Nicolas Restrepo
About Nicolas Restrepo
Nicolas Restrepo is a Senior Developer Engineer with extensive experience in software development, specializing in transcription technologies and large language models.
Current Position and Role
Nicolas Restrepo currently works as a Senior Developer Engineer, a position he has held since July 2023. He has been in this role for over 9 months. In this position, he focuses on advanced software engineering projects, leveraging his extensive experience with transcription technologies and large language models.
Previous Experience at ILUMA
From 2022 to 2023, Nicolas Restrepo served as a Senior Software Engineer at ILUMA. Based in Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia, he worked remotely. During his tenure, he played a significant role in the development and implementation of software engineering projects.
Specialized Skills and Expertise
Nicolas Restrepo specializes in transcription technologies, including Deepgram, Google STT, and Whisper. He also has significant expertise in leveraging large language models such as GPT, BERT, Hugging Face, and Claude. His proficiency extends to a wide range of programming languages and frameworks, including Ruby/RoR, Python/Flask, Kafka, Rasa, Postgres, MongoDB, AWS, Angular, .NET Core, C#, D3js, React, NodeJS, TypeScript, Docker, and Twilio. He also has a strong background in NLP tools such as NLTK, Spacy, Gensim, and vector embeddings (OpenAI).
Educational Background
Nicolas Restrepo holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Systems Engineering from Universidad Nacional de Colombia. He studied Ingenieria de Sistemas y Computación and achieved the title of Ingeniero de Sistemas y Computación, completing his studies from 2009 to 2016. Universidad Nacional de Colombia is one of the top universities for engineering education in Latin America.
Career Overview and Experience
Nicolas Restrepo has over 7 years of experience working in YCombinator-backed, Silicon Valley-based startups as well as leading multinational companies. His career began at SKIT CONSULTING LIMITED, where he worked as a Software Developer from 2016 to 2017 in Bogotá. He then transitioned to ROSEN, serving in the same role from 2018 to 2021. Nicolas gained further experience at VOIQ as a Senior Software Development Engineer from 2021 to 2022, working remotely for 3 months before moving to ILUMA.