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Sai Teja Chava

Austin,TX

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Instacart
Austin, Texas
05.2022 - Current
  • Developed predictive models such as driving time, delivery time, picking time etc using various machine learning algorithms and techniques such as gradient boosting trees, neural networks, and ensemble methods.
  • Built machine learning pipelines that enables easier/faster training, data preparation, deployment, monitoring etc.
  • Implemented cost-effective features to enhance marketplace efficiency in order fulfillment.

Software Engineer III, YouTube Search

Google
Mountain View, CA
01.2021 - 05.2022
  • Developed an embedding-based clustering algorithm to eliminate redundant suggestions and avoid displaying similar options to users.
  • Created a dev tool for efficient testing by replicating production traffic to the development server.
  • Improved quality of personalized suggest features along with coverage.Enhanced personalized suggestions for improved quality and coverage.

Software Engineer II, Tech Lead, Mixed Reality

Microsoft
Redmond, WA
12.2019 - 01.2021
  • Enhanced eye tracking pipeline through DNN and CNN solutions for image classification and object detection.
  • Built GPU cluster infrastructure for effortless creation and training of extensive datasets and large models with a few simple commands.
  • Created tools, including framework converters, Docker images, and distributed training support.

Software Engineer II

Cisco
San Jose, CA
12.2018 - 12.2019
  • Developed features for Nexus 9k switches, including VLAN management, Ethernet port management, port channel management, virtual port channel management, and tunnel management.

Industrial IoT Software Intern (CV + DL)

Schlumberger
Menlo Park, CA
05.2018 - 08.2018
  • Design of innovative applications for Industrial IoT, leading new technology adoption, prototyping and validating industrial solutions incl. Intelligent Gateways, Edge processing, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Computer Vision etc...
  • Worked on implementing Deep Learning Algorithms like Object Detection (YOLO, SSD-MobileNet) and Image Classification (GoogleNet, AlexNet, SqueezeNet) using TensorFlow and Caffe at the edge with devices like Intel Movidius, AWS Deep Lens.

Education

MBA -

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Urbana, IL
05-2024

Master of Science - Computer Science

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
12.2018

Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science And Engineering

Vellore Institute of Technology
Chennai, India
05.2017

Skills

Python, C, C, Tensor flow, Keras, PyTorch, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Caffe, ONNX, OpenCV, Internet of Things(IoT), Docker, MQTT, SQL

Certification

  • Deep Learning Nanodegree, Udacity
  • PyImageSearch Gurus Graduate(Computedeeplearning.ai)
  • Deep Learning Specialization by deeplearning.ai on Coursera
  • Big Data Specialization by University of California, San Diego on Coursera

Timeline

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Instacart
05.2022 - Current

Software Engineer III, YouTube Search

Google
01.2021 - 05.2022

Software Engineer II, Tech Lead, Mixed Reality

Microsoft
12.2019 - 01.2021

Software Engineer II

Cisco
12.2018 - 12.2019

Industrial IoT Software Intern (CV + DL)

Schlumberger
05.2018 - 08.2018

MBA -

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

Master of Science - Computer Science

University of Southern California

Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science And Engineering

Vellore Institute of Technology
Sai Teja Chava