
Clement Cervetti
Lead Data Scientist & Analytics Engineer at Figmen
Salary / Daily rate
Marseille, France
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
I’m a Lead Data Scientist and Analytics Engineer with a business-first approach to data, AI, and analytics. After stepping away from a promising professional water polo career at 18, I studied Business Administration and Marketing at HEC Montréal, then pursued a Master’s in Business Intelligence to combine business strategy, statistics, engineering, and computer science. Since 2017, I’ve worked across data science, analytics engineering, and product-facing data roles in SaaS, mobility, and Web3. I started at GSoft, building strong foundations in applied data science under the mentorship of Olivier Blais and Denis Larocque. At Heetch, during Covid, I improved driver bad-behavior detection systems that helped reduce cancellation-fee losses by hundreds of thousands of euros. Later, at Figment, during the Web3 and Crypto Winter period, I focused on process optimization, monitoring, analytics infrastructure, and cost-efficiency initiatives. One value that has followed me from high-level sports into my career is team-first mentality. I believe collective success matters more than individual recognition. Whether in sports or tech, I prioritize what the team or company needs most, even when it means stepping outside my role. This is why I was repeatedly trusted as captain and leader throughout my water polo career. A quote from a former coach — an Olympic bronze medalist — stayed with me: “There are two types of players: the good ones and the great ones. The good one is either the talented one that doesn’t train, or the less talented one that trains harder than others. The great ones are the ones that do both.” I’ve always identified with the work-harder type: not relying only on talent, but building the skills needed to serve the team. At Figment, I saw the team needed stronger analytics engineering capabilities, so I spent weekends learning DBT, Dagster, orchestration, analytics engineering workflows, and modern data modeling to fill that gap. The surf picture on my profile — riding a 3-meter wave in Bali above a coral reef — captures another part of who I am: staying calm under pressure. There is no room to panic; you commit, stay composed, and execute. Beyond the technical side, high-level sport, multicultural environments, and travel across 51+ countries shaped how I collaborate: competitive, open-minded, empathetic, and deeply committed to the team. I care about building reliable systems, solving meaningful business problems, and helping organizations make better decisions through data, and implementing engineering best practices in the age of AI
Work experience
Figment
Dec 2021 - Present
4 years 11 months
European Economic Area
Lead Data Scientist & Analyics Engineer
Jun 2026 - Present
5 months
European Economic Area
Promoted to Lead Data Scientist & Analytics Engineer in recognition of an expanded scope spanning data science, analytics engineering, and data platform development. Driven by continuous learning and a strong ownership mindset, I independently upskilled in Dagster and dbt to help strengthen Figment’s data capabilities and accelerate the team’s roadmap. Beyond my core data science responsibilities, I proactively took on analytics engineering initiatives, building and orchestrating reliable data pipelines, improving data models, and helping scale the company’s analytics infrastructure. This title change reflects the impact of consistently stepping outside my formal role, embracing new challenges, and doing what was needed to help the team and business succeed. It marks an important milestone in my career as I continue to grow as a multidisciplinary data leader operating across the full data lifecycle. Significant milestones for the team included the implementation of several automated data testing frameworks that proactively identified data inaccuracies before they reached stakeholders or customers. These initiatives significantly reduced Snowflake costs across the data science and data engineering teams, improved pipeline performance, enabled fully automated and smarter workflows, reduced duplicated runs and redundant code, and ensured the adoption of data engineering best practices and optimization standards.
Lead Data Scientist
Sep 2025 - Present
1 year 2 months
Marseille, France
After 3 years of growing my technical expertise in data at Figment, I now have the privilege of being a lead data scientist, bridging the gap between data engineering and data science, to deliver better insights to business stakeholders. My focus is on ensuring data reporting pipeline for staking runs seamlessly—constantly improving through best practices, robust bug detection, and the consistent integration of new protocols. I’m also excited to be driving process improvements and mentoring teammates, helping our team scale while delivering high-quality insights and infrastructure for Figment’s mission.
Senior Data Scientist
Dec 2021 - Oct 2025
3 years 11 months
Remote, OR 97458, USA
As the inaugural Data Scientist at Figment, I spearheaded the establishment of the data team, laying the foundation for a data-driven culture across the organization. Data Infrastructure Development: Architected and implemented comprehensive product data pipelines, transforming raw data into actionable insights with DBT. This enabled seamless integration with BI tools, empowering data accessibility and utilization across departments. Key Pipeline and Dashboard Creation: Developed and maintained the company’s three most critical pipelines and dashboards, including API usage, Validators, and AUS. Customer Reporting Automation: Led the automation of customer reporting by streamlining data extraction from various sources such as Block Explorers (APIs, scraping, indexers). Replaced manual, spreadsheet-based processes with an automated, reliable, and scalable solution, significantly enhancing operational efficiency and accuracy. Quality Assurance and Process Improvement: Proactively identified and resolved numerous bugs across the organization by advocating for and implementing production-grade code standards. This initiative elevated the quality of deliverables in the data science team.
Data Scientist
Heetch
Sep 2019 - Dec 2021
2 years 4 months
Paris, France
Product Knowledge and Business Process Automation: Data Science Project: • Driver Behavior Detection: Developed a machine learning algorithm to identify driver misconduct, transitioning from a manual bi-daily process to a real-time model with a 91% accuracy rate. • Fraud Detection: Continuously improved rules for detecting fraudulent user behavior. • Longitudinal Analysis: Identified an “user effect” influencing ride acceptance, providing insights into behavioral patterns. • Unsupervised Learning: Conducted segmentation analysis on cancellation behaviors, enhancing fraud detection and understanding. • Process Automation: Automated operational processes using DSS (Dataiku) pipelines, resulting in more reliable data and improved service quality.
GSoft
Aug 2017 - Jul 2019
2 years
Montreal, QC, Canada
Data Scientist
Aug 2018 - Jul 2019
1 year
Montreal, QC, Canada
Officevibe: Lead the Marketing team to better exploit OfficeVibe Data Marketing Segmentation: personalized marketing based on segments Topics Analysis (Text Mining): OV feedbacks classification Regression: study the impact of different features on sales Dashboarding and Performance: OKR/KPI definition, adapted to the market seasonality, and relevant dashboards creation, coaching business stakeholders
Data Scientist
Aug 2017 - Aug 2018
1 year 1 month
Montreal, QC, Canada
Sharegate: Uplift Modeling (ML): sellers' call prioritization towards better prospects Coaching and Dashboarding: automatisation of Acquisitions' Dashboards Anova (statistics): comparison of the different segments' behavior Regressions: analyse the impact of different factors on purchases and renewals
Marketing Project Manager
Gift-Time
Feb 2017 - Jul 2017
6 months
Montreal, QC, Canada
Internship in marketing focused on expanding the user base of a highly promising platform. This experience provided me with exhilarating and enriching exposure to the start-up environment, offering valuable insights into the real challenges that early-stage companies encounter.
Content Development
Tech3Lab | HEC Montréal
Feb 2017 - May 2017
4 months
Montreal, QC, Canada
Developed content for a university-level educational project in the field of data science.
HEC Montréal
Jan 2013 - Jan 2016
3 years 1 month
étudiant
Jan 2013 - Jan 2016
3 years 1 month
Vice-President Sport
Sep 2014 - Jul 2015
11 months
Montreal, QC, Canada
Motivated my classmates to engage in regular physical activity, organized inter-class matches, and promoted sports within HEC Montreal.
Délégation jeux du commerce 2015
Sep 2014 - Jan 2015
5 months
Canada
Represented HEC Montreal at the 2015 Jeux du Commerce, where HEC achieved second place overall.
Professional Water-Polo Player
Cercle des Nageurs de Marseille
Aug 2012 - Jul 2013
1 year
Marseille, France
Member of the elite team at Cercle des Nageurs de Marseille during my final year of high school (Scientific stream, Mathematics specialization). Competing at this high level, with over 21 hours of training per week, alongside national (French Championships and Cup 2012/2013) and European competitions (Champions’ League 2012/2013), was incredibly formative. This experience honed my abilities to manage stress and pressure, push my limits, stay organized, and above all, persevere and never give up. Teamwork has always been crucial to me, and this drive continues to motivate me in my work, allowing me to perform better for my teammates, collaborators, and friends.
