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- Building AI Evaluations You Can Actually Trust - Tejas Kumar · 1 h 6 min · Season 25 Episode 9Tejas Kumar joins Alexey Grigorev to discuss building evaluation datasets, calibrating LLM judges against human preferences, and testing agents beyond their final answers…
- AI Platform: Memory, Tools, Guardrails, Observability, Shipping a Production Agent - Dewang Sultania · 1 h 4 min · Season 25 Episode 7In this talk, Dewang Sultania, ML Engineer at Netflix and co-author of Designing AI Systems, shares his technical journey from building early inference platforms at Adobe to…
- Building an AI Platform: SDK Design, Model Routing, Vector Search & Evals - Suhas Suresha · 1 h 0 min · Season 25 Episode 6In this talk, Suhas Suresha, Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Adobe and co-author of Designing AI Systems, shares his expertise in building large-scale generative AI…
- Decoding the Open Lakehouse - Sahil Walia · 1 h 2 min · Season 25 Episode 5In this talk, Sahil Walia, Senior Technical Architect at Snowflake, shares his extensive data engineering expertise from writing simple SQL queries early in his career to…
- How AI Agents are Reshaping Modern Work - Philip Christos · 1 h 4 min · Season 25 Episode 4In this talk, Philip Christos, Associate at M2VC, shares his expertise in frontier AI investing from his early days as a data analyst to evaluating cutting-edge deep tech…
- Running a Company on a Multi Agent Dispatch System - Paul Domanski · 1 h 7 min · Season 25 Episode 1In this talk, Paul Domanski, founder of Domanski AI, shares his unconventional journey from film directing and affiliate marketing to becoming a vibecoder running dozens of…
- The Data Consultant Playbook From Code to Business Impact - Tony Zeljkovic and Juan Manuel Perafan · 1 h 5 min · Season 25 Episode 2In this talk, Tony Zeljkovic, Founder of Narona Data, shares his unconventional career journey from bioinformatics research and clinical genetics to building a successful AI and…
- Engineering AI-Powered Data Products - Radovan Bacovic · 1 h 0 min · Season 25 Episode 1In this talk, Radovan Bacovic, Principal Data Engineer and Snowflake/dbt Ambassador, shares his two-decade journey, from traditional database administration to leading modern…
- Engineering Your Own AI Assistant - Paul Iusztin · 1 h 1 min · Season 24 Episode 9In this talk, Paul Iusztin, Creator of Decoding AI and author of the LLM Engineer's Handbook, shares his deep expertise in personal automation from managing a digital life with…
- Thriving in the AI Era with Human Skills - Maryam Ramezani-Bartsch · 1 h 0 min · Season 24 Episode 8In this talk, Maryam Ramezani-Bartsch, Data and AI Leader with over 20 years of experience at companies like adidas and Zalando, shares her extensive career journey from building…
- Building a Career in AI From Real Estate to AI Engineering - Gustaf Gyllensporre · 1 h 2 min · Season 24 Episode 7In this talk, Gustaf Gyllensporre, Senior AI Engineer and PropTech Founder, shares his unconventional career journey from selling Miami real estate to shipping production AI…
- How to Build AI that actually Ships in Production - Aleksandr Kim · 58 min · Season 24 Episode 7In this talk, Aleksandr Kim, Senior Data Scientist at Intuit, shares his expertise in building AI-powered features in production from fine-tuning BERT models in cyber security to…
- AI Adoption in Enterprise Beyond Writing Code - Ivan Bilan · 1 h 2 min · Season 24 Episode 6In this talk, Ivan, Senior Engineering Manager at Personio, shares his deep expertise in the data and software space from his early days building traditional NLP systems and…
- Applied AI 2026 Berlin Conference Interview · 55 min · Season 24 Episode 5The conference highlighted a critical shift in the technology and engineering ecosystem, moving away from passive implementations toward autonomous AI systems, collaborative…
- From GenAI Pilots to Production - Nikita Kozodoi · 1 h 3 min · Season 24 Episode 4In this talk, Nikita, Senior Applied Data Scientist at the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center, shares his expertise in bringing enterprise artificial intelligence out of the…
- From Notebook to Production: Building End-to-End AI Systems - Mariano Semelman · 1 h 7 min · Season 24 Episode 3In this talk, Mariano, Lead Data Scientist and ML Engineer at OLX, shares his journey building high-impact AI media solutions. We explore the transition from traditional…
