dec 2021

    Professional Technologist Degree.

Certifications

  1. Azure AI Engineer Associate

    Microsoft Azure

    2024

  2. Machine Learning Engineering for Production (MLOps) Specialization

    DeepLearning.AI

    2024

Courses

  1. Prompt Engineering for Vision Models

    Deeplearning.ai

    2024

  2. ChatGPT Prompt Engineering for Developers

    Deeplearning.ai

    2024

  3. Audio Course

    Huggingface.co

    2023

  4. NLP Course

    Huggingface.co

    2023

  5. Generative AI with Large Language Models

    Deeplearning.ai

    2023

  6. The Econometrics of Time Series Data

    Queen Mary University of London

    2023

  7. Computer Vision

    Kaggle

    2022

My skills

    Data Science & AI
    Data Cleaning, EDA, Regression, Classification, Clustering, Deep Learning (Computer Vision, NLP), Prompt Engineering, Feature Engineering, Model Evaluation.


    Programming & Databases
    Python, SQL, MySQL, PySpark, Docker, Git.


    Cloud & Infrastructure
    AWS SageMaker, Azure, BigQuery, Google Cloud Plauorm.


    Frameworks & Libraries
    TensorFlow, Keras, Scikit-Learn, Transformers, LangChain, PyCaret, Optuna, Gradio, Diffuser, CrewAI, YFinance, Streamlit, Statsmodels, Pandas, NumPy.


    Languages
    Brazilian Portuguese (Native), English (C2)

Portfolio

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