Karmel Salah, home
Karmel Salah at a café on Alexanderplatz, Berlin (illustration)
Alexanderplatz, Berlin (illustration)

About me

Hello, I'm Karmel.

Based in Berlin. German B1 and still learning.

I own AI features end to end: model research, embedding search, APIs, deployment and evaluation.

I build machine learning and LLM systems that run in production, not in notebooks. I translate what is technically feasible into what a business actually needs, and I shipped one of the first GPT-3 conversational products in Berlin's cultural sector.

Outside client work I build my own products (HostHive, Go, QSwapie, Hands Up) and I have made interactive AI art for an artist's online gallery.

Education

  1. 2021 to 2026

    M.Sc. Artificial IntelligenceThesis in progress

    An-Najah National University, Palestine
  2. 2025

    Computer Science, summer semester

    Hasso Plattner Institute, Potsdam
  3. 2018 to 2022

    B.Sc. Computer and Information Sciences

    Bethlehem University, Palestine

What I work with

AI and ML

  • PyTorch
  • TensorFlow
  • scikit-learn
  • Transformers · multimodal
  • CLIP fine-tuning
  • Embeddings · vector search
  • Evaluation · error analysis

LLMs and agents

  • OpenAI GPT
  • Anthropic Claude
  • Google Gemini
  • RAG
  • Tool calling
  • Agentic pipelines

Engineering

  • Python
  • FastAPI
  • REST APIs
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • GitHub Actions
  • PostgreSQL
  • React
  • TypeScript

Languages

  • ArabicNative
  • HebrewUpper intermediate (Dalet)
  • EnglishFluent
  • GermanB1
  • KoreanBasic

Free time

  • Martial arts
  • Swimming
  • Hiking
  • Hackathons

CV

The full story, on paper. I send it personally, so just ask.

Request my CV

Let's talk

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correspondence

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