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Joseph Haaga
Principal Software Engineer & MLOps Consultant
Building scalable ML systems and infrastructure. Based in Washington, D.C.
✦ Currently available for consulting
About
I'm a Principal Software Engineer and MLOps specialist with 10+ years of experience building production ML systems and data infrastructure at scale.
Currently at BuzzFeed, where I architect and maintain ML platforms that power content recommendations and analytics for millions of users.
Previously built ML infrastructure at Interos, led data engineering at Capital One, and built data science systems at Redhorse Corporation.
Based in Washington, D.C., I specialize in:
- ML platform design and MLOps tooling
- Kubernetes-based ML infrastructure
- Data pipeline architecture
- Cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP)
- Platform engineering for data teams
I'm available for consulting engagements, advisory roles, and full-time opportunities.
Tech Stack
Python JavaScript/Node.js Java Scala Docker Kubernetes Terraform AWS GCP ML/MLOps Kubeflow TensorFlow PyTorch Apache Spark React MongoDB Elasticsearch SQL
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Available for consulting engagements, architecture reviews, and full-time roles.