Sandesh Kumar

AI Researcher

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India12 yrs 4 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Over 12 years of experience in data engineering and machine learning.
Expert in implementing production-ready generative AI applications.
Proficient in designing real-time data pipelines for large-scale data processing.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Data Engineering and Machine Learning expert in the SaaS industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Machine LearningMlopsData Engineering

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesApache KafkaApache PigApache SparkBig DataCloudera ImpalaCognosComputer VisionConvolutional Neural Networks (CNN)Data ScienceData WarehousingDataStageDatastageDeep LearningDeep Neural Networks (DNN)

About

12+ years ride. Sometimes smooth .. many times bumpy .. But it’s fun ! either ways.. Currently implementing production ready genAI applications : * Pre-training , Fine-training && RAG * LLMOPs / MLOps - e2e CI CD + MLFlow Previously Experience implementing end to end projects using : * Scala / Python / SQL * Hadoop / Spark / Hive / Pig * Data science / Machine Learning / Deep Learning ( NLP & CV ) * Elastic / Hbase / Postgress / Oracle SQL

Experience

12 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 2 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs

Current Experience

Databricks

2 roles

Senior Data Scientist

Promoted

Nov 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 7 mos

My expertise lies in machine learning, MLOps, and generative AI, including fine-tuning large language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and pre-training workflows.

Machine LearningMLOpsGenerative AIFine-tuningRetrieval-Augmented Generation

Senior Solutions Consultant - Data Engineering

May 2022 – Oct 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos

My role focuses on designing and implementing data engineering pipelines while developing production-ready machine learning models.
I specialize in leveraging technologies such as Scala, Python, and Apache Spark for live streaming and batch processing.

Data EngineeringScalaPythonApache SparkMachine Learning

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Software Engineer 2 - Machine Learning

Jul 2018 – May 2022 · 3 yrs 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

I design production-grade, real-time data pipelines using Spark, Scala, Elasticsearch, and Kafka to process terabytes of data.
My work leverages advanced machine learning and deep learning techniques, such as neural networks, to drive predictive analytics and enhance user experience and business outcomes.

SparkScalaElasticsearchKafkaPredictive AnalyticsMachine Learning+1

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Senior ETL Developer

Oct 2012 – Apr 2017 · 4 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Developed and automated DataStage ETL jobs using shell scripting to streamline data processing workflows.
Provided customer-facing support to effectively manage and resolve outages, ensuring minimal disruption and maintaining service reliability.

DataStageShell ScriptingETLData Engineering