Stefan Bogdanel

AI/ML Engineer | Frontier Model Fine-Tuning | Production LLM Deployment

AI/ML Engineer with proven experience training and deploying production language models. Successfully fine-tuned a Llama 3.2 3B instruct model using Unsloth, achieving 2x faster training, converted to GGUF format, and deployed via Ollama with 100+ downloads in first month. 15+ years systems engineering background now applied to novel LLM fine-tuning methodologies and secure AI deployment infrastructure.

Work Experience

Our Rainwater

Remote, UK
Backend Developer
Jan 2024 – May 2025

Backend development for rainwater harvesting and water management platform.

  • Developing backend systems for water management and conservation tracking
  • Building RESTful APIs for IoT sensor data collection and analysis
  • Implementing automated reporting and alerting systems for water usage metrics

Education

Spiru Haret University

Bachelor, Information Technology
Jun 2011 – Jan 2014
Overall GPA: 8.7

Languages

English

Professional

Italian

Intermediate

Romanian

Native