Youssef Larabi

Data Scientist | Machine Learning & NLP

Salary / Daily rate

Paris, France

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Can come onsite

Skills

Data ScienceLLMs / Large language modelsMachine LearningAIAzureGoogle Cloud PlatformAWS

Languages

English

About me

Intro

Data Scientist with 2+ years of freelance experience delivering end-to-end ML solutions across predictive maintenance, NLP, and customer analytics. Built scalable pipelines with Docker, deployed BERT models via FastAPI, and created real-time BI dashboards for diverse industries. Ready to transform your data into actionable insights with proven expertise in Python, cloud platforms, and advanced analytics.

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Work experience

Freelance Data Scientist & AI / ML Engineer

UpworkFreelance

Feb 2023 - Present

3 years 9 months

- Predictive Maintenance: Built time series models to forecast equipment failure using scikit-learn; deployed via Docker. - Customer Analytics: Developed churn prediction and segmentation models (XGBoost, K-Means, Power BI) for online retailers. - NLP Classification: Fine-tuned BERT and built APIs for real-time feedback classification using Hugging Face & FastAPI. - Sales Analytics Pipeline: Designed real-time BI dashboards (Power BI, Azure Data Factory) with automated ETL and alerts. - Web Scraping Tool: Automated competitor price tracking with BeautifulSoup, MongoDB, and Streamlit dashboards. - Cloud Data Warehouse: Built scalable Snowflake warehouse using Fivetran and dbt for a fintech startup’s reporting needs. - NGO Impact Dashboards: Created Tableau dashboards integrating SQL and Google Sheets to showcase outreach performance. - Social Media Monitoring: Collected and analyzed Twitter data with Tweepy, VADER, and TextBlob for brand sentiment analysis.

NLP researcher

INRAE

Mar 2024 - Oct 2024

8 months

Montpellier, France

Analyse Sémantique des Perceptions dans les Territoires Littoraux face au Changement Climatique •Collecte et Prétraitement des Données : -Développement d'outils automatisés pour la collecte de données provenant de réseaux sociaux et de documents publics. -Prétraitement des données pour assurer leur qualité. Analyse Sémantique et Thématique : -Utilisation de techniques NLP pour extraire les concepts clés liés aux risques de submersion, à l'érosion, à la biodiversité, et aux espaces naturels. -Application de la modélisation de sujets (LDA) pour identifier les thèmes dominants tels que "gestion des risques côtiers" et "conséquences sociales du changement climatique". -Exploration des relations sémantiques entre les termes pour comprendre la perception collective. Évaluation des Résultats : -Validation des analyses sémantiques en collaboration avec des experts du domaine.

Machine Learning Engineer

Banque Centrale Populaire - BCP

Mar 2023 - Aug 2023

6 months

Casablanca, Morocco

"Mise en place d'un modèle de Machine Learning Appétence au Churn pour les particulier locaux sous une architecture distribuée" / "Implementation of a Machine Learning Model for Local Residential Customer Churn Appetite Under a Distributed Architecture" In my final year of studies, I led a project focused on developing a predictive modeling solution for customer churn prevention in the banking sector. Leveraging machine learning techniques and big data analytics, I explored various algorithms such as LR, DT, RF, and SVM to develop predictive models. I addressed the challenge of imbalanced data through data preprocessing and implemented techniques like weighted balancing and oversampling. Utilizing distributed architectures and tools like Spark, I processed a large dataset of millions of customer records and evaluated model performance using metrics like AUC, accuracy, precision, recall, and F1-score. Collaborating with the data engineering team, I integrated the models into the existing infrastructure and presented findings to stakeholders. This project enhanced my skills in data preprocessing, feature engineering, and model evaluation, and provided valuable experience in applying advanced analytics techniques to drive strategic decision-making in the banking industry.

Data Science Intern

Caisse de Dépôt et de Gestion

Jul 2022 - Oct 2022

4 months

Rabat, Morocco

Mise en place d’un SI décisionnel pour le pilotage de la performance du Groupe CDG : Implémentation d’une architecture Big Data et Migration des Données

Internship

Société nationale des autoroutes du Maroc

Jul 2021 - Aug 2021

2 months

Rabat, Morocco

Conception et développement d’une application de gestion de courrier pour le bureau d’ordre de l’ADM.

Internship

DIGIFLOW

Sep 2020 - Oct 2020

2 months

Casablanca, Morocco


Education

University of Montpellier

Master 2 (M2)

2023 - 2024

1 year 2 months

Institut National de Statistique et d'Economie Appliquée (INSEA)

Engineer's degree

2019 - 2023

5 years

CPGE Moulay Youssef

2016 - 2019

2 years 11 months

Institut National de Statistique et d'Economie Appliquée (INSEA)

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