Education
HEC Montréal
Master en administration des affaires, Intelligence d'Affaire
2017 - 2018
1 year 1 month
Ajouter à mon cursus essentiellement business et marketing, une touche plus concrète: l'intelligence d'affaire (Business Intelligence). J'ai un grand intérêt pour la science des données (data science), ce qui explique ce choix de cursus: BAA en marketing --> MSC en BI.
HEC Montréal
Baccalauréat, Marketing / Business Intelligence
2014 - 2017
3 years 1 month
Grade: GPA: 3.57
Activities and societies: Troisième année: Président du comité Bouge à HEC, "le sport, pour les étudiants, par les étudiants" Deuxième année: Création du comité Bouge à HEC Montreal Vice-Président communication du comité Bouge Echange à NTU (Singapour) session d'Hiver 2016 Première année: Délégation Jeux du commerce 2015 3ème place défi Ecotech (compétition de marketing et développement durable) Vp sport du groupe 12 d'HEC Montreal
Ayant quitté mon pays natal pour partir étudier au Canada, et ayant mis ma carrière sportive de coté pour favoriser les études, j'ai du trouver de nouveaux ancrages, de nouvelles ambitions afin de combler les vides laissés dans mon nouvel emploi du temps (enlever 20h+ d'entrainements par semaine laisse en effet un grand vide). J'ai alors rapidement adopté la vie associative d'HEC, en participant au défilé de l'EFN, en étant Vice-président sport de ma classe, en participant aux Jeux du Commerce (la meilleure experience que j'ai connu jusque la, et je compte bien la renouveler!) et bien d'autres compétitions, ou bien en fondant le comité Bouge afin de transmettre ma passion pour le sport et ses bien faits à tous les étudiants. J'ai finalement décidé de faire une double spécialisation en Marketing et TI, avec la possibilité d'ajouter un master en Marketing. Je compte acquérir tous les outils nécessaires à la réussite, afin d'honorer cette université dans le monde professionnel.
Nanyang Technological University Singapore
Exchange, Business
2016 - 2016
1 month
Activities and societies: University water-polo team Hall 16 water-polo team
Lors de mon deuxième semestre de ma deuxième année, j'ai étudié dans la prestigieuse université de Nanyang Technological University (Singapour) dans le cadre de mon programme d'échange avec mon université Hec Montreal. Cela m'a permis de découvrir l'Asie, leur culture et leur méthode méthode de travail et de "business" ce qui pourrait s'avérer être un point fort dans le monde d'aujourd'hui.
Ecole de Provence
Baccalauréat scientifique, Mathematics
2006 - 2013
6 years 9 months
Grade: Mention Très Bien
Associant sport de haut niveau (à raison de 20heures d'entrainement par semaine) et études au collège et lycée de Provence, je devais allier fatigue et efforts physiques avec un emploi du temps scolaire très chargé afin de réussir dans les deux domaines. Par chance, ces deux domaines ont fini par payer leurs fruits, champion de France 2012/2013 en professionnel avec le CNM, et une mention très bien au baccalauréat scientifique spécialisation mathématique. J'ai pu commencer la seconde partie de ma vie au Canada, à HEC Montreal, avec aucun regret.
Licenses & certifications
AI for Project Management
Issued: Jan 2026
AI for Coding
Issued: Oct 2025
LangChain- Develop LLM powered applications with LangChain
Issued: Jun 2025
Dagster Certificate
Issued: Feb 2025
Dagster & dbt
Issued: Feb 2025
Deep Learning with Python and Keras
Issued: Nov 2020
Spark and Python for Big Data with Pyspark
Issued: Apr 2020
Portfolio

Detecting abusive driver behaviour to cut cancellation-fee losses in a ride-hailing marketplace

Rebuilding an Institutional staking reporting pipeline for accuracy, speed and cost