- Data Makers Fest 2026 Conference Interviews · 1 h 6 min · Season 24 Episode 1At Data Makers Fest, a recurring theme was the tension between GenAI hype and production reality. Speakers stressed that classical ML, MLOps, evaluation, data quality, and…
- Competitions: Beyond the Kaggle Leaderboard - Tatiana Habruseva · 1 h 5 min · Season 24 Episode 1In this talk, Tatiana, Staff Software Engineer at LinkedIn, shares her journey from academic physics to becoming a Kaggle Master and winning the Sound Demixing Challenge. We…
- PyConDE 2026 Conference Interviews · 1 h 22 min · Season 23 Episode 9At PyConDE 2026, community leaders, educators, and Python tooling builders explored how Python is evolving in the age of AI — and why human connection, mentorship, and strong…
- Starting a Data Conference: The Data Makers Fest Story - Leonid Kholkine · 1 h 3 min · Season 23 Episode 8In this talk, Leonid Kholkine, Head of Research & Development at Their Data and Co-founder of Data Makers Fest, shares his unique journey from leading international student…
- Understanding the AI Engineer Role - Nasser Qadri · 1 h 2 min · Season 23 Episode 7In this talk, Nasser Qadri, AI Engineering Manager at Google, shares his unique career journey—from a PhD in Politics and International Relations to leading high-stakes AI…
- Data Engineer Career in 2026: Roles, Specializations, and What Companies Look for - Slawomir Tulski · 1 h 8 min · Season 23 Episode 6In this talk, Slawomir Tulski, Data Leadership Consultant and former Meta Data Engineering Manager, shares his ten-year journey through the evolution of data systems—from…
- Inside the AI Engineer Role: Tools, Skills, and Career Path - Ruslan Shchuchkin · 1 h 7 min · Season 23 Episode 5In this talk, Ruslan Shchuchkin, GenAI Engineer at Finance Guru, shares his unique career evolution from business administration and account management to building…
- How to Become an AI Engineer After a Career Break - Revathy Ramalingam · 48 min · Season 23 Episode 4In this episode Revathy Ramalingam, Senior Software Engineer and AI Engineer at a healthcare startup, shares her inspiring personal journey from over nine years in telecom…
- The Future of AI Agents - Aditya Gautam · 1 h 8 min · Season 23 Episode 3In this talk, Aditya, an experienced AI Researcher and Engineer, shares his technical evolution—from his roots in embedded systems to building complex, large-scale AI agent…
- Foundations of Analytics Engineer Role: Skills, Scope, and Modern Practices - Juan Manuel Perafan · 1 h 23 min · Season 23 Episode 2In this talk, Juan, Analytics Engineer and author of Fundamentals of Analytics Engineering share his professional journey from studying psychological research in Colombia to…
- AI Engineering: Skill Stack, Agents, LLMOps, and How to Ship AI Products - Paul Iusztin · 1 h 7 min · Season 23 Episode 1In this episode of DataTalks.Club, Paul Iusztin, founding AI engineer and author of the LLM Engineer’s Handbook, breaks down the transition from traditional software development…
- Applying ML: An Ongoing Personal Journey · 1 h 4 min · Season 22 Episode 9In this talk, Rileen, a Senior Computational Biologist and Cancer Data Scientist, shares his professional journey from physics and computer science to cutting-edge cancer…
- Building Pet Health Tech: ML, Sensors, and Dog Behavior Data · 1 h 1 min · Season 22 Episode 8In this session Sofya shares her journey building a pet-tech startup that blends machine learning sensor data and canine behavior analytics. She walks through her path from early…
- From Full-Time Mom to Head of Data and Cloud - Xia He-Bleinagel · 1 h 2 min · Season 22 Episode 7In this talk, Xia He-Bleinagel, Head of Data & Cloud at NOW GmbH, shares her remarkable journey from studying automotive engineering across Europe to leading modern data, cloud…
- From Black-Box Systems to Augmented Decision-Making - Anusha Akkina · 1 h 2 min · Season 22 Episode 6In this talk, Anusha Akkina, co-founder of Auralytix, shares her journey from working as a Chartered Accountant and Auditor at Deloitte to building an AI-powered finance…
- Qdrant 2025 Conference Interviews · 52 min · Season 22 Episode 5At Qdrant Conference, builders, researchers, and industry practitioners shared how vector search, retrieval infrastructure, and LLM-driven workflows are evolving across developer…
- How to Build and Evaluate AI systems in the Age of LLMs - Hugo Bowne-Anderson · 1 h 1 min · Season 22 Episode 4In this talk, Hugo Bowne-Anderson, an independent data and AI consultant, educator, and host of the podcasts Vanishing Gradients and High Signal, shares his journey from academic…
