Journal of Applied Machine LearningSpecial Issue · Senior Machine Learning EngineerVol. 08 · 2026
Priya
Sharma
Statistician by training, ML engineer by trade.your.email@example.com - +00 00000 00000
At a Glance
Based inCity, Country
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The Stack
Languages
Python, SQL, R, Scala
Python, SQL, R, Scala
ML & AI
PyTorch, scikit-learn, XGBoost, Transformers, LangChain
PyTorch, scikit-learn, XGBoost, Transformers, LangChain
Data & MLOps
Spark, Airflow, MLflow, Feast, Docker
Spark, Airflow, MLflow, Feast, Docker
Methods
NLP, RecSys, Time series, Causal inference, A/B testing
NLP, RecSys, Time series, Causal inference, A/B testing
Certifications
Google Cloud Professional Machine Learning Engineer (2023)
AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty (2021)
Abstract
Machine learning engineer with 7+ years taking models from research to production in NLP, recommendation and forecasting. Combines solid statistics with MLOps discipline and has published at applied-ML venues.
“Lifted click-through rate by 18% with a recommender serving 12 million users.”
Findings: Experience
Senior ML Engineer
Quantia Analytics · Apr 2022–Present
- Shipped a two-tower retrieval and ranking system that lifted click-through rate by 18% in A/B tests.
- Fine-tuned an LLM for support triage with 91% routing accuracy, saving 14 FTE of manual sorting.
Data Scientist
Meridian Insights · Jun 2019–Mar 2022
- Built gradient-boosted demand forecasts for 40k SKUs, reducing stock-outs by 23%.
- Designed an experimentation platform with CUPED variance reduction used by 9 product teams.
Data Analyst
Northwind Research · Jul 2017–May 2019
- Automated survey analytics in Python and SQL, cutting report turnaround from 5 days to 1.
Papers & Models
Real-time Recommendation Engine
PyTorch · Faiss · Kafka
Two-tower retrieval with online re-ranking serving 3k requests/s at a p99 latency of 40 ms.
LLM Support Triage
Transformers · LoRA · FastAPI
Fine-tuned a 7B model with guardrails, reaching 91% routing accuracy and running on-prem.
Education
M.Sc., Statistics & Machine Learning
Sample Institute of Science · 2015 - 2017