Jan Backes

Jan Backes is a Data Scientist currently working at Smartrecruiters, previously serving as the Co-Founder and CDO at Jobspotting GmbH, which was acquired by Smartrecruiters in 2017.

Hailing from Saarbrücken, Germany, Jan holds a master's degree in Information Science, Computer Science, and Computational Linguistics from Saarland University.

He has a diverse professional background, having worked as a System Administrator and Developer for the Library Team at the German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence, spending over seven years at Google in roles including Search Quality Analyst, Google+ Quality Analyst, and Technical Leader of the German Search Quality team. Jan also co-founded blackpixels, a web development agency.

Jan Backes's educational background includes studying Magister Artium in Information Science, Computer Science, and Computational Linguistics at Universität des Saarlandes.

Throughout his career, Jan has held positions such as Staff Data Scientist and Senior Data Scientist at SmartRecruiters, Founder and CDO at Jobspotting, Founder and Developer at blackpixels, Google+ Social Product Quality Analyst, Search Quality Analyst at Google, and Research Assistant/Contractor at Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI).