Pooja Palod

Machine Learning Engineer

Hyderabad, Telangana, India9 yrs 5 mos experience
AI ML PractitionerAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • 7 years of experience in Data Science and AI.
  • Expert in Generative AI and NLP technologies.
  • Proven track record of optimizing data pipelines.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Data Science and AI specialist with a focus on Generative AI and NLP in SaaS.

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Skills

Core Skills

Generative AiData ScienceNlpData Engineering

Other Skills

LangChainLarge Language Models (LLM)Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)TransformersNatural Language Processing (NLP)Pipeline DesignAds ConflationAgentic AIPrompt EngineeringSoftwareProblem SolvingAlgosArtificial Intelligence (AI)AnalyticsData Analytics

About

I have been working in various aspects of Data Science for the last 7 years. My interests include, but are not limited to, pre-training large language models, natural language generation, and Generative AI. Currently, I’m at Uber, applying Generative AI to build innovative solutions that drive customer obsession and improve user experiences. Before Uber, I was a Senior Data Scientist at Fidelity Investments, where I developed a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipeline to generate Q&A from documents, cutting onboarding time in half for an API integration platform. I also built an investor segmentation utility that helped clients grow their business. Prior to that, I worked on the Microsoft Bing team, contributing to the People Also Ask feature by generating natural, concise questions from documents for search suggestions. I also built data pipelines for streaming and batch processing. Earlier in Bing Shopping, I applied machine learning to add features like multiple sellers and filters on the shopping page, and owned the ads conflation pipeline responsible for matching ads with catalogue products. My technical skills include: * Programming: Python, C# * Data Engineering & ML: Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-Learn, SQL * Deep Learning, NLP & GenAI: PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, Large Language Models, Generative AI frameworks I love connecting with like-minded professionals and regularly share detailed posts on Data Science, Machine Learning, and Generative AI through both LinkedIn and Substack. I’m always excited to engage with fellow experts and explore new opportunities in these fields—please don’t hesitate to reach out!

Experience

9 yrs 5 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 7 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 7 mos
Current Experience

Uber

Senior Machine Learning Engineer,Generative AI

Oct 2024Present · 1 yr 7 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · On-site

LangChainLarge Language Models (LLM)Generative AI

Fidelity investments

Senior Data Scientist

Jul 2023Oct 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • Part of AI COE team
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)Large Language Models (LLM)Data Science

Microsoft

2 roles

Applied Scientist ll

Dec 2021May 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Worked on Deepask multilingual natural question generation models in Bing supporting 100+ languages.
  • Have worked on end to end process from building in house datasets ,developing models to deploying in production. Worked on ”FAST” streamline pipeline design. Developed back-end pipeline for bulk offline data generation. Refactored the backend pipeline to make it faster, agile, robust and more resilient to failures. This has reduced pipeline latency by two third(15 to 5 days).
TransformersNatural Language Processing (NLP)NLP

Data and Applied Scientist

Jul 2018Dec 2021 · 3 yrs 5 mos

  • I was part of Bing Retail Catalog team, where I had worked on bringing various experiences like seller grouping, filters etc on bing shopping vertical.This had enhanced user engagement.
  • I had worked on building ads conflation models for conflating product with product ads. I had worked on modularizing ads pipeline thus making it more robust , efficient and scalable to deal with hundred of gigabytes of data going to production. The pipeline had been made agnostic enough to handle new markets .
Natural Language Processing (NLP)Generative AINLP

Iitb

Teaching Assistant

Jul 2016Apr 2018 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Teaching assistant for CS 725:Foundation of Machine learning ,CS 213:Data Structure and Algorithm, CS 101:Computer programming and utilization

Education

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Master’s Degree — Computer Science

Jan 2016Jan 2018

Shri Ramdeobaba Kamla Nehru Engineering College, Katol Road

Bachelor's degree — Computer Science

Jan 2011Jan 2015

Sri. Shivaji Science College, Congressnagar,Nagpur

Secondary and Higher Secondary Examination

Jan 2009Jan 2011

Vimaltai Tidke Convent

Jan 1996Jan 2009

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