Merel Theisen
Principal Software Engineer
I am a Principal Software Engineer at QuantumBlack, where I am currently the tech lead of Kedro, an open-source project part of the Linux Foundation. I have over ten years of experience in the software industry, with most of my career focused on backend product engineering. I am passionate about building products that solve real user problems, and I care deeply about creating robust, well-tested software that follows good engineering principles. I am also a strong advocate for open-source software, and I find working with the community to be both inspiring and energising.
Merel Theisen
Embedding software engineering best practices into AI projects with Kedro
Explore how software engineering best practices like modularity, testability, and reproducibility elevate AI project quality. Using Kedro, we'll see how these principles integrate into data workflows, making projects scalable and production-ready. We'll also cover how Kedro extends to modern AI techniques like Graph RAG and agentic reflection, providing a principled foundation for both deterministic ML and non-deterministic agentic systems.
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