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Daniel Panea LichtigDP

Daniel Panea Lichtig

Senior AI Engineer (PhD) | On-Premise & Privacy

€800/day
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, ES
3-7 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Daniel

Expert for Secure Enterprise AI & Machine Learning | Physics PhD

Are you looking to integrate Generative AI and LLMs without compromising data privacy?

I am a specialized AI Architect helping German and European companies build Sovereign AI systems. With a PhD in Physics, I bring scientific rigor to machine learning, ensuring your solutions are not just "smart" but reliable, scalable, and compliant (EU AI Act).

My Value Proposition: I move you beyond the "Chatbot Hype" toward real industrial value. I specialize in Open-Source and On-Premise solutions that give you full ownership of your technology stack.

Services:
- Custom LLM Development: Implementation of RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) systems for internal knowledge bases.
- Privacy-First AI: Running open-source models locally on your own servers to protect IP.
- Workflow Automation: End-to-end automation pipelines using Python and API integrations.
- Scientific Consulting: Feasibility studies and algorithmic auditing for complex problems.

Why me?
- Academic Rigor: PhD in Theoretical Physics – I solve hard mathematical problems.
- Engineering Excellence: 7+ years in Python, Docker, and High-Performance Computing.
- Business Focus: I focus on ROI and Process Optimization, not just code.
- Tech Stack: Python, PyTorch, LangChain, LangGraph, HuggingFace, Docker, SQL/NoSQL, vLLM, AWS/Azure/Private Cloud.

Location & Billing: Based in Tenerife (EU/Spain). Full European invoicing compliance. Available for remote work with occasional on-site workshops in DACH region.
  • German

    Native or bilingual

  • Spanish

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • Italian

    Fluent

  • French

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Santa Cruz de Tenerife (up to 50km)

Experience

  • danielpanea.com
    Freelance Data Scientist & AI Engineer
    TECH
    January 2025 - Today (1 year and 6 months)
    Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
    Designed and deployed AI integrations and automations using Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) workflows tailored to client-specific use cases. Delivered privacy-centric solutions by implementing on-premise AI/ML models, ensuring full compliance with data protection requirements. Developed and fine-tuned machine learning models for classification, prediction, and pattern recognition tasks using frameworks such as PyTorch and Hugging Face. Created robust, custom Python algorithms to extract actionable insights from high-volume, noisy, and unstructured data sources.
    Python Artificial Intelligence (AI) AI Agents Machine learning Retrieval Augmented Generation
  • Wooptix
    Computational Data Scientist | R&D Engineer
    TECH
    January 2023 - January 2025 (2 years)
    San Cristóbal de La Laguna, CN, Spain
    Led R&D projects from concept and simulation to implementation and optimization. Developed & implemented custom computational models and algorithms, improving optical system performance (4× increase in measurement range, 5× accuracy boost). Automated simulation data extraction and analysis through custom data pipelines, enhancing efficiency. Advanced data analysis in Python (NumPy, SciPy, OpenCV, PyTorch, Pandas) to optimize optical systems. Proficient in version control (Git), GPU acceleration, and Autodesk Fusion 360.
    Python CUDA GPU
  • Wooptix
    High Performance Computing Intern
    TECH
    March 2023 - September 2023 (6 months)
    San Cristóbal de La Laguna, CN, Spain
    Developed a high-performance GPU-accelerated algorithm for efficient image decomposition into a basis of Zernike polynomials using C++ and CUDA, improving computational speed and efficiency and enabling a fast and accurate analysis of wavefront measurements of silicon wafers for microchip manufacturing.
    GPU CUDA Python

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Education

  • PhD
    SISSA Trieste
    2023
    PhD
  • Master
    SISSA & ICTP
    2023
    Master

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