Ivo Afonso Bispo - ML Engineer

Machine Learning Engineer

About Me

Based in Lisbon, Portugal, I'm currently working with Valtech's innovation team. My focus is on delivering scalable AI microservices, particularly developing recommendation engines for B2B e-commerce that combine LLM with Agentic RAG.

Highlights

AI/ML Researcher ~2 years

AI/ML Engineer ~1 years

Publications 4 accepted

Expertise

Languages

Python Go SQL Java C#

Frameworks

Scikit-learn Keras TensorFlow Spring Boot .NET

Tools

Linux Git Docker Azure

Professional Experience

Machine Learning Engineer @ Valtech

Sep 2024 - Present

• Working on the innovation team, delivering scalable microservices with AI solutions using Azure's cloud infrastructure
• Building an AI-powered recommendation engine for B2B e-commerce, providing personalized product suggestions
• Integrated NLP-based Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to increase the accuracy and reliability of generative AI models

Researcher @ CIIC - Computer Science and Communication Research Centre

Feb 2023 - Jun 2024

• Built a data collection pipeline from network traffic to generate high quality datasets
• Performed data processing and cleaning for model training, testing, and validation
• Developed DNN and ML models for intrusion detection in IoT environments
• Implemented explainable AI methods to improve model transparency, accuracy, and reliability

Full-Stack Developer @ WayAcross

Feb 2020 - Jun 2020

• Improved automated workflows for creating website templates, reducing wait times in production
• Built an e-commerce application and product-focused CMS for online retail operations