Parth Shandilya

AI Researcher

Basel, Basel, Switzerland3 yrs 5 mos experience

AI ML PractitionerAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Expert in AI and machine learning with 4+ years of experience.
Proven track record in building scalable data pipelines.
Strong advocate for open-source and collaborative development.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and Research-focused AI Engineer with strong software development skills.

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Skills

Core Skills

Machine LearningGoogle Cloud Platform (gcp)Python (programming Language)DjangoElastic Stack (elk)FlaskReact.js

Other Skills

Adobe LightroomAlgorithmsAngularArgoCDArtificial Intelligence (AI)Big DataBootstrapBusiness DevelopmentCC (Programming Language)CRDTCSSCeleryConsensus ProtocolsContinuous Integration

About

I’m an AI Engineer with 4+ years of full-time experience in software and data engineering. I enjoy building systems that combine machine learning with scalable data pipelines, from design to production. I’ve worked across entertainment, retail, fintech, and open-source. I like taking end-to-end ownership of things that matter. Why me? - I bring a unique mix of ML, backend, and data engineering experience along with hands-on experience in prototyping and designing mockups. - I communicate clearly & thrive in open, collaborative teams and I know when to ask for help. Currently, I’m: - Working @ Kadoa on AI-powered unstructured data extraction for financial clients (hedge funds, wealth managers, banks). - Researching @ Computer Vision and Learning Group, ETH Zürich on how LLMs and VLMs understand time series data. Full-Stack | Data | LLMs | AI/ML

Experience

3 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 5 mos

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Kadoa

AI/ML Engineer

Oct 2024 – Present · 1 yr 8 mos · Basel, Switzerland · Hybrid

1. Working on AI SaaS platform transforming unstructured web data for hedge funds, private equity clients.
2. Engineered full-stack notifications system with BullMQ, websockets, slack, webhooks, Google Cloud Functions, scaling to 10K+ events/day with retries, DLQs, and RBAC-secured configurations.
3. Optimized LLM accuracy by 95% through OCR preprocessing (tesseract, interpolation) + validation framework, later rewritten in TypeScript for production.
4. Built modular ETL pipelines triggered via crons jobs on k8s, processing 1M+ rows for transparent cost tracking.
5. Designed and implemented serverless email service (15+ templates rendered via React-to-HTML, delivered with SendGrid), ensuring clients received clear, actionable workflow updates.

Machine LearningGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)KubernetesTypeScriptLarge Language Models (LLM)Big Data+5

Weblate

Software Engineer II

Sep 2023 – May 2024 · 8 mos · Remote

1. Worked on a web-based continuous localization tool used by over 2,500+ libre projects in over 165 countries.
2. As a strong advocate of the Open Source ecosystem, Built add-on management (Django), reducing duplicate configs across 500+ projects, cutting maintainer workload.
3. Implemented automated screenshot syncing from git repositories reducing manual workload to zero for translators.
4. Developed webhooks to simplify multi-level integrations, reducing errors & manual synchronization efforts.

Python (Programming Language)DjangoDjango REST FrameworkServer SideWeb Development

Cern

3 roles

Software Engineer II

Promoted

Oct 2021 – Aug 2023 · 1 yr 10 mos

1. Worked on CERN Analysis Preservation(CAP), enabling 10,000+ physicists to preserve, search, and document physics analyses for future collaboration.
2. Platform Development: Designed the CAP CLI for seamless API interaction and developed an ADL parser, onboarding 3,000+ researchers into particle physics workflows.
3. Search Optimization: Enhanced search relevance with Elasticsearch painless scripting and customizable sorting options.
4. Infrastructure Resilience: Migrated Elasticsearch to OpenSearch with zero downtime and reduced CI testing time by 50% using pre-built Docker images.
5. Monitoring & Security: Implemented API health checks, deployed via Kubernetes, and introduced granular access permissions for secure data handling.
6. Leadership: Led backend development efforts, collaborating with product managers and project lead to align technical goals with research needs.

Python (Programming Language)FlaskRedisElastic Stack (ELK)CeleryJavaScript+6

Software Engineer I

Promoted

Aug 2020 – Sep 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo

1. Worked on REANA, a reproducible analysis platform enabling scientists to run containerized data workflows on remote compute clouds, and CERN Open Data, simplifying access to 3 PB of particle physics data.
2. Designed and implemented the REANA Client CLI, empowering 10,000+ researchers to run reproducible workflows seamlessly.
3. Improved data integrity by introducing durability to RabbitMQ queues, ensuring zero data loss during pod failures.
4. Open data: Improved the open data search experience by introducing nested facets in the search.
5. Enhanced CERN Open Data search usability by developing nested Elasticsearch facets for better dataset navigation.
6. Led the delivery of the REANA CLI, collaborating with researchers and team lead to align the platform with researchers needs.

Python (Programming Language)FlaskKubernetesdockerJavaScriptReact.js+1

Software Engineer

Jan 2020 – Jul 2020 · 6 mos

1. I worked on the Indico, used daily at CERN to manage more than 600,000+ events of different complexities and 200+ meeting and conference rooms.
2. The United Nations also uses Indico to handle more than 180000+ participants in conferences happening worldwide and thousands of visitors.
3. My work was focused on implementing category-scoped groups and improvements in registration/abstract statistics in Indico.

React.jsPostgreSQLFlaskPython (Programming Language)JavaScriptSemantic UI

Premiere digital services

Software Engineer

Sep 2019 – Dec 2019 · 3 mos · Remote

1. Worked on Storefront, the world's most powerful SaaS platform for managing global content for 20+ platforms, including Netflix, Amazon Prime, Youtube, Disney, and many more.
2. Worked in bugs & enhancement team, which involved resolving bugs and improving features according to client requirements.

RedisElasticsearchFlaskPython (Programming Language)

Perpule (acquired by amazon)

Software Engineer

May 2019 – Jul 2019 · 2 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

1. Worked on the innovative cloud-based POS (point of sale), that enabled offline stores in India to manage better their inventory, checkout process, and overall customer experience.
2. Developed APIs for real-time syncing of store and cloud, allowing clients to seamlessly checkout analytics impacting 30+ offline big multi-chain retail stores in India.

DockerAngularGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)Python (Programming Language)JavaScriptDjango+1

Google summer of code

Google Summer of Code 2018 with FOSSASIA

Apr 2018 – Aug 2018 · 4 mos · Remote

1. Worked on FOSSASIA's Badgeyay project, which enables event organizers to generate badges of events, impacting 100+ event organizers and 1000+ events.
2. Developed the Restful APIs in python.
3. Implemented database models and schemas.
4. Developed the front end of the badge generator in EmberJS.

PostgreSQLFlaskPython (Programming Language)JavaScriptEmber.js

Fossasia

Software Developer

Aug 2017 – Apr 2018 · 8 mos · Singapore

1. Maintained Open Source Project on Github.
2. Working on a badge generator and Improving the front end and back end of the project.
3. Worked on CI & CD services like Travis & Codecov CI and on writing REST APIs.
4. Worked on cloud-based services like Docker & Heroku.

HerokuFlaskPython (Programming Language)JavaScriptEmber.js