Shubham Bansal

AI Researcher

Jersey City, New Jersey, United States9 yrs 8 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Led teams to build advanced ML models.
  • Optimized campaigns for millions of users.
  • Developed innovative recommendation systems.
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Machine LearningTeam ManagementRecommender SystemsSoftware Design

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AlgorithmsApache SparkArtificial IntelligenceCC++Computer ScienceData StructuresDjangoEclipseEngineering LeadershipEngineering ManagementHackJavaLaTeXLeadership

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Experienced Software Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the internet industry. Skilled in python, C++, Hack, Machine Learning and Linux. Strong engineering professional with a Master's degree focused in Machine Learning from Columbia University in the City of New York.

Experience

Spotify

4 roles

Machine Learning Engineer Manager II, Talk Promotions

Jan 2024Present · 2 yrs 2 mos · New York, United States

  • Created a team of 6 engineers, to optimize Podcast and Audiobooks promotional‬‭ campaigns‬‭ (editorial ads)‬
  • ‭* Building LLM based cold start targeting models to create audience for newly onboarded video creators‬
  • ‭* Building Multi-objective balancing models to optimally allocate impressions between different campaigns‬
  • ‭* Building ML solutions to personalize promotions targeting and optimize campaign objectives like reach & stream‬
Team ManagementEngineering ManagementEngineering LeadershipTeam LeadershipManagementLeadership+2

Machine Learning engineering manager II

Jan 2023Jan 2024 · 1 yr · New York, United States

  • Led a team of 6 engineers to build‬‭ markov chain based‬‭ multistate retention‬‭ & gross profit prediction ML‬‭ models‬
  • ‭* Optimized user acquisition and upsell targeting (to premium subscription tier) through performance marketing‬
  • ‭* Built an offline simulation platform and submitted the paper in KDD 2024, "ForTune: Running Offline‬‭ Scenarios‬‭"
Team ManagementEngineering ManagementEngineering LeadershipTeam LeadershipManagementLeadership+2

Machine Learning Engineering Manager, Sticky Recommendations

Promoted

Jan 2022Jan 2023 · 1 yr · New York, United States

  • Built a team of 5 engineers across disciplines (ML, backend, data, tech research) for recommendation models‬
  • ‭* Built‬‭ long term behavioral models‬‭ to improve discovery‬‭ recommendations for Spotify Home & Search‬
  • ‭* Part of engineering promotions committee overseeing promotions for senior engineers‬
Team ManagementEngineering ManagementEngineering LeadershipTeam LeadershipManagementRecommender Systems+2

Senior Software Engineer, LTV

Sep 2020Dec 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos · New York, United States

  • ‬ Built user lifetime value (LTV) ML systems using‬‭ Beta‬‭ survival modeling‬‭ for all Spotify users [~1B users]‬
  • Built & managed distributed ML architecture and ML components for model versioning & feature generation‬
  • ‭* Used counterfactual approach to estimate user lifetime value generated by different O&E podcasts‬
Software DesignTeam LeadershipModel TrainingMachine Learning

Instagram

Software Engineer

Apr 2019Jan 2020 · 9 mos · Greater New York City Area

  • Developed a new personalization framework to generate “in-feed” account recommendations for users’ interests.
  • Owned and developed systems for user targeting and interacting with Ads bidding engine for 1B+ users.
  • Led efforts to increase recommendation delivery by +120%, by using user interaction signals and caching strategies.
Model Training

Facebook

Software Developer

Feb 2017Mar 2019 · 2 yrs 1 mo · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Developed ML solutions to generate ground truth by identifying trusted crowdsourcers globally.
  • Built an experimentation and evaluation framework for hot-swapping new models in production environment.
  • Led the strategy and development of Facebook’s crowdsourcing platform, serving 500Mn+ users.
  • Led the development of commercial intent modelling for business on Facebook apps.
Model Training

Columbia university in the city of new york

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Sep 2016Dec 2016 · 3 mos · Greater New York City Area

  • Working as Teaching Assistant in Advanced Databases and Analysis of Algorithms.

Goldman sachs

Summer Analyst

May 2016Aug 2016 · 3 mos · Greater New York City Area

  • Experimented with different machine learning algorithms to predict security behavior using market indicators.
  • Built a multiclass classifier using neural nets to group Russell 3000 index companies using market data.

Housing.com

Software Developer

Jun 2014Aug 2015 · 1 yr 2 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Built a team and developed an app for Samsung GearVR to generate virtual homes for prospective buyers.
  • Improved the map-based tile server to semantically recognize localities, and reduce memory footprint & latency.
Model Training

Yahoo! inc.

Summer Intern

May 2013Jul 2013 · 2 mos · Bangalore

  • I worked as an Summer Intern in Advertising and Data Publishing Team at Yahoo! Software Development India, Bangalore as the part of my industrial training.
  • I worked on an in-house tool used to manage reported advertisements on Yahoo! properties.
Leadership

Singapore university of technology and design (sutd)

Research Intern

May 2012Jul 2012 · 2 mos · Singapore

  • Optimized a core library of Difference Bound Matrices (DBM) for a model-checking framework.

Education

Columbia University

Master's degree — Computer Science

Jan 2015Jan 2016

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) — Computer Engineering

Jan 2010Jan 2014

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