
Darius Gros
Machine Learning / AI Engineer
Salary / Daily rate
Nantes, France
Freelance
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
AI/ML engineer with 5 years of experience across data engineering, applied machine learning, and product development. Comfortable taking ownership end-to-end from architecture and backend pipelines (Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL) to LLM/RAG systems (LangGraph, LangChain, HuggingFace). I work best on small, autonomous teams shipping real products, with a strong bias toward hexagonal architecture, testability, and pragmatic delivery
Work experience
Ourkat TechnologiesFreelance
Feb 2026 - Present
9 months
AI / Full-Stack Engineer
Feb 2026 - Present
9 months
AI products and custom software for SMEs and mid-market companies Designed and built a complete RAG pipeline (production MVP): FastAPI backend, PostgreSQL with pgvector, React frontend, LangGraph orchestration with hexagonal architecture. • Developed modular AI components: document segmentation, semantic enrichment, classification, eligibility, evaluation, and structured generation modules. • Deployed document recognition agents with iterative review loops; planned roadmap includes fine-tuning,observability, and LLM cost/latency optimization. • Delivered Next.js 15 / TypeScript / Tailwind v4 web projects for external clients, including motion design withFramer Motion.
Co-founder & Lead AI/Backend: Korus
Feb 2026 - Apr 2026
3 months
Real-time event augmentation product, sold B2B to production agencies and brands. • Designed and built a real-time backend (FastAPI, WebSocket, PostgreSQL) deployed on a sovereign EU VPS; zero US cloud dependency, fully GDPR-compliant. • Built an automated NLP filtering pipeline (HuggingFace, Detoxify, French sentiment models) for live audience message moderation at events of 100 to 5,000 participants. • Developed the participant web app as a Next.js PWA accessible via QR code — no install, all smartphones supported. • Electron Desktop Application for light technician (back end to Electron via SSE), light CC web frontend for users via QR code
AI Consultant — Document Automation
Confidential SME ClientFreelance
Dec 2025 - Feb 2026
3 months
Nantes, France
• Deployed a hybrid parsing + LLM system to convert technical PDF reports into structured Excel deliverables. • Set up the full infrastructure: VPS, Docker, LLM API integration, MFA/OTP authentication, GDPR compliance. • Shipped a web interface adopted in daily operations by non-technical business teams. Manual processing fully automated; ~30% reduction in LLM API costs through prompt and routing optimization.
Decathlon
Sep 2021 - Nov 2025
4 years 3 months
Lille, France
Data Engineer (Confirmed) — Pricing & Geomarketing
Jul 2023 - Nov 2025
2 years 5 months
Lille, France
• Industrialized Spark / Delta Lake pipelines with end-to-end CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Airflow, Databricks). • Translated business needs into data solutions, coordinating across two business directions and the central data platform team. • Led legacy stack migrations, drove cloud cost optimization, and mentored junior data engineers. Deployment time reduced from 2h to 17 min (−85%); ~20% savings on cloud infrastructure.
Junior Data Engineer / Data Scientist
Sep 2021 - Jul 2023
1 year 11 months
Lille, France
• Built ETL pipelines for product analytics and marketing; developed time-series forecasting models and ran A/B tests. • Delivered decision-support dashboards (Tableau, Power BI) used by business stakeholders.
Education
University of Lille 1 Sciences and Technology
Master's degree, Data Science
2021 - 2023
1 year 9 months
– Master MIASHS Lille – Master of Statistics & Informatics
Wingate University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics
2016 - 2020
4 years 1 month
– Minor, Economics
Licenses & certifications
SAS Programming 1: Essentials
Issued: –
Python & R in Data Science
Issued: –
Deep Learning A-Z: Hands-On Artificial Neural Networks
Issued: Dec 2020
Machine Learning A-Z: Hands-On
Issued: Sep 2020
Python Advanced: Objected-Oriented Programming Masterclass
Issued: May 2020
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