Hi, I'm Constantin Stipnieks, a Machine Learning Engineer with experience in designing and building core AI systems from the ground up. I've worked extensively with large language models, computer vision, and recommendation systems, always aiming to create scalable and efficient solutions. I'm passionate about leveraging AI to build smart, user-friendly applications that make a real difference. I've had the opportunity to live and study in Germany and South Korea, which has broadened my perspective and fueled my love for learning. Whether it's fine-tuning models or optimizing databases, I enjoy tackling challenging problems with innovative approaches and collaborating with teams to bring ideas to life.

Constantin Stipnieks

Hi, I'm Constantin Stipnieks, a Machine Learning Engineer with experience in designing and building core AI systems from the ground up. I've worked extensively with large language models, computer vision, and recommendation systems, always aiming to create scalable and efficient solutions. I'm passionate about leveraging AI to build smart, user-friendly applications that make a real difference. I've had the opportunity to live and study in Germany and South Korea, which has broadened my perspective and fueled my love for learning. Whether it's fine-tuning models or optimizing databases, I enjoy tackling challenging problems with innovative approaches and collaborating with teams to bring ideas to life.

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Hi, I’m Constantin Stipnieks, a Machine Learning Engineer with experience in designing and building core AI systems from the ground up. I’ve worked extensively with large language models, computer vision, and recommendation systems, always aiming to create scalable and efficient solutions. I’m passionate about leveraging AI to build smart, user-friendly applications that make a real difference.

I’ve had the opportunity to live and study in Germany and South Korea, which has broadened my perspective and fueled my love for learning. Whether it’s fine-tuning models or optimizing databases, I enjoy tackling challenging problems with innovative approaches and collaborating with teams to bring ideas to life.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Intermediate

Language

English
Fluent
German
Fluent
Korean
Intermediate

Work Experience

Machine Learning Engineer at Enstyle
April 1, 2024 - Present
As the first hire, I played a key role in designing and building all core systems from the ground up ●​ Developed an LLM-based chatbot to provide users with insights into a comprehensive catalog of product attributes and generate personalized recommendations ●​ Fine-tuned embedding models and utilized vector databases to build a scalable recommendation engine that retrieves similar images with user-customizable criteria ●​ Built and deployed an image attribution pipeline using Vision-Language models, continuously improved through prompt engineering and few-shot learning ●​ Implemented a modular data pipeline aggregating and processing scraped data from multiple sources ●​ Created efficient database schemas and optimized complex SQL queries to enhance speed and scalability.
Computer Vision Research Engineer at Deep Block
February 29, 2024 - July 18, 2025
●​ Conceptualized and developed a training and inference pipeline performing object detection and semantic segmentation with high accuracy on very large images containing thousands of objects ●​ Reduced post-processing time by 99% through parallelization and algorithmic optimization ●​ Researched and implemented a model to segment changed areas in multi-temporal image pairs, improving F1-score on benchmark dataset from 80% to 88%.
Student Research Assistant at Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research
May 31, 2021 - July 18, 2025
●​ Researched and developed methods for high-resolution 3D reconstruction of a scene from depth images ●​ Increased resolution of the 3D reconstruction application by 400% through algorithmic improvements.

Education

M.Sc. at Technical University of Darmstadt
October 1, 2018 - July 31, 2021
B.Sc. at Technical University of Darmstadt
October 1, 2015 - September 30, 2018

Qualifications

Deutschlandstipendium (German scholarship)
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2021

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Computers & Electronics, Retail