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Stephan Baier

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I am a Data Scientist and Machine Learning Engineer with over 10 years of professional experience and a strong academic background in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence.

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I am a Data Scientist and Machine Learning Engineer with over 10 years of professional experience and a strong academic background in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. I help clients develop modern machine learning solutions across the full lifecycle, from data analysis and solution design to implementation and live production monitoring.

  • 13 years' experience
  • Joined December 2025

Industry experience

  • Financial Services
  • Software & Internet
  • Professional Services

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Work experience· 6 roles

Freelance Data Scientist · Baier Data & AI ConsultingOct 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos

Led end-to-end ML projects for clients, including real-time identity document extraction and verification; designed hybrid AWS/on-prem architectures, and guided cross-functional teams through requirements, model development, deployment, and governance.

Team Lead Data Science · Check24 GmbHMar 2024 – Sep 2025 · 1 yr 7 mos

Led data science initiatives for Check24, building and productionizing ML-based decision support in a volatile market. Responsibilities included data ingestion, feature engineering, model development and evaluation, and creating interpretable visualizations for stakeholders. Implemented end-to-end ML lifecycle with monitoring, governance and compliance; collaborated with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into scalable ML solutions.

Lead Machine Learning Engineer · RS Alpha Capital GmbHJun 2021 – Feb 2024 · 2 yrs 9 mos

Designed and deployed a scalable ML infrastructure for real-time trading environments. Built and automated GPU-based training jobs, implemented CI/CD pipelines, and established monitoring to counter model drift with automated retraining, ensuring high availability and regulatory compliance.

Senior Data Scientist · Data Reply GmbHMay 2018 – May 2021 · 3 yrs 1 mo
Industrial Research Fellow · Siemens AGOct 2013 – Apr 2018 · 4 yrs 7 mos
Software Developer · Steria Mummert AGSep 2012 – Jun 2013 · 10 mos

Education

B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. in Computer Science · Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich2009 – 2019

Certifications and awards· 5

Certified Kubernetes Application Developer2030 – 2025
Confluent Certified Developer for Apache Kafka2030 – 2025
Professional Scrum Master (PSM 1)2030 – 2025
AWS Cloud Practitioner2030 – 2025

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