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Wissem Karous

AI Engineer

AI focused Telecommunications Engineer

AI focused Telecommunications Engineer with hands-on experience in building, training, and finetuning models for intelligent systems. Trilingual, analytical, and proactive, with a solid foundation in applied artificial Intelligence principles, strong programming expertise, and a collaborative mindset fueled by continuous learning.

Professional Experience

AI Research Engineer

ReDX Technologies • 07/2025 – Present

  • Responsible for the development of scalable multimodal AI pipelines
  • Research and develop AI pipelines for intelligent systems
  • Optimize models for edge and cloud deployment, applying advanced techniques, compute level performance tuning, and parameter efficient finetuning strategies

AI Research Engineer Intern

ReDX Technologies • 02/2025 – 06/2025

  • Architected a scalable AI pipeline for intelligent image validation and categorization of massive datasets, leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs), Vision Language Models (VLMs), and Hugging Face Transformers
  • Developed an optimized image filtering framework with a novel strategy to minimize resource consumption while preserving fidelity for downstream semantic evaluation
  • Configured models with ONNX Runtime to enable low latency inference in constrained and low-performance environments
  • Applied advanced model optimization techniques including knowledge distillation, pruning, and quantization

AI Engineer Intern

Securas Technologies • 07/2024 – 09/2024

  • Engineered advanced anomaly detection system using firewall journaling log data, achieving 99% detection rate for known attacks and 93% detection rate for unknown attacks through BERT-based models
  • Integrated detection system into a FastAPI service and containerized with Docker, enabling isolated, scalable, and production-ready deployment

AI Software Engineer Intern

Business Software • 07/2023 – 08/2023

  • Constructed a mobile app for attendance tracking to achieve accurate results and address challenges where 5% of employees work remotely
  • Leveraged TensorFlow Lite, React Native, and OpenCV for mobile solution development

Education

Telecommunications Engineering

National School of Electronics and Telecommunications of Sfax

09/2022 – 06/2025

Pre-Engineering Degree

Preparatory Institute for Engineering Studies of Bizerte

09/2020 – 06/2022

Skills

AI Libraries

Scikit-learn, Transformers, TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch, OpenCV, Huggingface Transformers, Ollama

Version Control

Git, GitHub, Huggingface

Frameworks

LangChain, LangGraph, FastAPI, Pytest, Gradio, Streamlit, Node.js (Express.js)

Programming Languages

Python, Java, C, SQL, JavaScript

Machine Learning Fields

ML, DL, NLP, LLMs

MLOps

Docker, MLFlow

Leadership & Volunteering

Microsoft Club Higher Institute of Applied Science and Technology of Sousse

Mentor & Instructor • 11/2024 – 05/2025 | Sousse, Tunisia

Delivered over 15 AI workshops covering diverse topics including Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing, Large Language Models, and Recommender Systems.

Google Developer Student Club ENETCOM

Machine Learning Instructor & Department Lead • 09/2023 – 09/2024 | Sfax, Tunisia

Spearheaded hands-on workshops and student projects, driving engagement and skill-building in Machine Learning through impactful initiatives.

4C Career Center & Skills Certification ENETCOM

Member • 09/2022 – 09/2024 | Sfax, Tunisia

Represented ENETCOM at an international process optimization event, organized with KNUST and Leipzig University.

What I Do in My Free Time

  • I love playing football and enjoy the teamwork and strategy involved in the game
  • I'm passionate about camping and love spending time outdoors, connecting with nature and exploring new places
  • I also enjoy reading books and staying updated with the latest in AI and technology
  • I also do random stuff, check out my Instagram if you're interested

Get in Touch

I'm always open to new opportunities and collaborations, so feel free to reach out to me.

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