Summary
Patricio Cerda-mardini is a software engineer and machine learning research specialist with 11 years of experience, currently at Google after four years as a core maintainer and senior ML research engineer at MindsDB. He helped build Lightwood, a PyTorch-based AutoML framework, and architected integrations that powered 25k+ deployed models across 200+ databases and ML tools, demonstrating a strong bridge between research and production MLOps. His background spans cognitive robotics, computer vision, and recommender systems with peer-reviewed publications and a master's focused on AI, reflecting deep ML foundations and applied systems work. Known for shipping forecasting, finetuning, and LLM-agent features, he combines hands-on engineering with academic rigor and a knack for making complex model workflows reliably deployable in startup and open-source ecosystems.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master in Engineering Computer Science School Artificial Intelligence, Master in Engineering Computer Science School Artificial Intelligence at Pontificia Universidad Cat贸lica de Chile
Spanish, English