Hi, I'm Viviane
I'm an AI Engineer with a strong software engineering background and experience building machine learning and generative AI systems.
My work spans the AI engineering lifecycle — from data processing and model development to backend integration, deployment, observability, and production AI applications.
My experience includes Generative AI, LLMs, RAG, agentic systems, NLP, computer vision, and AI applications across domains such as healthcare and sports intelligence.
I am particularly interested in building reliable AI systems that can solve complex problems in real-world environments, bringing together machine learning, software engineering, and modern AI technologies.
My current focus includes Generative AI, LLMs, RAG, agentic systems, AI backends, and machine learning.
Professional Experience
Senior AI Software Developer
OpenSport / Playwize — Canada
- Built production-oriented AI agents and reasoning workflows for sports intelligence using LLMs and LangGraph.
- Designed multi-step agent workflows involving state management, tool selection, reflection, fallback handling, and error recovery.
- Developed RAG workflows using embeddings and vector search to ground LLM responses in domain-specific information.
- Integrated multiple LLM providers, including Anthropic, Google Gemini, and OpenAI, within provider-agnostic AI workflows.
- Implemented streaming AI responses through a Node.js gateway using Server-Sent Events (SSE).
- Integrated Langfuse for LLM observability, including tracing, prompt analysis, latency, and cost monitoring.
- Worked with BigQuery Vector Search and cloud-based AI infrastructure.
🔹 Focus: Generative AI · Agentic AI · LLMs · RAG · LangGraph · Vector Search · AI Observability · GCP
AI Engineer — Independent Contractor
Lisnen — Toronto, Canada
- Developed audio classification models using CNN architectures and pretrained audio representations, including YAMNet and PANNs.
- Built audio preprocessing and augmentation pipelines using Librosa and Audiomentations.
- Compared multiple model architectures and evaluated accuracy, generalization, and deployment constraints.
- Investigated TensorFlow Lite compatibility and optimized the inference approach for resource-constrained environments.
🔹 Focus: Audio AI · Deep Learning · TensorFlow · Keras · Model Evaluation · Edge Inference
AI Engineer — NLP Project
Angelina — Contract Project
- Developed a multi-class text classification pipeline using BERT to analyze large volumes of noisy and unstructured user feedback
- Experimented with both BERT and RoBERTa during model evaluation, with BERT selected for the final solution.
- Fine-tuned the Transformer model to capture semantic information from user feedback, addressing slang, spelling errors, noisy text, and significant class imbalance.
- Addressed common NLP challenges including slang, spelling errors, noisy text, and significant class imbalance in user feedback.
- Applied NLP techniques including Named Entity Recognition (NER) to identify products and services associated with negative feedback.
- Built data preparation and model training workflows using Python, Pandas, NumPy, PyTorch, and Hugging Face Transformers.
- Developed a production-ready inference pipeline with FastAPI, exposing REST endpoints for text classification and confidence scores.
- Containerized the inference service with Docker for deployment in the client's environment.
🔹 Focus: NLP · Transformers · Text Classification · Sentiment Analysis · Embeddings · NER · PyTorch · Hugging Face · FastAPI · Docker
Machine Learning Engineer Intern
BrainInnov — Montréal, Canada
- Developed 3D deep learning models for lung nodule classification using PyTorch and MONAI.
- Built preprocessing pipelines for 3D CT volumes using SimpleITK and MONAI.
- Experimented with ResNet, DenseNet, and attention-based architectures.
- Applied Grad-CAM to improve model interpretability and visual analysis of predictions.
- Evaluated models using accuracy, AUC, F1, precision, and recall.
🔹 Result: Achieved 87.5% accuracy and 0.91 AUC in the evaluated lung nodule classification model.
Python Developer / Data Engineer
Globant
- Developed Python-based data processing and ETL workflows for enterprise projects.
- Processed large Excel datasets using Pandas and built pipelines for data transformation and validation.
- Worked with AWS Glue, Athena, and S3 for cloud-based data processing and analytics.
- Contributed to data workflows supporting analytics and machine learning use cases.
🔹 Focus: Python · Pandas · AWS · Glue · Athena · S3 · Data Engineering
Full Stack Developer
Radix
- Developed backend and web applications using Python, Flask, JavaScript, and jQuery.
- Built data transformation workflows using PySpark and Databricks.
🔹 Focus: Python · Flask · PySpark · Databricks · Web Development
AI Backend Developer
Portal Telemedicina
- Integrated AI diagnostic outputs into clinical systems using Python, Django, Docker, and Kubernetes.
- Developed REST APIs for AI-generated medical imaging outputs and heatmaps.
- Built backend services supporting AI-assisted telemedicine workflows.
- Worked with GCP services including BigQuery, Data Fusion, Cloud Storage, and Looker.
🔹 Focus: Healthcare AI · Python · Django · REST APIs · Docker · Kubernetes · GCP
Full Stack Developer
Softplan
- Developed and maintained enterprise web applications using Python, Django, JavaScript, and PostgreSQL.
- Worked across the software development lifecycle, from requirements and implementation to deployment and maintenance.
- Built backend services and business workflows for legal technology applications.
🔹 Focus: Python · Django · PostgreSQL · JavaScript · Full Stack Development
Education
AEC — Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Collège LaSalle Montréal
Postgraduate Studies in IT Governance
Faculdades Integradas Promove de Brasília
Technical Degree in Data Processing
Instituto de Ciências Exatas
Highlights
- Production AI: Experience building LLM-powered and agentic AI workflows for real-world applications.
- Generative AI: Hands-on experience with LLMs, RAG, LangGraph, tool-based workflows, and AI observability.
- Machine Learning: Experience across computer vision, medical imaging, and audio classification.
- Healthcare AI: Experience developing AI-enabled clinical and medical imaging systems.
- Software Engineering: More than a decade of experience building backend, full-stack, and data-intensive applications.
Languages
🇧🇷 Portuguese — Native | 🇺🇸 English — Fluent | 🇫🇷 French — Professional Working Proficiency