Hi! I'm Pouya, a stand up comedian and content creator online. my instagram has grown to over 15k followers in less than a year, I have made videos which reached above a million views on multiple platforms (youtube shorts, instagram reels) and I consistently create high performing comedy sketches and content. I edit my videos using both davinci resolve and the edits app (to add music).

POUYA POURJAFAR

Hi! I'm Pouya, a stand up comedian and content creator online. my instagram has grown to over 15k followers in less than a year, I have made videos which reached above a million views on multiple platforms (youtube shorts, instagram reels) and I consistently create high performing comedy sketches and content. I edit my videos using both davinci resolve and the edits app (to add music).

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Hi! I’m Pouya, a stand up comedian and content creator online. my instagram has grown to over 15k followers in less than a year, I have made videos which reached above a million views on multiple platforms (youtube shorts, instagram reels) and I consistently create high performing comedy sketches and content. I edit my videos using both davinci resolve and the edits app (to add music).

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Language

English
Fluent
German
Fluent

Work Experience

AI/ML Engineer at Start Up
December 1, 2025 - Present
Leading customer prospecting project by scraping and analyzing Twitter Data, working with different Twitter API providers, and using the latest LLM models to extract features and leads.
AI/ML Engineer at GSK AI
March 31, 2025 - July 28, 2025
Migrated a legacy SQLite database with over 1 million records to a DuckDB-based architecture to enhance query performance and scalability. Designed and implemented a custom ORM layer on DuckDB to facilitate seamless downstream data access and manipulation. Experimented with large language model-based feature processing to generate insightful embeddings from electronic health records while addressing irregular data entry issues. Created reproducible analysis pipelines using unsupervised learning techniques like clustering and dimensionality reduction to stratify patients. Kept current with AI advancements by attending leading conferences ICML and ICLR and incorporated new methods into practical applications.
AIML Engineer at GSK
March 1, 2025 - August 12, 2025
Led an applied research project transforming over one million patient healthcare records into a structured analytical system to enable evidence-based clinical insights. Conducted combined quantitative and qualitative analysis to design a scalable research infrastructure for medical researchers. Interviewed data scientists and researchers to identify exploratory data analysis bottlenecks, designing custom ORM and schema to support efficient querying. Led full AI model development lifecycle including data preprocessing and deployment.
Co-Founder / Rust Developer at qPools Finance
December 31, 2022 - July 28, 2025
Led design and development of a DeFi protocol using Rust-based smart contracts on the Solana ecosystem. Built a Typescript interface for smart contract interaction. Delivered the product end-to-end from prototype to launch, including technical roadmap, UI, and backend. Conducted performance testing and optimized blockchain contracts for composability and efficiency.
AI/ML Engineer at GSK AI
December 1, 2022 - March 1, 2025
Experimented with LLM based feature processing to generate more insightful embeddings from electronic health records and designed reproducible analysis pipelines to stratify patients using unsupervised learning techniques.
Co-Founder / Product Owner at Fintech Start Up
December 1, 2022 - August 12, 2025
Conducted user research via surveys and interviews to identify pain points in investment decision-making, synthesizing findings into strategic recommendations. Directed UX-centric product development of an investment platform, simplifying multistep workflows with a user-friendly interface. Designed and delivered a one-click portfolio tool to reduce friction and ease financial decisions. Led product strategy and feature prioritization with a cross-functional team.
NLP Research Intern at ETH Zurich
January 31, 2022 - July 28, 2025
Contributed to multilingual NLP research, focusing on dependency parsing across multiple languages using PyTorch. Co-authored a scientific report submitted to EMNLP and performed literature reviews and benchmark experiments.
Co-Founder / Product Developer at qPools Finance
November 1, 2021 - December 1, 2022
Delivered end-to-end product from prototype to launch, including user interface design and backend development, along with conducting performance testing and optimization of blockchain contracts.
Research Intern at Huawei Research
October 31, 2021 - July 28, 2025
Worked on high performance hypergraph partitioning algorithms applied to chip design tasks.
Research Intern at Huawei
October 1, 2021 - August 12, 2025
Implemented new approaches for large scale hypergraph partitioning. Performed performance and quality benchmarking of different algorithms and methodologies.
Research Intern at Huawei Research & ETH Zurich
August 1, 2021 - January 1, 2022
Contributed to multilingual NLP research, developing models for dependency parsing across multiple languages using PyTorch.

Education

M.Sc. at ETH Zurich
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2021
B.Sc. at ETH Zurich
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2019
MS in Computer Science at ETH Zurich
September 1, 2019 - May 1, 2021
BS in Computer Science at ETH Zurich
September 1, 2015 - September 1, 2019
M.Sc. at ETH Zurich
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2021
B.Sc. at ETH Zurich
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2019

Qualifications

Lehrdiplom
January 11, 2030 - August 12, 2025

Industry Experience

Healthcare, Life Sciences, Financial Services, Software & Internet, Computers & Electronics, Education

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