Majed Takieddine is a Senior Python Developer at IMC Trading, previously serving as the Machine Learning Foundations Manager at Mercari US, where significant contributions included managing LLM research and leading the development of a shopping chatbot powered by LLMs and semantic search. Prior roles include Senior Machine Learning Platform Engineer, where Majed implemented a Near Real Time ANN Search platform, and Machine Learning Infra Tech Lead at Crowe, responsible for creating scalable machine learning systems and managing Kubernetes clusters. Majed's early career at audience.ai involved developing automated pipelines for real-time data processing and analysis. Educational background includes a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering with Computer Science coursework from the University of Illinois Chicago, and various specializations in cloud computing, applied data science, machine learning, deep learning, and big data from multiple prestigious institutions.