Summary
Rafael Calsaverini is a seasoned AI engineer and data science leader with nearly fifteen years of experience applying machine learning, Bayesian statistics, and AI across fintech, financial services, and beyond. He has led Data & AI organizations at Nubank and EBANX, driving product-focused AI initiatives from data engineering and analytics to ML-driven underwriting, AML, experimentation, and user personalization. At Nubank, as Data Science Manager and later Staff Machine Learning Engineer, he built and scaled teams delivering impactful credit models and spearheading foundation-model work to model financial behavior and scale financial advisory. Currently an AI Engineer at TRM Labs, he develops tools for blockchain intelligence, applying rigorous ML and statistics to security and compliance challenges. He is a physicist by training, having been a PhD candidate at the University of São Paulo with a focus on statistical physics and Bayesian inference, which informs his rigorous, research-driven approach to production systems. Based in São Paulo, Brazil, he blends hands-on engineering with leadership to mentor teams across data science, data engineering, and AI, delivering scalable and impactful solutions.
13 years of coding experience