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shilpa s

@shilparpns

10+ yrs as a founding data/ML hire. I build production LLM and agent systems end to end: data, backend, and the AI layer.

India

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What I'm looking for

I am seeking fully remote opportunities that allow me to leverage my expertise to solve complex business problems and deliver actionable insights. I thrive in dynamic, fast-paced environments and am particularly interested in working with innovative startups or growing companies that value data-driven decision-making.

I'm a data and ML engineer with 10+ years building systems from scratch, usually as the first data or ML hire on a small team. My work runs the full stack: Python backends, PostgreSQL, AWS and GCP, and the ML and LLM layer on top — RAG pipelines, evaluations, and agent systems that hold up in production, not just in a demo.

I've worked across PayPal and several early-stage startups, building forecasting models, data pipelines, and AI products end to end. I build with modern AI tooling daily and care more about clean, reliable systems than quick hacks that break later.

Outside client work I have a long-running interest in blockchain and crypto, including hands-on DeFi and automated trading systems, with a focus on data privacy and security.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Engineering Manager

Current

Nuel.ai

Sep 2023 - Present (2 years 10 months)

Developed custom RAG pipelines and implemented fine-tuning with cross-encoders to improve AI model performance and relevance. Conducted LLM evaluations and delivered AI-driven applications based on client needs.

RAG Retrieval Augmented Generation Large Language Models Cross encoders AI application development OpenAI LLM Evaluation AI Application Development Fine Tuning

Senior Data Scientist - Analytics

Santa Fe Relocation

Nov 2022 - Oct 2023 (11 months)

Led data science initiatives using travel and logistics data to generate actionable insights for business strategies. Built analytics workflows including AWS Lake Formation, web scraping for competitor data, and marketing insights from clickstream data.

Clickstream analysis AWS Lake Formation Data integrity Braze data consistency Logistics Analytics Data Integrity Web Scraping

Data Scientist- Analytics

Beekin Inc

Nov 2019 - Oct 2022 (2 years 11 months)

Developed time series predictive models to forecast property prices, rental rates, and demand trends to support investment strategy decisions. Conducted A/B testing to measure feature impact and improve engagement.

A B Testing predictive modeling Market Forecasting Time series Forecasting Revenue Analytics

Data Scientist

PayPal

Jul 2018 - Oct 2019 (1 year 3 months)

Performed performance analysis on revenue-producing regions to reduce operating costs. Built predictive modeling and dashboards to support strategic decision-making and improved advertising targeting and data warehouse usage.

Segmentation Dashboard Development Data Analysis predictive modeling Performance Analysis Data Warehousing

Data Engineer

Bonfleet Solution Pvt Ltd

Apr 2016 - Jun 2018 (2 years 2 months)

Designed configurable training and backtesting systems using point-in-time financial data leveraging cloud services. Built data pipelines and improved model training speed using distributed computing, and developed a customer attrition random forest model.

AWS Dataflow BigQuery GCP Dataflow Dataproc Model training Backtesting Model Training Data Pipelines Distributed Computing

Python ML Developer

Toptal

Oct 2014 - Jun 2016 (1 year 8 months)

Planned and developed an MVP for a stock portfolio platform with continued rebalancing based on live financial data. Contributed to blockchain-based DeFi and DApp development, and improved Python services and CI/CD workflows.