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Ashim Gautam

@ashimgautam

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I build NLP, semantic search, RAG, and deep learning systems from data pipelines to production APIs.

Nepal

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to build and improve machine learning and NLP products, contributing across experimentation, model evaluation, retrieval systems, and application integration.

At YES Helping Hands IT Solutions, I develop and evaluate machine learning and NLP solutions across data collection, preprocessing, model training, experimentation, and API-based inference. I built semantic search and recommendation functionality for a gift platform using Sentence Transformers, FAISS, LLM-based query enhancement, Django, and Django REST Framework.

I also built a Nepali news sentiment pipeline from 2,699 articles across 17 sources, producing a labeled dataset of 1,553 articles. My best fine-tuned mBERT experiment achieved 72.96% accuracy and a 0.6944 macro F1 score.

Alongside ML work, I build full-stack systems with React, FastAPI, and MongoDB, including secure backend features, invoice automation, and deployment configuration. My projects include Nepali news classification with XAI and OOD detection, a RAG PDF question-answering system, and a real-time sign language interpreter.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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AI/ML Intern

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Yes Helping Hands IT Solutions

May 2026 - Present (4 months)

Research, develop, test, and document machine learning and NLP solutions, covering data collection, preprocessing, model development, evaluation, and iterative experimentation. Developed an AI-assisted semantic search and recommendation system for an existing gift platform using Sentence Transformers, FAISS, and LLM-based query enhancement.