Sana Yavo

Software Engineer | Backend Developer | AI/ML Practitioner

Hi! I’m Sana.

I am a Software Engineer by trade, specializing in Backend Engineering and System Design, with a focus on the industrial integration of Machine Learning models.

Most of my recent work sits at the intersection of robust backend development and applied AI - building APIs and hybrid search engines (text, vector, geolocation), and experimenting with Computer Vision.

Occasionally, I find time to:

  • Optimize local inference for open-source Large Language Models under tight hardware constraints.
  • Build Computer Vision detection systems, such as car-inspect-ai, which identifies individual vehicle parts from a photo - a first building block toward automated inspection.
  • Build AI-driven conversational assistants combining semantic search, full-text search, and geolocation, like laplace-nearby, a WhatsApp assistant for finding nearby businesses.
  • Study modern computer system architectures, MLOps lifecycles, and high-performance computing (HPC) software optimization.

In my free time, I love recreating dishes I see on social media. It’s my favorite way to unplug from screens, fuel my creativity, and share great food. I also enjoy exploring new tech stacks and reading systems engineering blogs, my favorite one being ByteByteGo.