Masoob Alam

Lead ML Engineer

New Delhi, Delhi, India3 yrs experience
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Key Highlights

  • Expert in AI/ML R&D for photo editing platforms.
  • Proven track record in quantitative finance and risk management.
  • Strong leadership in developing innovative AI-driven solutions.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and SaaS expert with a strong focus on AI-driven solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Research And Development (r&d)Team LeadershipRisk ManagementAlgorithmic TradingQuantitative ResearchQuantitative FinanceNatural Language Processing (nlp)Research

Other Skills

Amazon Web Services (AWS)Analytical SkillsBernstein CopulaBusiness StrategyC++CUDACascading Style Sheets (CSS)CommunicationControlNetConvolutional Neural Networks (CNN)CopulaDeep Neural Networks (DNN)DjangoFinanceFlux

About

Building intelligent systems at the intersection of generative AI, autonomous agents, and quantitative finance. Currently leading AI/ML R&D for Pixlr’s next-gen photo editing platform—developing MCP-based agent architectures for real-time, user-aware content generation. Previously engineered alpha signals at WorldQuant, advanced tail-risk modeling at Mitacs (University of Windsor), and at TrueBeacon, building AI-driven Insurtech venture leveraging agent-MCP infrastructure to reimagine risk assessment, claims automation, and personalized underwriting.

Experience

3 yrs
Total Experience
9 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 10 mos
Current Experience

Pixlr online ai photo editor

Lead AI & ML Engineer

Aug 2024Present · 1 yr 10 mos · Remote

  • Spearhead the delivery of agent-driven editing experiences and a modular model platform that turned research prototypes into production features. These initiatives improved user task completion and reduced system response times, helping the product scale faster and ship new capabilities with lower integration cost.
PyTorchTensorFlowFluxCUDAControlNetTeam Leadership+1

Mitacs

Quant Researcher

May 2023Jul 2023 · 2 mos · University of Windsor, Canada · On-site

  • Developed a portfolio strategy focused on tail-risk diversification, engineering features and estimators that reduced downside vulnerability in stress scenarios. The approach improved out-of-sample risk-adjusted performance and demonstrated materially lower portfolio drawdown risk.
CopulaR (Programming Language)StatisticsRisk ManagementAlgorithmic Trading

Worldquant

Quantitative Researcher

Dec 2022May 2023 · 5 mos

  • Designed and validated statistically grounded trading signals that fed the firm’s alpha-generation pipeline. My work combined rigorous backtesting and signal refinement to produce repeatable, production-ready research contributions.
StatisticsQuantitative ResearchProbabilityQuantitative Finance

Pixis

Data Scientist

Oct 2022Dec 2022 · 2 mos · Remote

  • Delivered NLP solutions to extract actionable insights from customer feedback, surfacing themes that directly informed product and marketing decisions. The analysis led to measurable improvements in campaign targeting and ROI.
Natural Language Processing (NLP)Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN)Python (Programming Language)Research

Eada business school

Kernel Density Estimator and related Augmentation

Jul 2022Oct 2022 · 3 mos · Remote

  • Pioneered an adaptive, nonparametric estimation framework that improved predictive fidelity in low-signal financial datasets. The method outperformed standard parametric models in capturing tail behavior and structural breaks, enabling stronger risk assessments.
Quantitative ResearchQuantitative Finance

True beacon

Quantitative Research Analyst

May 2022Jul 2022 · 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Built and validated machine-learning-driven investment models and diversified pairs strategies, applying rigorous validation and performance metrics to capture market opportunities. The strategies were implemented with disciplined risk controls and delivered strong realized performance.
Quantitative ResearchQuantitative Finance

Tasveer8x10

Web Developer

May 2021Nov 2021 · 6 mos

  • As a founding engineer to design and launch the startup’s core web platform, driving product vision into an operational digital experience. Contributed end-to-end across product, engineering, and launch operations to get the platform production-ready.

Education

Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

Bachelor of Technology - B.Tech

University of Windsor

Researcher

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