Headline

Data Science Manager @ bluCognition | Machine Learning · ML Platform Engineering · Generative AI · AWS | Entity Resolution at Scale

About

I build and lead the teams and platforms that turn messy, large-scale data into production ML businesses can actually use. Over 6+ years across BFSI, FMCG, and Media & Entertainment, I've moved from building models to architecting full ML ecosystems and leading the cross-functional teams that ship them. Today I lead a 12+ person function at bluCognition, owning the technical roadmap, cloud architecture, and delivery for a client-facing, multi-tenant ML platform that lets enterprise clients match portfolios against tens of millions of records and train their own credit-risk models — without engineering hand-holding. What I care about: entity resolution at scale pragmatic, low-maintenance architecture with cost as a first-class constraint; applied Generative AI on real problems, not demos; and growing people through hiring and mentoring.

Location

Pune Division

AI stack

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Work experience

Manager - Data Science at bluCognition, Feb 2026 - Present · 6 mos, Pune District, - Lead architecture, delivery, and cost governance of a client-facing, multi-tenant ML platform on AWS (EKS, AWS Batch, SQS, microservices) enabling enterprise clients to match portfolios against millions business records and train custom credit-risk models independently. - Designed an always-on, in-memory matching service pairing search-based candidate retrieval with fuzzy scoring for sub-second entity resolution, with per-client data isolation on PostgreSQL. - Built automated end-to-end ML pipelines with built-in AUC/KS reporting and governed artifact storage. - Lead a cross-functional team of 12+ across Data Science, Product, Modeling, Engineering, and QC; present architecture and roadmap proposals to executive leadership.

Assistant Manager - Data Science at bluCognition, Sep 2024 - Jan 2026 · 1 yr 5 mos, Pune District, -Built a large-scale entity-resolution engine on millions records, cutting runtime from ~50 hours to 5 hours via advanced blocking, fuzzy matching, and graph-based clustering. -Designed a persistent unique-identifier system for U.S. small businesses with an automated weekly incremental pipeline for stable identity assignment across refreshes. -Led cross-dataset entity matching at scale using a multi-stage progressive pipeline with custom business-rule logic for edge cases. -Architected a credit-bureau data ingestion and metrics platform — standardizing 130+ source tables and 200+ risk metrics per entity (DuckDB, PySpark, Apache Iceberg). -Built and mentored the core data science team and led data/analytics engineering hiring.

Senior Data Scientist at bluCognition, Feb 2023 - Sep 2024 · 1 yr 8 mos, Pune, Maharashtra, India, - Led and inspired a team responsible for building cutting-edge Django APIs for data science models while managing the data science team to deliver exceptional results. - Worked on building innovative image detection models using advanced computer vision techniques that pushed the boundaries of what's possible. -Designed and developed sophisticated database structures that supported large-scale data analysis and reporting, enabling actionable insights and smarter decision-making. - Analyzed vast amounts of data using advanced statistical and machine learning techniques to uncover valuable insights and drive business growth. -Developed predictive models that accurately forecasted customer behavior, identified key risk factors, and optimized business processes for maximum efficiency and effectiveness.

Data Scientist at Chhabra Infosolutions Pvt. Ltd, Nov 2019 - Nov 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo, New Delhi Area, India

Intern- Data Analyst at Disney+ Hotstar, Sep 2019 - Nov 2019 · 3 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Education

Bachelor of technology, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, IMS Engineering College, Ghaziabad