Rui Santos

Rui Santos is a Founding Data Engineer at DOJO AI since July 2025, with a comprehensive background in machine learning and data infrastructure. Prior to this role, Rui served as a Senior MLOps Engineer at Unbabel from September 2017 to July 2025, where key responsibilities included scaling ML infrastructure and enhancing self-service capabilities. Rui also contributed as a Data Scientist at Unbabel, developing a synchronous machine translation product and significantly automating ML tasks through innovative use of tools like Airflow and Kubernetes. Early in the career, Rui was a Junior Data Scientist, making substantial advancements in data architecture and reporting. Rui's academic credentials include a Master of Science and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico.