My Experiences

    Here are some examples of projects I worked on, in various contexts (start-ups, bigger companies, independently, as an employee).

    OpenGateLLM - Sovereign GenAI Solution

    OpenGateLLM - Sovereign GenAI Solution

    EtalabNov 2024

    At Etalab, I developed OpenGateLLM, an opensource sovereign generative AI solution for French public entities, handling 300k daily requests. Deployed dozens of self-hosted LLMs with advanced features (RAG, agentic, MCP...). Secured infrastructure and obtained ANSSI certification.

    MLOps Platform Architecture

    MLOps Platform Architecture

    ManoManoFeb 2022

    At ManoMano, I designed the architecture of an MLOps platform on AWS, then implemented and industrialized it for all the data teams in the company. It is currently used daily by the data science team for building, deploying and monitoring ML models.

    Data Training & Education

    Data Training & Education

    Jedha & Various CompaniesApr 2022

    I teach data courses and trainings in schools and companies covering model deployment, data science, data engineering, CI/CD, and best practices in data.

    Pedestrian Traffic Insights - Image 1

    Pedestrian Traffic Insights

    MyTrafficJan 2020

    At MyTraffic, I implemented data science models at high scale, and deployed them on the cloud for pedestrian traffic insights.

    Big Data Pipelines

    Big Data Pipelines

    GumGumFeb 2019

    Built and maintained batch and real-time data pipelines to provide business insights on a continuous basis. These pipelines were downstream from a programmatic ad-serving platform generating 50 TB of data a day.

    Kafka Cluster Management

    Kafka Cluster Management

    GumGumApr 2019

    Deployed a suite of monitoring and management tools across multiple Kafka clusters. These tools reduced the engineering time of certain cluster operations (scaling, rebalancing) by 90% as well as enhanced the overall visibility into the health of these clusters.

    Programmatic Inventory Forecasting

    Programmatic Inventory Forecasting

    GumGumAug 2019

    Developed a high-scale programmatic inventory forecasting web tool. This tool uses an ARIMA model and terabytes of historical data to predict ad inventory. In close cooperation with operational teams, we provided the end-users the ability to determine achievable ad campaigns goals with confidence using the forecast results.

    Cyril LAY

    Senior AI Engineer

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