Simon Franchini
Staff Software Architect & Tech Lead Machine Learning (Genai) @Zeiss Microscopy
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WORK HISTORY
Staff Software Architect & Tech Lead Machine Learning (Genai) @Zeiss Microscopy
Munich, DE
Lead a team of 7 engineers from zero GenAI expertise to deploying production-grade GenAI solutions.Architecting a GPT-powered chatbot on Azure OpenAI Service and Azure ML Online Endpoints.Designing an LLM-as-Judge evaluation framework—combining LLM-based unit tests, GPT-similarity scoring, and domain-expert review—to uphold ZEISS-grade quality standards.Implementing chatbot workflows with Azure Promptflow and overseeing the architecture for ci/cd workflows covering data ingestion, evaluation framework and seamless deployment into a vector DB–backed RAG system.Championing core GenAI practices—prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation, vector DBs, and data annotation workflows—ensuring scalable and maintainable solutions.Experimenting with OpenAI Agents and MCP server integrations to streamline complex multi-step problem solving to boost chatbot accuracy and user satisfaction.
EDUCATION
The University of Freiburg
Bachelor's degree, Forestry
The University of Freiburg
Bachelor's degree, Environmental Sciences
University of Tübingen
Master's degree, Applied & Environmental Geoscience
University of Alberta
Year Abroad, Water & Contaminant Transport, Fundamental Sciences
SKILLS
ABOUT SIMON FRANCHINI
I drive production-grade GenAI solutions - creating chatbots and AI agents, deploying them on Azure, designing custom LLM evaluations, and mentoring a team of engineers to deliver GenAI-powered products in ZEISS-quality at scale.
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