Dr. Amadeus Magrabi

AI engineer with 10+ years building AI products and a background in decision neuroscience. I've led and grown AI teams in industries like e-commerce, real estate, logistics, and publishing, while staying hands-on with software engineering, cloud infrastructure, LLM integrations, and eval pipelines. Outside of work: chess, snowboarding, traveling, and piano.

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Experience

Sep 2025 - Now	Valsoft, Berlin	AI Engineering Lead
Dec 2021 - Sep 2024	BuildingMinds, Berlin	Head of AI & Data Science
Oct 2016 - Dec 2020	Commercetools, Berlin	Lead Data Scientist
Oct 2012 - Oct 2016	Charité, Berlin	Doctoral Researcher
Jul 2008 - Dec 2008	Macquarie University, Sydney	Semester Abroad
Oct 2006 - May 2012	University of Osnabrück	MSc & BSc in Cognitive Science

Side Projects

ArguMentor

A platform to train logical reasoning skills.

Chess2

A long-overdue patch for chess.

CoopQueue

Find the next co-op game to play with your friends.

Blog Posts

What Separates Good from Great Data Scientists?

30 Jun 2019

Building up a Data Science Team from Scratch

02 May 2019

Boosting Product Categorization with Machine Learning

11 Sep 2017

Top 5 Machine Learning Applications for E-Commerce

10 Nov 2016

Publications

Magrabi, A., Beck, A., Schad, D.J., Stoppel, C.M, Lett, T.A., Charlet, K., Kiefer, F., Heinz, A. & Walter, H. (2022). Alcohol Dependence decreases Functional Activation of the Caudate Nucleus during Model-Based Decision Processes. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 46(5), 749–58. http://doi.org/10.1111/acer.14812
Magrabi, A., Ludwig, V.U., Stoppel, C.M., Paschke, L.M., Wisniewski, D., Heekeren, H., & Walter, H. (2022). Dynamic Computation of Value Signals via a Common Neural Network in Multi-Attribute Decision-Making. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 17(7), 683–693. http://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsab125
Paschke, L.M., Dörfel, D., Steimke, R., Trempler, I., Magrabi, A., Ludwig, V.U., Schubert, S., Stelzel, C. & Walter, H. (2016). Individual Differences in Self-Reported Self-Control Predict Successful Emotion Regulation. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 11 (8), 1193–1204. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsw036
Ludwig, V.U., Stelzel, C., Krutiak, H., Magrabi, A., Steimke, R., Paschke, L.M., Kathmann, N., & Walter, H. (2014). The Suggestible Brain: Posthypnotic Effects on Value-Based Decision-Making. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 9(9), 1281–1288. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nst110
Gaebler, M., Paschke, L.M., & Magrabi, A. (2016). Neurowissenschaft. In: M. Kühler & M. Rüther (Ed.), Handbuch Handlungstheorie: Grundlagen, Kontexte, Perspektiven (pp. 414-421). J.B. Metzler. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-476-05359-6
Magrabi, A. & Bach, J. (2013). Entscheidungsfindung. In: A. Stephan & S. Walter (Ed.), Handbuch Kognitionswissenschaft (pp. 274-289). J.B. Metzler. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-476-05288-9
Magrabi, A. (2015). Die Wiederentdeckung des Willens. Gehirn & Geist, 5, 199-205. https://www.spektrum.de/news/die-wiederentdeckung-des-willens/1341194

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