Working at ModernMT: Interview with VP Product Davide Caroselli

Let’s meet some of the mentors and jurors who will help developers during the upcoming Pi Day Coding Competition. Let’s start with Davide Caroselli, the first-ever winner of a Pi Day’s HackParty, who is now the VP Product of ModernMT, a company that offers a more human translation, powered by AI.

Davide, tell us something about the tech part ModernMT.
Well, ModernMT it’s all about being “nerd”! 🙂 Our technology is a Machine Translation system built on the bleeding edge of the AI algorithms for NLP. Then, on top of it, we created our own “adaptation” algorithm which advances the technology one step forward in the path to the singularity: a more human Machine Translation.

How is working at ModernMT and what are you looking for?
A: Developers in ModernMT are smart, fast and a bit under pressure, let’s be honest 🙂 Our competitors are Google, Microsoft, Amazon and our customers are Airbnb and some of the major translation agencies worldwide. Being in such a challenging environment is not easy, but surely gives you rewards that won’t be easy to find somewhere else! We are currently looking for talented developers to join the team and help us sustain our growth and expansion: we have to integrate ModernMT with a higher number of platforms for professional translators.

What are the main technologies you use at ModernMT?
A: Our core technology is built in Python and Java, and it uses the Fairseq framework for the AI part. The main service is exposed as a REST API which is written in NodeJS/Typescript. Finally, we have our “plugins” for integrating our product in Professional Translators’ productivity tools which are realized mainly in C#/.NET and PHP.

Why did you choose those technologies and what do you use them for?
We always look for the best technology for a specific task. In the AI core component, for example, we have quickly switched from one framework to another in the past, always following the latest, best performing, Neural Model. The quality of the Machine Translation has always been our final goal, our personal obsession.

What’s the most interesting thing you learned working at ModernMT?
Working with Neural Networks so deeply to actually improve them and, by doing so, creating a unique product that is used all around the world today is, by far, the most interesting and amazing experience that you can have as a developer!

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