- From Biotechnology to Bioinformatics Software - Sebastian Ayala Ruano · 56 min · Season 22 Episode 3In this talk, Sebastian, a bioinformatics researcher and software engineer, shares his inspiring journey from wet lab biotechnology to computational bioinformatics. Hosted by…
- Lessons from Applied AI: Tesla, Waymo, and Beyond - Aishwarya Jadhav · 59 min · Season 22 Episode 2In this episode, we talked with Aishwarya Jadhav, a machine learning engineer whose career has spanned Morgan Stanley, Tesla, and now Waymo. Aishwarya shares her journey from big…
- Building reliable AI products in the era of Gen AI and Agents - Ranjitha Kulkarni · 60 min · Season 22 Episode 1In this episode, we talked with Ranjitha Kulkarni, a machine learning engineer with a rich career spanning Microsoft, Dropbox, and now NeuBird AI. Ranjitha shares her journey…
- From Theme Parks to Tesla: Building Data Products That Work · 1 h 0 min · Season 21 Episode 9In this episode, we talked with Abouzar Abbaspour, a data engineer whose career spans software engineering in Iran, building crowd and recommendation systems at a Dutch theme…
- From Semiconductors to Machine Learning: A Career in Data and Teaching · 1 h 13 min · Season 21 Episode 8In this episode, we chat with Dashel Ruiz, whose journey spans semiconductors, machine learning, and teaching. Dashel shares how he transitioned from hardware to data science…
- Lessons from Two Decades of AI - Micheal Lanham · 60 min · Season 21 Episode 7In this episode, we talk with Michael Lanham, an AI and software innovator with over two decades of experience spanning game development, fintech, oil and gas, and agricultural…
- Berlin PyData 2025 Conference Interviews · 49 min · Season 21 Episode 6At PyData Berlin, community members and industry voices highlighted how AI and data tooling are evolving across knowledge graphs, MLOps, small-model fine-tuning, explainability…
- From Astronomy to Applied ML - Daniel Egbo · 1 h 3 min · Season 21 Episode 5In this episode, we talk with Daniel, an astrophysicist turned machine learning engineer and AI ambassador. Daniel shares his journey bridging astronomy and data science, how he…
- Berlin Buzzwords 2025 Conference Interviews · 1 h 7 min · Season 21 Episode 4At Berlin Buzzwords, industry voices highlighted how search is evolving with AI and LLMs. - Kacper Łukawski (Qdrant) stressed hybrid search (semantic + keyword) as core for RAG…
- From Medicine to Machine Learning: How Public Learning Turned into a Career - Pastor Soto · 60 min · Season 21 Episode 3In this episode, We talked with Pastor, a medical doctor who built a career in machine learning while studying medicine. Pastor shares how he balanced both fields, leveraged live…
- How to Rebuild Data Trust? Mindful Data Strategy and Maintenance vs Innovation - Lior Barak · 1 h 1 min · Season 21 Episode 2Struggling with data trust issues, dashboard drama, or constant pipeline firefighting? In this deep‑dive interview, Lior Barak shows you how to shift from a reactive “fix‑it”…
- From Simulations to Freelance Data Engineering: Orell's Journey Out of Academia and Into Consulting - Orell Garten · 58 min · Season 21 Episode 1In this episode, we talk with Orell about his journey from electrical engineering to freelancing in data engineering. Exploring lessons from startup life, working with messy…
- Can You Quit Your Job and Still Succeed as a Data Freelancer? · 58 min · Season 20 Episode 9Thinking about swapping your 9‑to‑5 for client work, but worried that a long German–style notice period will kill your chances? In this live interview, seven‑year data‑freelance…
- From Hackathons to Developer Advocacy - Will Russel · 57 min · Season 20 Episode 8In this podcast episode, we talked with Will Russell about From Hackathons to Developer Advocacy. About the Speaker: Will Russell is a Developer Advocate at Kestra, known for…
- Build a Strong Career in Data - Lavanya Gupta · 52 min · Season 20 Episode 7In this podcast episode, we talked with Lavanya Gupta about Building a Strong Career in Data. About the Speaker: Lavanya is a Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) alumni of the…
- From Supply Chain Management to Digital Warehousing and FinOps - Eddy Zulkifly · 52 min · Season 20 Episode 6In this podcast episode, we talked with Eddy Zulkifly about From Supply Chain Management to Digital Warehousing and FinOps About the Speaker: • Eddy Zulkifly is a Staff Data…
- Data Intensive AI - Bartosz Mikulski · 55 min · Season 20 Episode 5In this podcast episode, we talked with Bartosz Mikulski about Data Intensive AI. About the Speaker: Bartosz is an AI and data engineer. He specializes in moving AI projects…
