Lucas Tejedor
AI Engineer & Architect
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Profile
AI Engineer and Architect building governed production AI systems with measurable business outcomes. Experienced across technical strategy, AI architecture, machine learning, agentic systems, Kubernetes deployment, and organization-wide adoption.
Core skills
Production machine learning · Agentic systems · Model evaluation · Computer vision · AI gateways · MCP orchestration · Governance & observability · APIs & data pipelines · Python & SQL · JavaScript & React · Docker & Kubernetes · Production rollout · Technical strategy · Stakeholder alignment · Product tradeoffs · Client-facing execution
Experience
AI Engineer & Architect — Lastlink
2025 — Present- Architected a company-wide AI Gateway for governed MCP tool orchestration.
- Deployed production models for payment risk and trust & safety.
- Built agentic operational tooling and deployed AI infrastructure on Kubernetes.
Software Engineer — EloGroup
2023 — 2024- Built data pipelines processing more than 50,000 records daily.
- Led modern React adoption, improving team velocity by 25%.
- Contributed to more than USD 1M in client project deliverables.
Software Engineering Intern — Ventura Produções Artísticas
2022 — 2023- Developed project dashboards supporting more than 30 events.
- Automated reporting work, saving more than 10 hours every week.
- Maintained internal systems used by a team of more than 40 people.
Lead AI Research Fellow — CEFET/RJ
2019 — 2023- Built a computer-vision pipeline processing 10,000+ images at 94% precision.
- Led a cross-functional team of eight and published peer-reviewed research.
- Architected a logistics platform connecting 15+ NGOs and 200+ users.
Founder & CEO — Pop Match
2019 — 2020- Reached more than 1,200 organic users with zero paid acquisition.
- Selected for a CEFET/RJ accelerator with an 8% acceptance rate.
- Exited by selling the recommendation model.
Education
CEFET/RJ
Computer and Information Sciences · 2019—2023
Top 3% of class · Research Group President
Selected recognition
- Forbes Under 30
- Top 10 Global Student Prize finalist
- Top 3% of the CEFET/RJ class