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Markos M.

Machine Learning Engineer | Computer Vision

I am a Senior Machine Learning Engineer with 7+ years of experience in research, model development, and cloud deployment. My work includes academic research and real-world AI systems, from designing deep learning models to deploying scalable ML pipelines on GCP, AWS, and Azure. Expertise • Research: Deep learning, computer vision, NLP, and generative AI • Development: Training and fine-tuning ML models using TensorFlow and PyTorch • Deployment: Building and scaling ML systems on GCP, AWS, and Azure with Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform Certifications Google Cloud (2024) • Professional Machine Learning Engineer • Professional Data Engineer • Professional Cloud Architect Microsoft Azure (2021) • Azure Data Scientist Associate • Azure Fundamentals HashiCorp (2025) • Terraform Associate (003) Selected Projects • AI-Driven Document Extraction: Designed and deployed OCR pipelines using Gemini, Google Document AI, and DeepSeek (Vertex AI) to extract structured data from real estate conveyancing documents. • Reputation System API for Mindplex: Developed and deployed a reputation scoring API based on research in reputation systems, powering user trust and ranking on magazine.mindplex.ai. • Big Data Health Pipeline (GCP): Architected and orchestrated data ingestion and transformation pipelines using Dataflow, BigQuery, Cloud Run, and DBT. Integrated data from Microsoft SQL Server, CSV, Excel, and Azure Blob Storage into BigQuery. • Deep Learning Research and Deployment: Implemented and productionized deep learning models from research papers for diagnostic imaging and AI-assisted medical interpretation. Publications and Patents • Detection of Mitral and Tricuspid Regurgitation from B-mode DICOMs Using Artificial Intelligence (2024) • Reproduction of Full Echocardiographic Report Using Machine Learning from Large-scale Echocardiogram Database (2023) • Methods, Systems, Apparatuses, and Devices for Facilitating a Diagnosis of Pathologies Using a Machine Learning Model (2024), Patent • AI-Based Diagnosis of Aortic Stenosis in B-Mode Imagery: P3-16 (2024) I specialize in designing, building, and deploying production-grade AI systems with a strong foundation in both research and engineering. If you are looking for someone who can take an AI project from concept to deployment, I would be glad to collaborate.

🇪🇹Addis Ababa, Ethiopia$40/hr100% JSS4.99 (38)Since May 2021
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Earnings and projects

MRR
$6.8k

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#3,056 / 412k
🇪🇹Country#4 / 1,609
Revenue, last 30 days
$5.7k

Last 6 months: $41k

World#4,437 / 412k
🇪🇹Country#7 / 1,609
Total earnings
$150k

Billed in all: $157k

World#23,475 / 412k
🇪🇹Country#17 / 1,609
Per project
$3.1k

$5.1k in the last 6 months

World#54,645 / 412k
🇪🇹Country#134 / 1,609
Projects, last 6 months
8

Across 9 contracts

22% fixed78% hourly
World#24,499 / 412k
🇪🇹Country#95 / 1,609
Projects in all
49

Across 65 contracts

31% fixed69% hourly
World#62,381 / 412k
🇪🇹Country#53 / 1,609

Earnings, last 30 days

$157k+$5.7k earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$150k$155k$160kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: #1 in 1 skill of 15

Rarest: top 0.69% in Convolutional Neural Network, of 144. Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

  1. 1Convolutional Neural Network144 freelancers · 🇪🇹 #1Top 0.69%
  2. 3YOLO229 freelancers · 🇪🇹 #1Top 1%
  3. #7Deep Neural Network301 freelancers · 🇪🇹 #1Top 2%
  4. #14OpenCV912 freelancers · 🇪🇹 #1Top 2%
  5. #26Vector Database1,142 freelancers · 🇪🇹 #1Top 2%
  6. #27TensorFlow1,661 freelancers · 🇪🇹 #1Top 2%
  7. #29PyTorch1,585 freelancers · 🇪🇹 #1Top 2%
  8. #39Computer Vision2,498 freelancers · 🇪🇹 #1Top 2%