Rafael Brens

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AI profile

Rafael Brens

Professional reinforcement learning engineer, AI researcher, and human data evaluator building practical AI systems for real teams.

01 AI Engineer

Master of AI from SUNY Binghamton with a focus on applied machine intelligence.

I work at the intersection of reinforcement learning, model evaluation, AI research, and software execution.

AI focus

Practical AI research, engineered for production reality.

I help teams turn ambitious AI ideas into testable systems: reinforcement learning workflows, human-feedback evaluation, model behavior analysis, and agentic software that can be inspected, improved, and trusted.

  • Reinforcement Learning Policy learning, reward design, model behavior, and feedback loops.
  • AI Research Experimental thinking, literature-aware analysis, and applied prototyping.
  • Human Data Evaluation Preference evaluation, quality review, and human-in-the-loop AI improvement.

Experience

A concise professional profile for AI teams.

Engineering

Professional RL engineer

Builds reinforcement-learning and AI workflows with an engineer's bias toward measurement, iteration, and production constraints.

Research

AI researcher

Works across model evaluation, agent behavior, research synthesis, and applied experiments that move beyond surface-level demos.

Education

Master of AI

Holds a master's degree in Artificial Intelligence from SUNY Binghamton, with a practical orientation toward building.

Human data

Evaluator for AI quality

Evaluates model outputs, compares reasoning quality, and helps convert human judgment into signal for better AI systems.

Company

Partner at Brens Coding

Brens Coding is a software company for staff augmentation, connecting teams with AI, RL, data-evaluation, and software talent.

Principles

Strong AI work is not just model access. It is careful evaluation, clean systems thinking, and the discipline to make intelligence useful.
Rigorous evaluation Production-minded research Human judgment in the loop

Contact

For AI research, RL engineering, evaluation, or staffing conversations.

rafael@brens.me