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Services: Senior/Staff Machine Learning Engineering, AI Dev, Data/Software Consulting, Fractional Tech Leadership
Hi, I’m Yury: 10+ years of experience delivering end-to-end AI projects on tight deadlines. I help companies plan, prototype, and productionalize machine learning systems, modern data pipelines, and enterprise-grade Agentic systems.
Industry focus:
- Regulated Industries (Healthtech, Energy)
- Manufacturing and logistics (Additive Manufacturing, Metals, Lumber, SCM)
- Hardware and Robotics
SEEKING WORK | Vienna Austria, Worldwide Remote
Services: AI R&D, Machine Learning Engineering, Data/Software Consulting, Fractional Tech Leadership
Hi, I’m Yury, an independent consultant and ex-CTO with 10+ years of experience delivering end-to-end AI projects on tight deadlines. I help companies plan, prototype, and productionalize machine learning systems, modern data pipelines, and enterprise-grade Agentic systems.
I bring 10+ years of experience shipping AI/ML projects in domains like:
- Energy & Meteorology (wind-power generation forecasting, steel-plant energy modeling)
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- SaaS & Data Platforms (Multi-agent systems, recommendation systems, real-time pipelines)
Services: Data Science & AI R&D, Machine Learning Engineering, Data/Software Consulting, Fractional Tech Leadership
Hi, I’m Yury Zhuk, an independent consultant and ex-CTO with 10+ years of experience delivering end-to-end AI projects on tight deadlines. I help companies plan, prototype, and productionize machine learning systems, modern data pipelines, and LLM agents.
I bring 10+ years of experience shipping AI/ML projects in domains like:
But if you're inclined to use it, databricks' setup of spark just saves you an incredible amount of time that you'd normally waste on configuration and wiring infrastructure (storage, compute, pipelines, unified access, VPNs etc). It's expensive and opinionated, but the data engineers you need to deal with spark OOM errors constantly is greater.
Also databricks' default configs give you MUCH better performance out of the box than anything DIY and you don't have to fiddle with partitions and super niche config options to get even medium workloads stable
These are truly the best! And I've done a lot of research. Nowadays there are some smaller luxury brands that are closer with feature parity but not quite. The original Fossil team spun off to develop some kind of general watch platform, so I'm hopeful we'll see a remake by the time my fossil kicks out.
Balun Energy // Vienna, Austria On-Site // Senior Data Engineer and Senior MLOps Engineer // Full-Time 65-80k Euro + equity
We develop forecasting algorithms for wind and solar power production. Looking for passionate, driven, versatile people. Make a tangible impact towards sustainable energy.
* Small, ambitious, technical team (6 ppl)
* Shape the future of our startup: own, architect, and implement
* Help us solve tough problems in data. E.g. how to reconcile many data sources and create an efficient MLOps architecture?
Must be in or willing to relocate to Vienna, Austria. Visa Sponsorships available
Tech Stack: Python, Spark, Databricks, PyTorch, AWS, Time Series Forecasting, Meteorology. (you can add things you like to this list)
Send an email to (name in HN profile)@balun.energy to apply.
When I first moved to vienna, I also decided to check out Cafe Central. I ordered a tea (cost 5€). A teapot arrived, with a teabag on the side that I was supposed to brew myself. But the water was lukewarm, not nearly hot enough for tea. I complained to the waiter (dressed in something like a tuxedo). He dipped his finger in my teapot!! Then begrudgingly brought me new water lol.
Balun Energy // Vienna, Austria On-Site // Senior Data Engineer and Senior MLOps Engineer // Full-Time 65-85k Euro + equity
We develop forecasting algorithms for wind and solar power production. Looking for passionate, driven, versatile people. Make a tangible impact towards sustainable energy.
* Small, ambitious, technical team (6 ppl)
* Shape the future of our startup: own, architect, and implement
* Help us solve tough problems in data. E.g. how to reconcile many data sources and create an efficient MLOps architecture?
Must be authorized to work in EU and willing to relocate to Austria. Visa Sponsorships available
Tech Stack: Python, Spark, Databricks, PyTorch, AWS, Time Series Forecasting, Meteorology. (you can add things you like to this list)
Send an email to (name in HN profile)@balun.energy to apply.
A substantial contributor to that heat is asphalt and concrete though (absorbs heat and releases it at night). And to make it worse there's no tree cover. Winter is also more manageable if you don't have to wait 20 mins for a bus in an uncleared snowbank just because non-car mobility is second-class
True. Another issue with all the concrete is that it doesn't absorb rain and has made the constant flooding worse. Zero tree cover is also a shame, there are hundreds of miles of concrete bike and walking paths along the bayous that would be great for commuting but most of it has zero tree cover so you're just baking in the sun.
The older parts of Houston have massive oak trees that provide a lot of shade (and acorns the size of walnuts). But the older houses aren't large enough for modern Houstonians (roll your eyes here); when you tear it down to build a McMansion the trees also have to go.
The elementary school near my friend's house had a playground that was 100% shaded by just two massive trees. They tore the school down for a modern replacement. The new playground has no shade at all, not even those stretched fabric triangles you see all over the southern US.
Caring about nature that you can't shoot or eat is for pansy leftist tree-huggers. Especially if you work in a manly field full of manly men like construction. /s
This seems unnecessarily bait-y, but you can probably assume that the people who planted those trees in Houston weren't tree-huggers either, they were just practical. And lived in an era where "wasting money" wasn't as socially acceptable as it is now.
Before air conditioning shade from trees was one of the only ways to endure the heat. I bought a 70yo house with trees nearly on top of the house, and the old neighbors said it was intended to combat the heat.
As someone who grew up playing in the bayous out in the suburbs of Houston, even away from the concrete the humidity and heat are oppressive in the summertime.
Hi, I’m Yury: 10+ years of experience delivering end-to-end AI projects on tight deadlines. I help companies plan, prototype, and productionalize machine learning systems, modern data pipelines, and enterprise-grade Agentic systems.
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