Matias Leone

About Matias Leone

I am a Software Engineer with more than 16+ years of experience specialized in AI. I excel at closing the gap between data scientists and backend engineers, leading cross functional teams and building platforms that perform ML training and inference at scale.I\'m a hands-on engineer that combines a strong background in data architecture, machine learning modeling and team leadership skills. I specialized in recommendation engines, e-commerce, search, ranking and personalization.For 5 years I was a professor of Real Time Computer Graphics at the National University of Technology in Argentina- Programming languages: Java, Python, Scala, C#, C++- Machine Learning: Deep learning, TensorFlow, PyTorch, NLP, recommendation engines, search personalization and ranking, image processing- Big data: Spark, Hadoop, HDFS, MapReduce, Hive, Presto- Cloud, AWS, S3, EC2, Spark EMR, Elasticache, Azure, Snowflake- Databases: SQL, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, MySql- No SQL: Cassandra, HBase, Hazelcast, MongoDB- Streaming: Kafka, Spark streaming- Computer science: architecture design, algorithms and data structures, database design, performance tuning, object oriented and functional programming, design patterns, distributed computing, concurrency and parallel processing, microservices architecture- Soft skills: team leadership, agile development, cross functional teams, collaboration with productrecruiting and interviewing, staff calibration.

Experience

1. Director of Artificial Intelligence

   Daydream

   Jul 2025 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Leading AI efforts on search and personalization

Education

• Universidad Tecnológica Nacional

  Bachelor of Science (BS), System Engineer

  2003 — 2008

• Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina 'Santa María de los Buenos Aires'​

  Master's Degree, Software Engineering

  2011 — 2013