Sana Arastehfar

Sana Arastehfar

Machine Learning Engineer

M.Sc. Computer Science

About Me

Machine Learning Engineer with 5+ years of experience spanning applied AI, software engineering, and startup leadership. Currently leading the architecture, development, and delivery of enterprise AI systems, designing and deploying production-ready LLM applications, agentic workflows, machine learning pipelines, and cloud-native platforms on Azure.

Experienced in translating complex business challenges into scalable technical solutions, leading cross-functional engineering teams, and partnering directly with enterprise clients from technical discovery through production deployment. Former startup co-founder with end-to-end experience in product development, engineering leadership, client engagement, budgeting, and business operations.

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Skills

AI / GenAI

  • LangChain
  • LangGraph
  • Phoenix (Arize)
  • Arize AX
  • RAG & Agentic Workflows
  • PyTorch
  • Scikit-learn
  • MLflow

Programming Languages

  • Python
  • SQL
  • MATLAB

Software Engineering

  • FastAPI
  • REST APIs
  • Software & System Design
  • Modular Service Architecture
  • Git Submodules
  • Unit Testing (pytest/conftest)

Cloud & DevOps

  • Azure
  • Snowflake
  • Docker
  • GitHub Actions
  • CI/CD

Delivery & Visualization

  • Streamlit
  • Plotly
  • Power BI
  • Git

Leadership

  • Technical Discovery
  • Stakeholder & Executive Presentations
  • Cross-functional Leadership
  • Technical Documentation
  • Client Management

Work Experience

Technical Lead, Machine Learning Engineer · AltaML

2025 – Present

Health Pod, Incubate Sector

Machine Learning Engineer · Darkhorse Analytics

2024 – 2025

Residential Fire Prediction

Machine Learning Engineer · Hermes Capital (Startup)

2020 – 2022

Forecast Short Term Return Values Of Stock Market

Co-Founder and COO · Zist Abzar Pars Engineers (Startup)

2014 – 2020

Bio Signals Recording Device Production

Research

Tangible NeRFs: Geometry-guided NeRF Exploration · SGI MIT

2022 – 2023

Single Agent Behavior Prediction Using Linear Temporal Logic (LTL) in Soccer

2022 – 2023

Publications

S. Arastehfar, M. Matinkia, M. Jabbarpour, Short-Term Residential Load Forecasting Using Graph Convolutional Recurrent Neural Network, in Elsevier Engineering Application of Artificial Intelligence, 2022

Awards

Vector Scholarship in Artificial Intelligence

17,500 CAD · 2022

CANSSI Sport Analysis Grant

10,000 CAD · 2022

UTSPAN Scholarship for pre-CASSIS Workshop

2022