Adam Smyczek
Head Machine Learning Engineering at Capitec
Gauteng, South Africa
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Top SchoolAdam Smyczek is a seasoned technology leader specializing in machine learning engineering and data platforms, currently heading ML Engineering at Capitec Bank in Gauteng, South Africa. With over 10 years of experience across financial services and tech, he has built and led multidisciplinary teams that deliver scalable, impactful products to clients and customers. His career spans CTO and Head of Data Solutions at Absa Group and leadership roles at Barclays and LinkedIn, where he shaped data strategy and enabled production-grade deployments at scale. He combines deep software engineering expertise with a proven ability to scale ML initiatives from concept to production, aligning technical delivery with business outcomes. He leads with a user-first philosophy—echoing Hoare’s insight that the value of a program lies in whether it accomplishes the user’s intention.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
MS, MS at Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen
German, EnglishProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
asmyczek/YASC
Sep 2018 - Jun 2019
Contributions:16 pushes, 1 branch, 2 tags in 8 months
asmyczek/century-smart
May 2021 - Sep 2021
Contributions:1 release, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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