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title: "Akshay Singh - Principal Data Scientist in Bengaluru | Tal"
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# Akshay Singh on Tal

## Headline

Applied Science & AI \| FDE \| Discipline Lead

## About

Senior strategic thought leader and serve as the functional owner of quantitative models for intelligent systems and data solutions\. Possess a strong passion for effectively applying enthusiasm and experience in positions where strategic and tactical leadership plays a critical role within the organisation\. Experience encompasses various areas, including stakeholder management, team recruitment and mentoring, the design of data solutions, roadmap prioritization, and the research, design, and implementation of data solutions for business purposes\. Possess extensive knowledge in Data Science, Machine Learning, NLP, Statistical/Predictive Modeling, Probability Models, and Quantitative Research\. Maintain a comfortable grasp of the latest developments in fields like Natural Language Processing, Deep Learning, Probabilistic Programming, and other Machine Learning subjects\. Excel in formulating visionary product strategies and effectively communicating them to diverse audiences\. The thought leadership ensures a stringent adherence to quality and rigor in the products they contribute to\. Throughout the career, gained significant exposure to teams and organisations operating in domains such as Secondary Market \(Finance\), Consumer Banking, Financial Services, Consumer Behavior, Risk and Fraud, and Customer Care\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude code

claude

github copilot

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langchain

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langsmith

notion

obsidian

## Work experience

Principal Data Scientist at Microsoft, Mar 2026 \- Present · 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

VP \- Data Science at Angel One, Dec 2021 \- Feb 2026 · 4 yrs 3 mos, Head of Data Science/ML \( Business \)

Principal Data Scientist at Gojek, Apr 2020 \- Nov 2021 · 1 yr 8 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, Probabilistic Risk Management of Platform users \[Merchants, Drivers, and Consumers\]

Vice President \- Data Science \(Consumer Business\) at Goldman Sachs, Jan 2018 \- Feb 2020 · 2 yrs 2 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, \- Risk Models for Interest Rate Products \- Aggregate Risk computation for Banking Book health metric \- Lending application Fraud Modelling \- Hiring and building team around the functional aspect of multiple projects \- Strategic committee for the second line of defense for risk to NII \(Net Interest Income\) metric\.

Associate at Goldman Sachs, May 2016 \- Dec 2017 · 1 yr 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, \- Designing a regime shift model to automatically detect a sudden change in the distributional volatility of the daily PnL \(Profit and Loss\) \- Designing and Implementing Gaussian mixture\-based imputation of the historical marks of the target risk factors \[time\-series\] \- Modelling the missing values in the time\-series of the risk factor in the VaR \(Value at Risk\) compute\. \- Supervision of interns/consultants/new\-joiners with training and functional aspects of the work

Consultant at Freelance, Sep 2014 \- Apr 2016 · 1 yr 8 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, Freelance consultant for multiple organizations on Data Science projects involving time series to collaborative filtering \(recommendation engine\): \- Forecast electricity load; time\-series models for high\-frequency data: TBATS model with ARMA error, multilevel seasonality, trend, and temperature measurement regressors\. \- Collaborative editing of tree data structures; algorithm for graphical representation of collaborative tasks\.

## Education

Doctor of Philosophy \- PhD, Decision Sciences \( Statistics \), Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

BS \(Bachelors of Science\) \- MS \(Masters of Science\) Dual Degree, Mathematics, Indian Institute of Science Education & Research \(IISER\), Kolkata

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