Manuel Pasieka - AI Engineer

Q: Where is Manuel based?

Manuel is based in Vienna, Austria and can operate in on-site , hybrid , and remote work models.

Q: What languages does Manuel speak?

Manuel speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), Spanish (Elementary) .

Q: How many years of experience does Manuel have?

Manuel has at least 17 years of experience. During this time, Manuel has worked in at least 13 different roles and for 15 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 2 months . Note that Manuel may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Manuel's latest experience?

Manuel's most recent position is AI Engineer at Misumi Europe GmbH & Motius GmbH .

Q: What companies has Manuel worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Manuel has worked for Misumi Europe GmbH & Motius GmbH , CANCOM Austria AG , Kapsch TrafficCom AG , Pasieka AI Solutions GmbH , and Pallas .

Q: Which industries is Manuel most experienced in?

Manuel is most experienced in industries like Information Technology (IT) , Biotechnology , Media, and Entertainment and Publishing . Manuel also has some experience in Manufacturing , Automotive , and Education .

Q: Which business areas is Manuel most experienced in?

Manuel is most experienced in business areas like Research and Development (R&D) , Product Development , and Information Technology (IT) . Manuel also has some experience in Business Intelligence , Customer Service , and Strategy and Planning .

Q: Which industries has Manuel worked in recently?

Manuel has recently worked in industries like Information Technology (IT) , Media, Entertainment and Publishing , and Manufacturing .

Q: Which business areas has Manuel worked in recently?

Manuel has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology (IT) , Product Development , and Research and Development (R&D) .

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Vienna, Austria

Experience

Jul 2025 - Present

8 months

AI Engineer

Misumi Europe GmbH & Motius GmbH

Designed and built a next-generation NLP platform to accelerate sales-driven customer service through intelligent request analysis and routing, reducing average customer query response time by 30%.
Architected a hybrid NLP system combining Large Language Models (LLMs) with traditional NLP pipelines for robust, explainable results.
Developed request classification and routing mechanisms to accelerate customer support teams in handling customer queries faster and more accurately.
Optimized LLM based data extraction and classification with context engineering.
Integrated the platform into customer service processes, reducing response times and enhancing workforce efficiency.

May 2024 - Jul 2025

1 year 3 months

AI Solution Architect

CANCOM Austria AG

Lead architect of an AI agent platform for enterprise knowledge management powered by LLMs and RAG.
Designed and implemented an extensible Python-based agent framework.
Architected retrieval pipelines with Azure AI Search for secure, high-performance access.
Built customer-specific RAG workflows and integration with enterprise systems.
Mentored junior developers and shaped team best practices.

May 2024 - Dec 2024

8 months

AI Consultant

Kapsch TrafficCom AG

Acted as a trusted advisor to C-level executives, translating business needs into technical roadmaps and presenting ROI analyses for AI investment.
Provided strategic consulting on LLM integration in business processes.
Evaluated feasibility and ROI of LLM-driven prototypes.
Identified high-impact automation opportunities.
Proposed AI use cases to modernize workflows and optimize costs.

Jan 2024 - Present

2 years 2 months

CEO

Pasieka AI Solutions GmbH

Providing AI consultancy and tailored solutions with a focus on secure LLM adoption.

Jun 2023 - May 2024

1 year

Founder

Pallas

Created Pallas, a knowledge management platform leveraging RAG for secure enterprise document intelligence.
Developed a containerized microservice architecture for on-prem/VPC deployment.
Integrated multiple knowledge bases (Confluence, SharePoint, File Servers).
Implemented hybrid search with query and document expansion.
Optimized open-source LLMs for enterprise Q&A and retrieval.

Mar 2023 - Jun 2023

4 months

AI Consultant

mySugr GmbH

Trained employees on LLM fundamentals.
Designed LLM-based process automation proofs of concept.
Conducted feasibility and impact studies for scaling AI solutions.

May 2022 - May 2022

1 month

AI Architect

Brantner Digital Solutions GmbH

Designed and prototyped a dataset manifest and MLFlow integration for tracking datasets and retraining models.
Built visualizations for comparing model performance.

Apr 2022 - Apr 2025

3 years 1 month

Tech Lead & Data Engineer

Siemens AG & Motius GmbH

Led development of a cloud-based spare part observability platform for Siemens customers.
Re-architected the data processing backend to improve reliability.
Built a multi-tenant scale-to-zero architecture to optimize cloud costs.
Enhanced data models and database access for performance gains.

Apr 2022 - Jun 2023

1 year 3 months

Tech Lead & Data Engineer

CARIAD

Developed an analytics platform for extracting insights from voice-based customer interactions.
Built and maintained speech-to-text pipelines and NLP models for topic and entity extraction.
Delivered Tableau dashboards to support business analysts with real-time insights.

Jan 2021 - Present

5 years 2 months

Founder & Host

Austrian Artificial Intelligence Podcast

Showcasing academia and industry AI innovations.

Jun 2020 - Apr 2022

1 year 11 months

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

MOSTLY.AI

Developed the synthetic data generation engine protecting privacy while maintaining data utility.
Designed and improved encoding types for structured data.
Built internal tooling for reproducible ML training.
Delivered customer proofs of concept with technical guidance and product expertise.
Created ML-focused training material and mentored junior scientists.

Jan 2020 - Apr 2020

4 months

Data Scientist

Craftworks GmbH

Delivered data science projects across industries, focusing on applied machine learning and customer needs.

Jun 2012 - Oct 2019

7 years 5 months

Scientific Software Engineer

Vienna Biocenter Core Facilities

Developed software platforms for neuroscience research.
Built data analysis pipelines for neuronal activity and behavior classification.
Designed hardware control software for experiments.
Created data visualization and network analysis tools.

Sep 2011 - Oct 2012

1 year 2 months

Research Assistant

Universidad Politécnica de Valencia

Built a simulation environment controlled by a stationary replica of an autonomous vehicle.

Jun 2007 - Sep 2010

3 years 4 months

Embedded Systems Engineer

Adaptivia GmbH

Designed low-power SoC embedded systems for underground wireless sensor networks.

Industries Experience

See where this freelancer has spent most of their professional time. Longer bars indicate deeper hands-on experience, while shorter ones reflect targeted or project-based work.

Experienced in Information Technology (9 years), Biotechnology (7.5 years), Media and Entertainment (5 years), Manufacturing (3.5 years), Automotive (2.5 years), and Education (1 year).

Information Technology

Biotechnology

Media and Entertainment

Manufacturing

Automotive

Education

Business Areas Experience

The graph below provides a cumulative view of the freelancer's experience across multiple business areas, calculated from completed and active engagements. It highlights the areas where the freelancer has most frequently contributed to planning, execution, and delivery of business outcomes.

Experienced in Research and Development (17.5 years), Product Development (16.5 years), Information Technology (13 years), Business Intelligence (3.5 years), Customer Service (0.5 years), and Strategy (0.5 years).

Research and Development

Product Development

Information Technology

Business Intelligence

Customer Service

Strategy

Summary

I help development teams and organizations turn AI concepts into production-ready systems. My strength lies in bridging the gap between cutting-edge AI research and practical software delivery — enabling teams to build reliable, scalable AI products faster and with less risk. As an AI Solution Architect & Consultant with over 15 years of hands-on experience, I focus on designing secure, high-impact AI platforms for enterprises — particularly AI Agent systems based on LLM and RAG workflows — while ensuring robust data protection and governance compliance.

Skills

Ai Strategy & Consulting
Ai Use Case Discovery
Feasibility & Roi Analysis
Executive Guidance
Responsible Ai & Data Governance
Ai Adoption Roadmaps
Architecture & Engineering
Ai Agent Frameworks (Ms Copilot Studio, Pydantic Agents, Langchain)
Llm & Rag Systems
Vector Databases (Qdrant, Ms Ai Search)
Model Fine-tuning & Serving (Axolothl, Unsloth, Vllm, Tgi)
Cloud-native & Scalable Microservice Architecture
Python
R
Matplotlib
Java
Mlops & Cloud
Aws
Azure
Kubernetes
Docker
Terraform
Sagemaker
Mlflow
Data Engineering & Infrastructure
Data Pipelines
Workflow Orchestration
Spark
Airflow
Redis
Opentelemetry
Fastapi
Leadership & Team Enablement
Tech Leadership
Mentoring & Training
Outcome-focused Product Development
Cross-functional Collaboration

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

Spanish

Elementary

Education

Oct 2018 - Jun 2019

Universidad Internacional de La Rioja

MSc Artificial Intelligence · Artificial Intelligence · Spain

Oct 2010 - Jun 2012

Universidad Politécnica de Valencia

MSc Parallel & Distributed Computing · Parallel & Distributed Computing · Valencia, Spain

Oct 2005 - Jun 2009

Technical University of Vienna

BSc Computer Science · Computer Science · Vienna, Austria

Certifications & licenses

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

CompTIA Security+

Google Cybersecurity

Profile

Created

May 2025

Last Update

November 2025

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Frequently asked questions

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Where is Manuel based?

Manuel is based in Vienna, Austria and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.

What languages does Manuel speak?

Manuel speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), Spanish (Elementary).

How many years of experience does Manuel have?

Manuel has at least 17 years of experience. During this time, Manuel has worked in at least 13 different roles and for 15 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 2 months. Note that Manuel may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Manuel be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Manuel would be well-suited for roles such as: AI Engineer, AI Solution Architect, AI Consultant.

What is Manuel's latest experience?

Manuel's most recent position is AI Engineer at Misumi Europe GmbH & Motius GmbH.

What companies has Manuel worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Manuel has worked for Misumi Europe GmbH & Motius GmbH, CANCOM Austria AG, Kapsch TrafficCom AG, Pasieka AI Solutions GmbH, and Pallas.

Which industries is Manuel most experienced in?

Manuel is most experienced in industries like Information Technology (IT), Biotechnology, Media, and Entertainment and Publishing. Manuel also has some experience in Manufacturing, Automotive, and Education.

Which business areas is Manuel most experienced in?

Manuel is most experienced in business areas like Research and Development (R&D), Product Development, and Information Technology (IT). Manuel also has some experience in Business Intelligence, Customer Service, and Strategy and Planning.

Which industries has Manuel worked in recently?

Manuel has recently worked in industries like Information Technology (IT), Media, Entertainment and Publishing, and Manufacturing.

Which business areas has Manuel worked in recently?

Manuel has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology (IT), Product Development, and Research and Development (R&D).

What is Manuel's education?

Manuel holds a Master in Artificial Intelligence from Universidad Internacional de La Rioja, a Master in Parallel & Distributed Computing from Universidad Politécnica de Valencia and a Bachelor in Computer Science from Technical University of Vienna.

Does Manuel have any certificates?

Manuel has 3 certificates. These include: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, CompTIA Security+, and Google Cybersecurity.

What is the availability of Manuel?

Manuel is immediately available part-time for suitable projects.

What is the rate of Manuel?

Manuel's rate depends on the specific project requirements. Please use the Meet button on the profile to schedule a meeting and discuss the details.