Nov 2022 – May 2026 · 3 yrs 6 mos · On-site

• Architected and led the end-to-end migration of a mission-critical distributed CPU retrieval database stack used for LinkedIn Main Feed Storage from legacy JNI to a full Rust implementation, achieving a 100% successful ramp with zero downtime.
• Collaborated with over multiple partner teams located in different geo. Resolved critical blockers including OOM issues, gRPC status discrepancies, and service discovery failures that were preventing the above migration work.
• Extended the multi tenancy support for distributed CPU retrieval database to Embedding based usecases that uses different algorithm like KNN, ANN.
• Established knowledge-sharing sessions to bridge communication between global teams, enhancing project alignment.
• Drove cross-functional collaboration, ensuring the successful onboarding of new critical AI models in the managed hosted platform across teams.
• Architected and implemented high-batch size inference support for Managed model hosting platform.

Nov 2019 – Oct 2022 · 2 yrs 11 mos · On-site

• Led the technical execution and architecture for a next-generation ML Managed serving platform, enabling the first production Alpha ramp for Ads and Careers AI use cases.
• Engineered a 20-25% latency improvement for batch data retrieval across the organization by pioneering the integration of Venice streaming APIs within the internal ML frame.
• Spearheaded a 4-engineer initiative to integrate third-party Identity Providers (Google/Apple) for LinkedIn Login, resulting in a +1.1% WAU (Weekly Active Users) lift on mobile and a +0.96% lift on web.
• Created a benchmarking suite with the MLPerf framework to ensure system reliability and performance.
• Designed and implemented an nearline Samza job for intelligent event sampling to protect offline data pipelines from 10x volume spikes caused by client misconfigurations.

Jul 2017 – Oct 2019 · 2 yrs 3 mos · On-site

• Designed and built a robust two-factor authentication system, integrating Microsoft Authenticator for improved security. Collaborated with Msft Authenticator team, remote cross geo team in LinkedIn.
• Developed a password-only login flow that drove an additional 55,000 sessions weekly, improving user engagement.
• Integrated Native re-Captcha into Android applications, increasing captcha solve success rates from 65% to 80%.
• Directly mentored summer intern, leading to the successful production launch of OTP (One-Time Password) link functionality and a full-time return offer for the mentee.
• Collaborated with other team members and won the Mobile Hackathon organised in Bangalore office.