Available for Freelance Projects

Nina Hajok

AI Architect & Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Designing scalable AI systems and production-grade ML solutions. I translate complex business needs into robust, explainable, and efficient technical solutions that drive real impact.

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Building intelligent systems that matter

I'm a strategic and hands-on AI professional with a proven track record of designing scalable data architectures, building production-grade ML systems, and driving AI adoption across organizations.

From AI enablement in public sector environments to overhauling enterprise data platforms and building real-time recommendation systems, I bring deep expertise in predictive modeling, data pipelines, and cloud-native infrastructure.

Based in Germany, I work remotely with clients across the EU, helping them leverage AI to solve complex challenges and unlock new opportunities.

8+
Years Experience
20+
Projects Delivered
M.Sc.
Computer Science
AI
Solutions
ML
Pipelines
Data
Architecture
Cloud
Native
GenAI
& LLMs
Recommender
Systems
Big Data
Analytics
MLOps
Feature
Eng.

How I can help you

AI Architecture & Strategy

Design sustainable AI infrastructure from the ground up. I help organizations build their AI capabilities with a focus on data validation, automation, and scalability. From proof-of-concept to full implementation.

Roadmap Planning Technology Assessment System Audits

ML System Development

Build production-ready machine learning systems that deliver real business value. Recommendation engines, predictive models, LLM integration, and more - all designed for reliability and performance.

Recommendation Systems Predictive Models GenAI

Data Engineering

Design and implement scalable data pipelines and architectures that support real-time analytics and decision-making. Feature stores, ETL processes, and Big Data solutions using modern cloud technologies.

Data Pipelines Big Data Feature Stores

Technical Leadership

Elevate your team's capabilities through code quality coaching, Clean Code workshops, and best practices training. I help establish engineering guidelines and mentor teams to build maintainable, high-quality software.

Clean Code Coaching Team Training Mentoring

Career journey

Feb 2024 - Present
Freelancer | Remote EU

Technical Lead AI & AI Architect

Leading creation of AI divisions in regulated environments. Designing sustainable infrastructure focused on data validation, automation, and scalability. Complete architecture overhauls from system audits to production-ready implementations.

Public Sector AI Architecture Design Team Leadership
July 2023 - Present
Freelancer | Remote EU

Senior ML / AI & Data Engineer

Developing AI-based recommendation systems, directing LLM-driven algorithms for video processing, building predictive engines using Big Data technologies, and architecting comprehensive Feature Stores.

Recommendation Systems LLM Integration Big Data
Oct 2022 - June 2023
SUITED (Deel) | Remote from EU

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Led development of secure, scalable data storage solutions. Pioneered data augmentation strategies and authored compliance tests against US regulations for bias and discrimination in predictive hiring models.

Compliance Testing Data Ethics GCP
Nov 2019 - Sept 2022
SCHWARZ IT | Heilbronn, Germany

Data Engineer, AI Product Engineering

Championed PySpark adoption reducing KPI computation from 24 hours to 18 minutes. Technical lead for pallet-loading optimization resulting in multi-million euro savings. Organized internal developer conference with 42 presentations and 79 speakers.

PySpark Optimization Knowledge Sharing
Oct 2013 - Mar 2019
Ruprecht-Karls-University | Heidelberg

M.Sc. Computer Science

Master's thesis on real-time data acquisition and analysis architecture for medical devices using cloud services (GPA: 4.0). Bachelor's thesis on language learning game development (GPA: 4.0).

GPA: 3.8 Mathematics Research

Featured work

01

Public Sector AI Division

Led the creation of a new AI division within a highly regulated government environment. Designed infrastructure for plausibility checking, covering architecture to implementation.

Python FastAPI AWS Docker
02

Gaming Platform Architecture

Complete overhaul of data and AI architecture for a game development company. From system audit to AI-ready platform enabling personalized gaming experiences.

PySpark Kubernetes Airflow Iceberg
03

Predictive Recommendation Engine

Built a recommendation engine for a major entertainment company using Big Data technologies. Enhanced user engagement and retention through personalized content.

Spark AWS ML Pipeline Real-time
04

Pallet-Loading Optimization

Technical lead for optimization solution at SCHWARZ IT that resulted in multi-million euro savings by enhancing operational efficiency and reducing truck loading times.

Python Optimization Azure CI/CD
05

Geospatial Solar Analysis

Developed analytics model to calculate rooftop sizes suitable for solar energy installations. Enabled renewable energy clients to optimize site selection at scale.

Geospatial Python Analytics ML
06

AI Compliance Framework

Authored compliance tests against US regulations for bias and discrimination in predictive hiring models, ensuring ethical AI deployment.

Data Ethics Testing SOC2 ML

Technologies & expertise

Languages & Processing

Python SQL PySpark Spark Streaming ETL Pandas NumPy

Machine Learning & AI

TensorFlow Keras PyTorch scikit-learn XGBoost SHAP LIME

GenAI & LLMs

OpenAI API Prompt Engineering LLM Integration Embeddings Vector Search

Cloud Platforms

AWS Azure GCP S3 Glue Athena SageMaker BigQuery

Infrastructure & DevOps

Kubernetes Docker Helm Airflow GitLab CI/CD OpenShift Prometheus Grafana

Core ML Competencies

Recommendation Systems Feature Engineering Clustering Time Series Anomaly Detection Explainable AI

Let's work together

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Location
Germany | Remote EU

Impressum

Angaben gemäß § 5 DDG

Nina Hajok
Semmelweisstr. 13
74889 Sinsheim
Deutschland

Kontakt

Telefon: +49 (0) 173 463 2602
E-Mail: hajok.nina@skywardintelligence.com

Umsatzsteuer-ID

Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer gemäß § 27a Umsatzsteuergesetz:
DE 365782113

Berufsbezeichnung

Freiberufliche IT-Beraterin / AI Architect
Verliehen in: Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Redaktionell verantwortlich

Nina Hajok
Semmelweisstr. 13
74889 Sinsheim

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