Shashank Kedia

Machine Learning Engineer

Sunnyvale, California, United States10 yrs 7 mos experience

Highly StableAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Expert in AI and machine learning for recommendation systems.
Published multiple patents and research papers in top conferences.
Strong passion for online learning and adaptive recommendations.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Data Science expert specializing in AI-driven solutions for B2C applications.

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Skills

Core Skills

Data ScienceMachine Learning

Other Skills

Statistical ModelingStatistical ResearchOnline MarketingA/B TestingGenerative AIRecommender SystemsC++MatlabMicrosoft OfficeJavaCResearchMicrosoft ExcelPowerPointPython

About

I am a Staff Data Scientist at Walmart, specializing in application of AI and machine learning for recommendation personalization. I lead the development of advanced models that enhance user experiences, optimize business outcomes, and drive growth. My work spans recommendation systems, generative AI, and real-time optimization, with a focus on improving product discovery, user engagement, and sales. I have a strong passion for online learning, having developed models that enable real-time updates and adaptive recommendations at scale. With multiple patents and research papers published in top conferences, I explore cutting-edge techniques in dynamic systems, AI-driven decision-making and Generative AI. I am driven by the potential of AI to solve complex challenges and enjoy collaborating on projects that push the boundaries.

Experience

10 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 2 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr

Current Experience

Walmart global tech

3 roles

Staff Data Scientist

Promoted

May 2024 – Jun 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo

Senior Data Scientist

Promoted

May 2022 – Apr 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos

Statistical ModelingStatistical ResearchData ScienceMachine Learning

Data Scientist

Jul 2019 – May 2022 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Data ScienceMachine Learning

University of michigan

2 roles

Graduate Student Instructor

Sep 2018 – May 2019 · 8 mos

Graduate student instructor for graduate course in Artificial Intelligence (EECS592)
Creating & grading assignments, holding doubt sessions
Giving lectures and facilitating discussions on latest research in the field of AI

Graduate Student

Sep 2017 – May 2019 · 1 yr 8 mos

Graduate Student Projects:
Natural language Processing using CNN for Mental Health applications
Text Analysis of corpus using advanced Topic Modelling like online and nested HDP
Reinforcement Learning in control based environments simulated in Mujoco

Salesforce

Software Developer Intern

Jun 2018 – Aug 2018 · 2 mos · Bellevue,Washington

Data Analytics and Software Development Internship for better Alerting and tooling for Alerts
Provided pointed analysis of alerts including top causes and causality analysis, anomaly detection and correlation with external factors like code releases
Incorporated into existing framework, a diff tool for alert configuration generator enabling better maintenance of legacy systems
Developed a plan to handle spurious alert notifications which spike unnecessarily causing undue load on the system

Goldman sachs

Analyst - Data Strat

Jun 2015 – Jul 2017 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Developed Data-platform and Data-warehousing solutions using big-data technologies and machine learning to cater to over 1000 users for daily reporting and analytics saving weeks' worth of time
Analyzed query usage statistics to develop de-normalized physical caches to improve query time
Worked on integrating Spark, Zeppelin with DataLake Architecture
Improved ETL framework and optimized SQL generation
Collaborate with data warehouse customers to understand data usage and quality to understand data retention and developed mechanism to seamlessly transfer data across databases with sanity checks so as to prevent main warehouse from getting overloaded
Collaborated with internal clients to enhance experience, prioritize feature improvements and data analytics and storage consulting
Focused along risk, cost and client experience to deliver cutting edge solutions