Alexander Gude

Staff Machine Learning Engineer

Statement

A highly accomplished machine learning engineer with 9 years of experience driving innovation in fraud detection, anti-money laundering, and financial modeling at leading technology companies Cash App and Intuit. Demonstrated success in spearheading high-impact initiatives, such as enabling instant bank account opening at Cash App that increased paycheck deposits by 90%, as well as developing cutting-edge fraud monitoring systems that reduced fraud volumes by 12x in 18 months. A strategic leader adept at building and managing high-performing data science teams, implementing engineering best practices, and deploying machine learning models that delivered tangible business value.

Experience

Cash App

Remote

Senior Staff (L7) Machine Learning Engineer, Modeler

2023–Present

Staff (L6) Machine Learning Engineer, Modeler

2020–2023

Intuit

Mountain View, CA

Staff Data Scientist

2017–2020

Senior Data Science Manager

2018–2019

Lab41, an In-Q-Tel Lab

Menlo Park, CA

Data Scientist

2015–2017

Skills

Languages

Python, Scala, SQL, shell script, C++, LaTeX

Tools

Sagemaker, NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib, Tensorflow, Pandas, Spark, git, Linux, vim

Education

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN

PhD, High Energy Particle Physics

2009–2015

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

BA, Physics (Honors), College of Letters and Sciences

2004–2008