Shaimay Shah

Lead ML Engineer

Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan2 yrs 11 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Led AI-driven initiatives at Rakuten.
  • Developed tools enhancing workflow efficiency.
  • Mentored interns on advanced AI projects.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Machine Learning Engineer with a focus on AI solutions for enterprise applications.

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Skills

Core Skills

Machine LearningData ScienceMentoring

Other Skills

PythonLarge Language Models (LLM)Interpersonal CommunicationTeamworkStreamlitFastAPIMongoDBBigQuery SQLLangchainLangsmithLangGraphDatabasesEasily AdaptableJavaStatistical Data Analysis

About

I'm helping build Rakuten AI for Business, a platform that enables enterprises to leverage AI solutions for various business needs.

Experience

2 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
1 yr
Average Tenure
1 yr 1 mo
Current Experience

Rakuten ai

3 roles

Principal Machine Learning Engineer

Promoted

Jan 2026Present · 3 mos

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Promoted

Jul 2025Dec 2025 · 5 mos

Machine Learning Engineer

Jan 2025Jun 2025 · 5 mos

  • Focused on frontier enterprise AI use cases - management finance, future of work, organizational structures.
  • Closely working with AI labs (Anthropic, OpenAI) on frontier use cases.

Rakuten

2 roles

Associate Data Scientist

Jan 2023Jan 2025 · 2 yrs · Tokyo, Japan · On-site

  • Market Analysis Tool Development:
  • Designed and built a self-service Market Analysis Tool using Streamlit, FastAPI, MongoDB, and BigQuery SQL, ensuring best practices were followed and a high unit test coverage is maintained.
  • Automated market trend and sales funnel analyses, saving ¥X00M JPY by enhancing workflow efficiency for data science and sales teams.
  • Enabled Japanese and international enterprises to make informed marketing decisions on Rakuten Ichiba, driving revenue growth.
  • AI-driven consulting deck development:
  • In the team that developed a tool that generates comprehensive consulting decks, reducing end-to-end time to get things done from days or weeks to hours.
  • Implemented LLM modules using Langchain for automated slide summaries, ensuring high-quality and traceable outputs using Langsmith.
  • Led knowledge transfer sessions for departments, facilitating the implementation of similar AI-driven consulting solutions.
  • AI Empowerment Initiative:
  • Developed and currently executing an "AI-first" strategy to promote AI-nization within Rakuten through education, internal PR, and innovative initiatives.
  • Hosted a division-wide podcast featuring conversations with leaders from the division, fostering knowledge sharing and engagement.
  • Jumpstart Learning: Created an AI bot on the "Rakuten AI for Rakutenians" platform, enabling employees to easily develop and deploy custom AI agents.
  • Mentoring Interns:
  • Mentored two summer interns from Brown University on a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) project.
  • Directed the development of agentic RAG systems using various LLM agents and LangGraph, ensuring project milestones were met.
  • Facilitated training sessions and integrated interns’ work into ongoing projects, enhancing team productivity and innovation.
  • Focused not only on the technical development but also the professional development of the interns.
PythonLarge Language Models (LLM)MentoringInterpersonal CommunicationTeamworkMachine Learning+1

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Feb 2022Apr 2022 · 2 mos · Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan

Databases

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Consulting Assistant

Oct 2021Dec 2021 · 2 mos · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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Education

Keio University

Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Information — Information Science

Jan 2018Jan 2022

Pathways School, Gurgaon

IB Diploma

Jan 2010Jan 2018

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