Pratik Barjatiya

AI Researcher

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India13 yrs 10 mos experience

AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Developed AI systems impacting millions of users.
Led cross-functional teams to optimize AI solutions.
Achieved significant revenue growth through innovative projects.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Data Science and AI expert with a strong focus on E-commerce and Fintech solutions.

Contact

pratikbarjatya@gmail.com +918983728164 LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Artificial Intelligence (ai)Machine LearningData ScienceData EngineeringQuality AssurancePerformance Testing

Other Skills

Agile Application DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesAgile TestingAmazon RedshiftApache KafkaApache SparkAppiumArchitectural DesignBig Data AnalyticsConsultingContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Cross-functional Team LeadershipData AnalysisData AnalyticsData Modeling

About

As a ML Engineer/ Data Scientist, I apply my data engineering, machine learning expertise to improve the overall search, discovery experience for users in various e-commerce domains. I design, develop, and deploy scalable and robust algorithms that enhance the relevance, ranking, and recommendations and personalization of search results. I have a strong academic background with a B.Tech in Electronics and Telecommunications and M.S in Financial Engineering. I also have multiple certifications in AI ML Data Science and deep learning from Coursera, which demonstrate my passion and proficiency in this field. My goal is to leverage my skills and knowledge to create innovative and impactful solutions that benefit millions of customers and businesses

Experience

13 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 5 mos

Average Tenure

7 mos

Current Experience

Shorttok

Staff Applied Scientist

Nov 2025 – Present · 7 mos

Storytelling AI from ShortTok automates, scales, and personalizes the creation of real-world video stories from content partners’ video assets, engaging consumers and unlocking enormous value for media companies.

Tekion corp

Staff ML Engineer

Mar 2025 – Oct 2025 · 7 mos · On-site

One platform that seamlessly connects your entire automotive retail business. Unify DMS, CRM, Digital Retail, Analytics, and more

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Machine LearningData EngineeringData ScienceData Services

Foundry

Director of Artificial Intelligence

Jun 2024 – Jan 2025 · 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

At Foundry, we’re not waiting for a decentralized financial future — we’re building it now. By empowering institutions with the tools they need to mine and stake digital assets, we’re thoughtfully driving the industry forward. Learn more at foundrydigital.com.
→ Led cross-functional AI roadmap aligning product, infra, and compliance teams;
→ reduced model deployment time by 2 weeks
→ Built Foundry & DCG's Bittensor AI mining and validator business revenue from $40K per month to $3M per month
→ Optimized and Reduced Cloud/GPU cost by 20%
→ Doubled the company's mining revenue, propelled by in-house development of cutting-edge AI tools and solutions, which increased mining efficiency by 200%

StrategyDirector levelLeadershipArtificial Intelligence (AI)Gen AIMachine Learning+7

Jio platforms limited (jpl)

Sr Manager | ML Engineering | AI/ML CoE

Oct 2020 – Aug 2024 · 3 yrs 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Build one of the India's large scale AI-powered Search, Discovery, and Personalization new-commerce platform for 100M+ Jio users from zero.
Created "Bharat-First AI" - recommendation systems designed specifically for Indian languages, cultural preferences, network conditions, and shopping behaviors rather than copying Silicon Valley models.
→ Revenue: ₹120Cr+ annual impact through intelligent recommendations
→ Scale: 100M+ users served daily with <100ms latency
→ Business: 12% profit uplift + 7% conversion rate boost + 10% engagement increase
→ Team: 20% improvement in cross-functional collaboration, 80% participation in knowledge programs
First in its class production implementation of Large Language Models for Indian vernacular e-commerce, real-time personalization engine handling 10M+ daily transactions, multilingual search supporting 12+ Indian languages.
LEADERSHIP PHILOSOPHY DEVELOPED
"AI that works in India works everywhere - but AI that works in Silicon Valley doesn't necessarily work in India."

LeadershipStrategyCross-functional Team LeadershipArtificial Intelligence (AI)Gen AIMachine Learning+13

Zoomcar

Senior Data Platform Engineer

Jun 2018 – Oct 2020 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

→ Designed and scaled IoT data pipelines ingesting millions of GPS, OBD, and behavioral events from 20,000+ connected vehicles daily, achieving 95%+ real-time ingestion accuracy.
→ Developed predictive ML models for anomaly detection and maintenance forecasting → reduced downtime by 22% and maintenance costs by 40%.
→ Built a fraud detection system leveraging driver behavior features → accelerated fraud detection by 25% vs manual monitoring.
→ Partnered with operations & product teams to improve fleet utilization by 15%, directly impacting unit economics and user satisfaction.

Data ScienceData EngineeringMachine LearningPySparkDemand ForecastingTensorFlow+4

Western union

Senior Associate

Sep 2017 – Jun 2018 · 9 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

→ Early R&D Team Member and Technology Specialist
→ Engineered large-scale ETL pipelines integrating financial transactions across 200+ countries, enabling near real-time risk and fraud monitoring.
→ Advocated for user-centric approach: Encouraged end-user participation in testing and problem analysis, promoting a user-focused development process.
→ Recommended architectural improvements, design solutions, and integration strategies, contributing to robust and efficient systems.
→ Partnered with risk & compliance teams to implement early fraud detection signals, protecting millions of transactions annually.

Architectural DesignLarge Scale DeploymentsMachine LearningNatural Language Processing (NLP)Sentiment AnalysisData Science+9

Disney+ hotstar

Senior Software Engineer

Oct 2016 – Sep 2017 · 11 mos · Mumbai

→ Part of the initial core Tech/Leadership Team to Scale Engineering.
→ Architected performance lab - supported IPLs to withstand 10M+ concurrent users achieving the world record in the finals
→ Pivoted Hotstar international launch (USA and Canada)
→ Architected personalization and recommendation systems that scaled to 10M+ concurrent IPL viewers
→ Built a multi-lingual NLP engine for content tagging and metadata enrichment, supporting 10+ Indian languages for diverse audiences.
→ Designed ad personalization models aligned with user embeddings → improved ad click-through rates by 18% and increased ad revenue.

LeadershipMachine LearningPerformance TestingData ScienceNatural Language Processing (NLP)Recommender Systems+4

Udio- a product from transerv

Senior QA Engineer Lead

Apr 2016 – Oct 2016 · 6 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

→ Managed end to end validation, quality assurance, deployment and delivery of the infrastructure components that are consumed by multiple business critical web services, Payment Gateway, Wallets, Remittance
Projects @ Transerv -
→ Udio Remittance - Domestic Money Transfer
→ Udio Payment Gateway - A Gateway used in for Udio and White label Merchants like Portea, CrownIt, BookMyShow, etc

Quality AssurancePerformance TestingBig Data AnalyticsEDAJMeterContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)+6

Talentica software

Software Engineer

Nov 2014 – Apr 2016 · 1 yr 5 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

→ Joined as one of the earliest automation QA.
→ Introduced mobile automation (Appium ) and Implemented Test Automation over iOS Application from scratch
→ Integrated the automation frameworks with CI/CD
→ Mentors the team on Mobile Automation
→ Test Management Tools: JIRA, Redmine, Crittercism, SplunkMint, SauceLabs, Browser Stack.
→ Automation Testing Tools: Appium, Selenium, Robotium, Perfecto Mobile, Ranorex, Egg Plant, TestNG, Ant, Maven

Python (Programming Language)

Amdocs

Software Engineering Specialist

Oct 2012 – Nov 2014 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Amdocs DVCI, Pune · On-site

→ Worked as Agile Quality Assurance Engineer
→ Conversant with all phases of Project Life Cycle including Requirement gathering, Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Testing, Software quality standards and configuration management and change management and Quality procedures
→ Independently designed and automate the end to end scenarios using Selenium Web Driver.
→ Developed, maintain, and execute automated test scripts and published test reports
→ Review the test cases prepared by other team members.
→ Test Management Tool: QC 11, JIRA, Rally

Matrix zero one systems

JAVA Trainee

May 2012 – Sep 2013 · 1 yr 4 mos · Matrix zero one systems , Pune

Familiar on Core Java, Java Collections API development and hands on experience on Eclipse IDE
Good understanding of object-oriented technologies and relational database systems.
Involved in Debugging and Troubleshooting Java Programming units
Knowledge in developing applications using tools like Java, Jdbc, servlets, jsp, HTML, Java Script on Windows Environment.
Completed OCJP (SE 6) Certification