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Elnur Garashov

Turin

Summary

Experienced Machine Learning Engineer known for driving innovation and efficiency in project development. With a strong background in both data science and engineering, I have led the way in implementing cutting-edge AI methods to deliver impactful solutions. My expertise spans cloud-based and on-premises infrastructures across a wide range of sectors, including retail and fashion, energy, manufacturing, healthcare, finance, higher education, travel and tourism, and more. My collaborative approach and effective communication skills have consistently led to successful project outcomes, fostering team cohesion and project success.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Machine Learning Engineer

AI Venture Builder
Milan
01.2025 - Current

Lead and contribute to the design, development, and deployment of advanced Generative AI solutions using open-source frameworks.

  • Worked on speech-to-text, multimodal speech translation, and machine translation projects, performing fine-tuning and optimization as required.
  • Developed a flexible RAG platform that automatically selects optimal components based on document type to improve accuracy.
  • Implemented multi-agent systems with patterns for verification, reflection, and enhanced response reasoning.

Data Science & AI Specialist

Lutech SoftJam
Milan
05.2024 - 01.2025

Delivered innovative AI-driven solutions to enhance operational efficiency and automate business processes.

  • Designed and developed an AI-powered Sales Enablement Platform integrating knowledge-base chat, document-based Q&A, RFP similarity search, and automated document generation, leveraging Azure AI Search, Azure OpenAI, Cosmos DB, and LangChain.
  • Built a research assistance chatbot with domain-specific knowledge-base interaction and investment search capabilities using Azure Promptflow and Azure Fabric.
  • Improved productivity for sales teams and researchers by reducing document handling and information retrieval time through advanced retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) techniques.
  • Collaborated cross-functionally to align AI solutions with business goals, ensuring scalable and user-centric product delivery.

Senior AI Engineer

Porini Srl
Milan
03.2024 - 05.2024

As a Senior AI Engineer, I am committed to supporting the professional growth of my colleagues while actively participating in planning and being part of development of project activities. I strive to thoroughly grasp project requirements and infrastructure needs, facilitating smooth development processes. Leveraging advanced AI methodologies, I aim to provide valuable insights and solutions, contributing positively to our team's efforts.

Associate Data Scientist

Porini Srl
Milan
11.2022 - 03.2024

As an Associate Data Scientist, my focus revolved around developing Generative AI solutions and staying updated with emerging trends to drive innovation. This effort resulted in numerous projects being added to the company's portfolio and attracted a wide range of clients. Additionally, I actively shared my knowledge with colleagues to foster team growth and collective learning.

Junior Data Scientist

Porini Srl
Milan
05.2021 - 11.2022

As a Junior Data Scientist, I actively contributed to various projects across retail & fashion, energy, and manufacturing domains, delivering impactful solutions that enhanced organizational efficiency and performance. Leveraging AI techniques like time series analysis, predictive maintenance, clustering, NLP, speech-to-text, recommenders system, and market basket analysis, I devised strategic insights and optimizations. Furthermore, I engineered robust ETL pipelines for big data and facilitated infrastructure migration to the cloud. Leveraging Power BI, I crafted actionable visualizations and core business KPI tables, while also orchestrating cloud-based IoT data collection and monitoring systems to drive operational excellence.

Education

Master of Science - Petroleum And Mining Engineering

Polytechnic University of Turin
Turin, Italy
03-2020

Bachelor of Science - Petroleum Engineering

Azerbaijan State Oil And Industry University
Baku, Azerbaijan
06-2017

Skills

Core AI & Machine Learning

  • Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning
  • LLMs & Multimodal Models: Fine-tuning, Function/Tool Calling, RAG
  • Cognitive Services: Speech-to-Text (STT), Machine Translation, Image Generation
  • Computer Vision: Image Classification, Object Detection
  • Multi-Agent AI Systems
  • Vector Databases: Azure AI Search, Chroma, Weaviate

Frameworks & Toolkits

  • Deep Learning: PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras
  • LLM & Orchestration: Hugging Face, Ollama, vLLM, LlamaIndex, LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen
  • MLOps: MLflow, TensorBoard
  • UI/Web: Streamlit, NiceGUI
  • Big Data: Apache Spark

Databases & Data Management

  • SQL: PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL
  • NoSQL: Redis, Azure Cosmos DB

Software & System Engineering

  • Cloud Platforms: Microsoft Azure
  • Microservice Architecture
  • REST API Design & Development
  • Docker, Containerization, Orchestration
  • CI/CD
  • Version Control: Git, GitHub

Professional Skills

  • Agile methodologies
  • Operational efficiency
  • Effective communication skills
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Team player
  • Problem-solving
  • Proactive attitude
  • Analytical skills
  • Adaptability
  • Critical thinking
  • Decision making
  • Self-motivated
  • Attention to detail
  • Innovation & Creativity

Certification

  • GitHub Actions, 2024, GitHub
  • TensorFlow Developer Certificate, 2024, TensorFlow
  • Associate Developer for Apache Spark 3.0, 2023, Databricks
  • Pipelines, CI/CD, and DevOps for Beginners, 2023, Udemy
  • Deep Learning, 2022, Coursera & DeepLearning.AI
  • Azure AI Engineer Associate, 2022, Microsoft
  • Azure Data Scientist Associate, 2022, Microsoft
  • Developers Essentials, 2021, Databricks
  • Developers Foundations, 2021, Databricks
  • Apache Spark (TM) SQL for Data Analysts, 2021, Coursera & Databricks
  • IBM Data Analyst, 2021, Coursera & IBM
  • Python for Everybody, 2021, Coursera & University of Michigan

Languages

Azerbaijani
First Language
Russian
Proficient (C2)
C2
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Italian
Intermediate (B1)
B1

Timeline

Machine Learning Engineer

AI Venture Builder
01.2025 - Current

Data Science & AI Specialist

Lutech SoftJam
05.2024 - 01.2025

Senior AI Engineer

Porini Srl
03.2024 - 05.2024

Associate Data Scientist

Porini Srl
11.2022 - 03.2024

Junior Data Scientist

Porini Srl
05.2021 - 11.2022

Master of Science - Petroleum And Mining Engineering

Polytechnic University of Turin

Bachelor of Science - Petroleum Engineering

Azerbaijan State Oil And Industry University
Elnur Garashov