I am a senior engineer with 10+ years of multidisciplinary experience. I enjoy interfacing with hardware and am strong in data science and backend development. I am passionate about AI and thrive at the intersection of robotics and software, delivering robust systems and mentoring teammates to raise the team's skills.

Jean Nassar

I am a senior engineer with 10+ years of multidisciplinary experience. I enjoy interfacing with hardware and am strong in data science and backend development. I am passionate about AI and thrive at the intersection of robotics and software, delivering robust systems and mentoring teammates to raise the team's skills.

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I am a senior engineer with 10+ years of multidisciplinary experience. I enjoy interfacing with hardware and am strong in data science and backend development.

I am passionate about AI and thrive at the intersection of robotics and software, delivering robust systems and mentoring teammates to raise the team’s skills.

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Experience Level

Expert
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Language

English
Fluent
French
Fluent
Arabic
Fluent
Japanese
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Beginner
Dutch
Intermediate
German
Beginner

Work Experience

Senior Software Developer at Nipro Digital Technologies Europe
September 1, 2023 - June 19, 2025
Led end-to-end design and implementation of features for the NephroFlow dialysis management application (Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL). Delivered modules including a from-scratch OIDC/LDAP authentication integration, improving security and single sign-on for clinicians. Engineered data and reporting solutions to automate generation of regulatory reports, handling numerous edge cases in production data. Built the foundational backend architecture for a new analytics dashboard using dbt and Cube.js to deliver data-driven insights. Served as the company SME on LLMs, advising colleagues and leading exploratory AI hackathons to evaluate practical NLP/LLM use-cases.
Senior Software Developer at Adimian
August 1, 2023 - October 9, 2025
Took end-to-end project responsibility from design to deployment for Python-powered data management and processing pipelines. Maintained backend using Pydantic, FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, Redis; front-end tasks with Vue; mentored teammates and onboarded new hires; addressed bug reports and managed releases.
Senior Python Developer at Yields.io
August 1, 2020 - October 9, 2025
Primary Python developer on platform core; refactored codebase, added tests, fixed bugs, and developed new features. Implemented automatic migration and testing of client code and artifacts with version increases; migrated away from mocks to tests against a deployed Docker environment.
Industrial Automation Engineer at Kapernikov
October 1, 2019 - October 9, 2025
Developed a conveyor belt monitoring system using Python 3 and ROS; used a laser profiler and camera for object identification and created a 3D representation of the conveyor belt. Detected potentially disruptive objects in real time and produced visualizations for the client’s video management system. Fixed C++ bugs and created a standalone ROS node for the camera.
Data Scientist/Python Developer at Sentiance
February 18, 2018 - January 1, 2019
Moved the company’s codebase from Python 2 to Python 3; refactored core functionality into more modular components. Verified and built machine learning models in numpy and scikit-learn; used pyspark to parallelize code execution, or to add new functionality. Worked on standardizing DevPI index contents using Pipenv.
Design Engineer at Starquip Integrated Systems
May 1, 2012 - August 31, 2012
Assisted in the mechanical design of pneumatic lift-assist devices using Solidworks. Converted existing 2D drawings to 3D assemblies, reducing the creation time for most new devices significantly. Produced ASME-compliant drawings. Developed a new system which modularized the pneumatic diagram and interactively generated a bill of materials.
Hardware Associdate at Intelligent Mechatronics Systems
January 1, 2011 - April 1, 2011
- Involved in selecting and coding new hardware, prototyped hardware solutions using Altium Designer, and programmed microcontrollers using C and C++. - Provided general assistance to lead design engineers. - Investigated self-resonance in inductors to enhance the accuracy of test results.
Research Assistant at Multiscale Additive Manufacturing Lab
May 1, 2010 - September 30, 2010
- Designed, procured, and assembled parts for an enclosure for a solid freeform fabrication (SFF) workstation. - Manufactured or coordinated the manufacture of several parts. - Performed image processing on scanning electron micrographs using Octave.
Research Assistant at Computer Vision and Mobile Robotics Lab
September 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009
- Developed a positional navigation system for the localization of robots. - Wrote code to estimate the current position using a 6-axis IMU, researched the state of the art of IMU-vision integration. - Used an Extended Kalman Filter to incorporate information from encoders, IMU estimates, and visual odometry estimates.
Engineer in Training at Sierra Construction Systems
January 1, 2009 - May 1, 2009
- Created and verified as-built structural and electrical diagrams for buildings. - Performed arc welding, cutting, woodworking, and aluminium working, repaired internal combustion engines and hydraulic systems. - Prepared estimates for building construction with Primavera and Microsoft Project. - Used VBA, Excel, and Word to computerize the company’s payroll system, resulting in a significant increase in productivity.

Education

Bachelor of Applied Sciences at University of Waterloo
September 1, 2008 - July 31, 2013
Mechatronics Engineering
Master of Engineering at Kyoto University
April 1, 2014 - March 31, 2017
Mechanical Engineering Science; Mechatronics lab
MEng in Mechanical Engineering at Kyoto University
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2017
BASc, Honours Mechatronics Engineering at University of Waterloo
January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2013

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Energy & Utilities, Financial Services, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Transportation & Logistics, Professional Services, Education