With over 8+ years of industry experience in software engineering and data science, I am currently a Senior Software Engineer at Meta in the Marketplace Search Team. I have a strong background in AI/ML algorithms and techniques, and I am proficient in programming languages such as Python, SQL, C#, and C++.
Experience
2024 — Now
2024 — Now
Bellevue, Washington, United States
• Developed scalable backend contextual recommendation API leveraging EBR and LLaMA-based models for Facebook Marketplace Search team. Utilized user commerce intents and search queries to generate product-to-query, user-to-query, and product-to-product suggestions using model deployment and data pipelines.
• Designed and deployed a real-time asynchronous architecture using Memcache to serve product-to-query recommendations at global scale. Launched as a new module in the Marketplace product details page, driving a 3.4M increase in daily search sessions worldwide.
• Drove cross-team collaboration and data-driven prioritization by conducting extensive SQL/Presto analysis for headroom planning and opportunity sizing. Built dashboards to track impressions, clicks, and CTR of A/B tests, driving highly deterministic business impact with measurable outcomes.
2023 — 2024
United States
• Led the development of a cutting-edge Large Language Model-based (LLM) Product Recommendation System for an Automobile Parts E-Commerce website. Leveraged HuggingFace Transformer libraries and AWS Sagemaker API endpoint inference service to create highly accurate product recommendations based on the trained AI model's inference. Implemented a REST API layer/endpoint to integrate model output data into the existing webstore API architecture.
• Developed an ETL pipeline to update inventory data and monitor customer cancellations of valid orders. Achieved a remarkable 20% reduction in order cancellations and a 12% increase in GMV revenue within a single quarter.
• Established and supervised project charters/proposals, defined OKRs, and ensured alignment across multiple teams to achieve milestones within an Agile framework. Collaborated with stakeholder leadership to prioritize projects based on their strategic value and business impact.
2021 — 2023
2021 — 2023
Redmond, Washington, United States
• Designed and implemented over 10 features in C++, C#, and Python to drive OneDrive/M365 premium subscriptions using an A/B testing framework. These include user experience enhancements in Windows/MacOS applications, XML-based notifications based on product and quota usage.
• Pioneered an innovative project resulting in a 33% increase in premium subscriptions by incentivizing users to back up/sync camera roll photos to OneDrive. Employed object-oriented design patterns, streamlined UX/UI workflows, conducted end-to-end unit testing, and established a robust logging framework.
• Developed an automated PowerBI-SQL pipeline for server-side telemetry data ingestion, facilitating insightful visualizations for business and engineering stakeholders across multiple OneDrive projects. Orchestrated ELT/ETL data pipelines to extract information from a NoSQL database, enabling the generation of actionable reports, and expediting decision-making processes by 40%.
2017 — 2021
Dallas, Texas, United States
• Served as the subject matter expert (SME) in Robotics Applications, to increase technology adoption, provide technical guidance and recommend applications for Collaborative Industrial Robots, AGV, and Vision systems. Played a pivotal role as an architect during the design phase, serving as a partner in developing solutions, conducting code reviews, and testing to ensure the deployment of robust solutions.
• Led a cross-functional team of 5 software engineers accountable for servicing large automotive accounts. Delivered over 25+ projects within a two-year period, yielding a remarkable 110% increase in revenue across two geographical markets.
• Devised and executed quarterly/annual Product Adoption Roadmap for the company, achieving an exceptional 95% on-time delivery rate for end-to-end software projects.
• Directed recruitment initiatives, conducted comprehensive team member training sessions, facilitated bi-annual goal setting, and executed performance reviews. Efficiently managed long-term project assignments to steer the accomplishment of roadmap targets.
• Amplified visibility for individual contributors (ICs) and provided technical mentorship throughout the software product lifecycle.
2016 — 2016
2016 — 2016
Princeton, NJ USA
Developed a mobile sensor fusion system in C++ using a NVIDIA Tegra X1 processor, a monocular camera with inbuilt accelerometer and gyroscope and a GPS sensor to localize any mobile system (humans, drones or vehicles) in real time on Google Maps in GPS devoid regions (a DARPA ASPN project - All Source Positioning and Navigation)
Education
North Carolina State University
Masters in Electrical Engineering (Robotics)
2015 — 2017
University of Mumbai
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)
2011 — 2015