I'm Achref Houssem Saidoune, a data science student and AI engineer-in-training with hands-on exposure to finance and telecom use cases. I enjoy turning messy data into actionable insights, building end-to-end ML pipelines, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver impact. I’m currently pursuing an MSc in Data Science and bringing a strong mathematical foundation together with practical coding and ML skills to real-world problems. In my spare time, I contribute to open data projects and enjoy exploring the latest in AI and data visualization.

Achref Houssem Saidoune

I'm Achref Houssem Saidoune, a data science student and AI engineer-in-training with hands-on exposure to finance and telecom use cases. I enjoy turning messy data into actionable insights, building end-to-end ML pipelines, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver impact. I’m currently pursuing an MSc in Data Science and bringing a strong mathematical foundation together with practical coding and ML skills to real-world problems. In my spare time, I contribute to open data projects and enjoy exploring the latest in AI and data visualization.

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I’m Achref Houssem Saidoune, a data science student and AI engineer-in-training with hands-on exposure to finance and telecom use cases. I enjoy turning messy data into actionable insights, building end-to-end ML pipelines, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver impact. I’m currently pursuing an MSc in Data Science and bringing a strong mathematical foundation together with practical coding and ML skills to real-world problems. In my spare time, I contribute to open data projects and enjoy exploring the latest in AI and data visualization.

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Language

English
Fluent
French
Fluent
Arabic
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Work Experience

AI Engineer Intern at BPC E Group - Finance, Paris, France
March 1, 2025 - September 1, 2025
Developed an agnostic AI system leveraging internal generative AI platforms to automate financial control workflows (MC architecture), improving reporting reliability and reducing manual processing by 40-60% across four high-value use cases.
Data Science Intern at DJEZZY Telecom Algeria
January 1, 2024 - June 1, 2024
Built a personalized offer recommendation system by leveraging advanced data mining and heterogeneous graph neural networks (HGNNs) to model customer behavior, achieving a 2.7% improvement in targeting accuracy.
Data Engineer Intern at DJEZZY Telecom Algeria
March 1, 2023 - June 1, 2023
Gained hands-on experience in Big Data engineering by designing data ingestion, preprocessing, and quality pipelines, while contributing to machine learning projects within the Data department.
Software Developer Intern at Vertex AI - Banking Algeria
August 1, 2022 - October 1, 2022
Developed a telecom asset management web application to enable real-time tracking, optimize resource allocation, and ensure full traceability in collaboration with Data and BI teams.
AI Engineer Intern at BCE Group - Finance (Paris, France)
March 1, 2025 - September 1, 2025
Developed an agnostic AI system leveraging internal generative AI platforms (MCP architecture) to automate financial control workflows, enabling +4 high-value use cases, improving reporting reliability, and reducing manual processing by 40-60%. Tools included Python, Streamlit, Dataiku, Alteryx, DocLing, MAIA APIs (Gemini, GPT, Mistral), LangChain, RAGs, and OCR.
Data Scientist Intern at Djezzy - Telecom Algeria
January 1, 2024 - June 1, 2024
Worked on a personalized offer recommendation system by leveraging advanced data mining and heterogeneous graph neural networks (HGNNs) to model customer behavior, achieving a 2.7% improvement in targeting accuracy.
Data Software Developer Intern at IX Banking Algeria
August 1, 2022 - October 1, 2022
Gained hands-on experience in Big Data engineering by designing data ingestion, preprocessing, and quality pipelines, while contributing to ML projects within the Data department.

Education

MSc in Data Science (BAC +6) at INSA Rouen, Rouen, France
September 1, 2024 - September 1, 2025
Engineering degree in Computer Science (BAC +5) at ESI ex-INI (Algiers, Algeria)
September 1, 2019 - June 1, 2024
Baccalaureate with excellence - Mathematics track at Mohand Mokhbi, Algeria
September 1, 2016 - July 1, 2019
MSc in Data Science at École Nationale Supérieure d'Informatique (ESI), Algiers, Algeria
September 1, 2024 - September 1, 2025
Engineering degree in Computer Science (BAC +5) at Mohand Mokhbi, Algiers, Algeria
September 1, 2019 - June 1, 2024
Baccalaureate, Mathematics track (with excellence) at National High School of Mathematics, Mohand Mokhbi, Algiers, Algeria
September 1, 2016 - July 1, 2019

Qualifications

BCG X Data Science Simulation
October 1, 2025 - December 20, 2025
JP Morgan Chase Quantitative Research
September 1, 2025 - December 20, 2025
Google Cloud Platform: Modernizing Data Lakes and Data Warehouses
October 1, 2024 - December 20, 2025
AWS: Introduction to AWS Cloud Careers
June 1, 2023 - December 20, 2025
FreeCodeCamp: Machine Learning with Python
March 1, 2023 - December 20, 2025
Introduction to Data Science
November 1, 2022 - December 20, 2025
BCG X Data Science Simulation
October 1, 2025 - October 1, 2025
Google Cloud Platform: Modernizing Data Lakes and Data Warehouses
October 1, 2024 - October 1, 2024
AWS Introduction to AWS Cloud Careers
June 1, 2023 - June 1, 2023
freeCodeCamp: Machine Learning with Python
March 1, 2023 - March 1, 2023
Coursera: Introduction to Data Science
November 1, 2022 - November 1, 2022

Industry Experience

Telecommunications, Software & Internet, Financial Services, Professional Services, Other

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