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Yashovardhan Thevalil

AI/ML Architect for Production-Grade Data Systems

€750/day
Marseille, FR
3-7 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Yashovardhan

I assist CTOs, Heads of Data, and executives in designing and deploying robust AI, software, and data systems that create sustainable business value without destabilizing existing infrastructure.

I intervene where challenges are critical: framing complex problems, architectural choices, AI industrialization, technical debt, data reliability, and scaling. My role is to bring clarity, structure, and technical arbitration, directly aligned with business objectives.

With experience in Europe and Asia, I have supported organizations at various maturity levels, from exploration to industrialization, to transform data or AI initiatives into truly production-ready systems. I favor solutions designed for longevity, integrating cost, maintenance, and operational constraints from the outset.

My interventions focus on:
• Defining and implementing AI/data strategies aligned with product and business priorities.
• Architecting and industrializing reliable, observable, and auditable AI/ML solutions.
• Structuring data platforms and decision support systems that produce actionable and trustworthy insights.
• Supporting technical teams and management in making high-impact, structural decisions.

As an independent consultant, I offer a senior, external, and operational perspective, with a strong focus on risk reduction, cost control, and measurable value creation. I work in close partnership with internal teams, providing ad-hoc support or longer-term engagements.

👉 Available for consulting, architecture, or critical delivery missions, when technical challenges require a precise balance between innovation, reliability, and business impact.

For more information:
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • French

    Native or bilingual

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • DataDome
    Machine Learning Engineer & Data/Software Engineer
    TECH
    February 2022 - December 2025 (3 years and 10 months)
    Marseille, France
    Large-scale Impact
    5T+ signals/day · <2 ms inference · <0.01% false positives · ~60% of fraudulent traffic segmented and blocked

    Large-scale Bot and Fraud Detection Platform

    Real-time, account-level fraud detection combining behavioral and contextual signals through low-latency backend services.
    • Developed scalable Python backend services for real-time detection
    • Supported client-side behavioral pipelines, from JavaScript collection to backend ingestion and validation
    • Implemented account-level fraud detection logic

    Bot Vulnerability Assessment Tool

    Improved detection robustness by systematically identifying evasion vulnerabilities through reproducible adversarial testing.
    • Designed and optimized a bot resistance assessment tool
    • Developed bot testing frameworks (JavaScript and Python)
    • Performed isolated, repeatable, and low-cost Lambda executions

    Internal Tooling

    Enhanced operational efficiency and system security.
    • Developed internal tools to increase developer productivity
    • Implemented a custom ORM to secure database access
    • Simplified multi-cluster Elasticsearch access
    • Reduced technical debt through standardized libraries and abstractions

    Testing & Automation

    • Implemented unit, integration, and performance tests
    • Automated recurring tasks using scheduled or on-demand Python jobs

    Predictive and Diagnostic Modeling

    High-precision fraud detection under production load.
    • <0.01% false positives with over 5T signals/day
    • ~60% of fraudulent traffic correctly segmented and blocked
    • Strengthened detection strategy (thresholds, feature relevance, performance stability)
    Machine learning Docker Python Elasticsearch Amazon Web Services
  • DataDome
    R&D Software Engineer
    TECH
    April 2021 - August 2021 (4 months)
    Marseille, France
    I developed and designed a tool in Scala to generate synthetic data and inject it into the detection engine to identify performance bottlenecks in the behavioral detection engine.
    I used Flink as a streaming and batch processing framework, aiming to perform non-regression tests to prevent any performance degradation.
    Java Scala SQL Elasticsearch Data Engineer
  • IBI Group
    Smart Cities Engineer
    ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING
    August 2018 - August 2018
    Delhi, India
    Automation and Incident Management Workflows: design and architecture of solutions for smart cities, aiming to improve operational efficiency and security.

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Education

  • Master Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
    Aix-Marseille University
    2022
  • Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
    Aix-Marseille University
    2020

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