Daniela Valenzuela

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Senior Data Scientist at Kavak · Spark, recommender systems

Kavak
Bogotá, Colombia · COT (UTC-5)
8+ years experience
Universidade de São Paulo
English, Spanish
Co-founderOpen to work
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Overview

8 years in data science and analytics, the last 1 at Kavak, where I work on the recommendations team. Taught SQL to 82 non-analysts. Most at home with Python and embeddings. Learning to sail.

Good reasons to reach out
  • People who want to build this with me
  • Roles in recommendation systems
  • Working sessions on recommender systems
  • Questions about recommendation systems
  • Second opinions on Spark decisions
Please don't message about
  • Crypto token projects
  • Generic networking requests
  • Survey or panel invitations

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Skills
PyTorchSparkrecommender systemsPythonembeddingsranking
Co-founderLooking for a co-founder
closes in 3 months

Looking for a go-to-market co-founder for credit underwriting for LatAm marketplaces

The idea
Credit underwriting for LatAm marketplaces
Stage
Early revenue
I bring
12 years in recommendation systems
Looking for
Operator who has scaled a team
Commitment
Part-time to start
Location
Bogotá or remote

I bring 8 years of recommendation systems (currently Kavak). Ideally you've shipped B2B software. Have a working prototype and design partners.

Bogotá, Colombiasparkpytorchpython
Open
Open to workLooking for a role
closes in 3 months

Staff Data Scientist roles in developer tools - Bogotá or remote

Target roles
Staff Data Scientist
Level
Staff / Principal
Industries
Developer tools, B2B SaaS
Work mode
On-site
Available
Immediately
Work authorization
Authorized to work in Colombia
What I'm looking for
Hands-on work on Spark with room to mentor.
Not interested in
Pure people management

8 years in recommendation systems. Strongest at Python and embeddings. Serving notice now.

Bogotá, Colombiasparkembeddingspython
Open

Experience

  1. Senior Data Scientist
    Jun 2025 - Present
    Kavak · 1 yr 4 mo · Contract · Bogotá, Colombia
    • Taught SQL to 55 non-analysts.
    • Built the recommendations models now used in 7 product decisions a quarter.
  2. Data Scientist
    Nov 2022 - Jun 2025
    Deloitte · 2 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Bogotá, Colombia
    • Taught SQL to 135 non-analysts.
    • Moved the homepage from rules to a learned ranker.
  3. Data Scientist
    Aug 2021 - Nov 2022
    Ambev · 1 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Bogotá, Colombia
    • Wrote the metric definitions the leadership team reviews every week.
  4. Data Analyst
    Dec 2018 - Aug 2021
    Cemex · 2 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Bogotá, Colombia
    • Shipped a ranking change that increased conversion 8.4%.

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Education

  1. Universidade de São Paulo
    Bacharelado, Computer Science
    2013 - 2017

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