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Ido AvitalAI Engineer · Data Scientist
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Ido Avital

About Ido Avital

Engineering Intelligent Systems. Leading Ideas into Reality.

AI Engineer · Data ScientistAI Systems Architecture & Technical Leadership

I work at the intersection of artificial intelligence, data science and software engineering - turning complex technical challenges into practical systems.

My work spans AI architecture, hands-on development and technical leadership, from defining the problem to delivering software that people can use.

Working languages
Hebrew - Native · English - Professional
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Engineering approach

From Complex Problems to Working Systems

I'm Ido Avital, an AI engineer and data scientist. I take ownership of technical initiatives end to end: finding where AI or data can help, defining the problem with the people who have it, designing the architecture, building it hands-on and seeing it through delivery.

  1. Understand the real problem

    Start with the people who have the problem and the decision it should support, before choosing any technology.

  2. Make the architectural decisions

    Define the components, the data flow and the boundaries early, so the system can be tested, changed and run.

  3. Choose models and technologies

    Pick models, retrieval and tools for the task and its constraints, and compare the options on the same evidence.

  4. Develop and integrate

    Build the system hands-on and connect it to the data, tools and workflows it has to work with.

  5. Validate performance and limits

    Measure it on clear evaluation sets, and state what it cannot do as plainly as what it can.

  6. Deploy and improve

    Ship it to the people who use it, watch how it behaves, and improve it from what that shows.

Career

Experience & Leadership

  1. Nov 2024 - Present

    AI Engineer & Data Scientist

    Leads AI, data and software initiatives end to end, from identifying the opportunity and defining requirements through architecture, hands-on development, testing and deployment.

    Architected and built a multi-agent AI platform from the ground up: the specialised agents, the orchestration engine and the tool integrations that support complex engineering analysis and decision-support workflows.

  2. Jul 2021 - Jan 2026

    Technical Support & Team Leadership

    Part-time, alongside studies. Led technical support work, guided and trained team members, and initiated improvements to internal knowledge management and operational processes.

  3. 2017 - Present

    Captain, Data & Research (reserves)

    Israel Defense Forces

    Leads a data and research team in the reserves. During active service, commanded a team, combining personnel leadership with technical and operational responsibilities.

  4. Independent project

    Founder and principal technical developer

    Behirot

    A bilingual (Hebrew and English) aggregator of published Israeli election polls, with its averaging method and per-poll sources published openly.

    Founded Behirot, led the project and personally developed its technical implementation.

    Read the case study: Behirot

Expertise

Technical Expertise

Agentic AI & LLM Systems

  • Multi-agent architecture and orchestration
  • Tool integration for specialised agents
  • Retrieval-augmented generation
  • Semantic and hybrid retrieval
  • Retrieval evaluation
  • Structured output from language models
  • Azure OpenAI

Machine Learning & Research

  • Deep learning with PyTorch
  • Computer vision: segmentation, detection and tracking
  • Multi-view geometry
  • Diffusion models
  • Graph neural networks
  • Active learning
  • Stochastic optimal control and Monte Carlo methods
  • Benchmark design and evaluation

Data & Software Engineering

  • Python
  • SQL: SQL Server, Snowflake, PostgreSQL
  • PySpark and Databricks
  • FastAPI
  • TypeScript and React
  • Vector databases: Pinecone
  • Docker
  • Git, GitHub Actions and CI/CD
  • Linux, Bash and PowerShell

Architecture & Delivery

  • AI system architecture
  • Requirements and problem definition
  • End-to-end delivery to production
  • Automated testing: pytest, Playwright, Vitest
  • Cloud: Azure, AWS, Cloudflare
  • Bilingual, accessible interfaces
  • Technical direction and mentoring

Education

Education & Research

  1. B.Sc. in Data Science and Engineering

    Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

    Coursework completed · Degree conferral pending

Research projects

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