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πŸ‘‹ Shashank Kapadia

Machine Learning Engineer
Scalable AI Systems β€’ Search & Recommendations β€’ Responsible AI

I design and lead large-scale ML systems deployed in production, serving 200M+ users and driving $100M+ in business impact across Fortune-500 companies.

Currently Staff ML Engineer @ Walmart Global Tech. Previously senior ML leadership roles at Randstad and Monster Worldwide.


πŸ” Focus Areas

  • Search & Recommendation Systems

    • Retrieval, ranking, substitution, personalization
    • Hybrid vector search, LTR, transformers, embeddings, bandits
  • ML Platforms & Systems

    • Training, inference, evaluation, monitoring at scale
    • Spark, BigQuery, GCP, GPU optimization, low-latency inference
  • Applied NLP & Optimization

    • Transformer models, robust optimization, decision systems
    • Applications across retail, healthcare, logistics
  • Responsible AI

    • Fairness, explainability, cost-efficient architectures in production

πŸ“Š Impact Snapshot

  • 200M+ users served globally
  • $100M+ measurable business impact
  • 40% latency reduction, 80% compute savings
  • Platforms spanning 20+ countries and 20+ languages

πŸ“š Research & Community

  • Peer-reviewed publications in Operations Research & Optimization
  • Widely referenced technical writing used by MIT, Duke, Michigan, Penn, UCSB
  • 138+ academic citations, 200+ external backlinks
  • Speaker at global AI conferences
  • Reviewer / judge / advisory board member for AI organizations

πŸ… Recognition

  • Gold & Silver Globee Awards β€” AI Professional of the Year
  • Senior Member, IEEE
  • Advisory Board, AI Accelerate Institute
  • Fellow, Soft Computing Research Society

πŸ› οΈ This GitHub

  • End-to-end ML implementations
  • Evaluation frameworks & system design patterns
  • Practical code reflecting real production constraints

🀝 Connect


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