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title: "Sumant Hegde - Data Scientist in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Sumant Hegde, Data Scientist (5 YOE) | Applied Machine Learning | End-to-End ML Systems | SLMs based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes antigravity, codex, and claudecode."
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# Sumant Hegde on Tal

## Headline

Data Scientist \(5 YOE\) \| Applied Machine Learning \| End\-to\-End ML Systems \| SLMs

## About

I’m a Data Scientist with \~5 years of experience building and deploying machine learning systems in production, working across applied ML, analytics, and NLP\. My work spans the full lifecycle of data science — from problem framing and data exploration to modeling, evaluation, and shipping ML systems that operate under real\-world constraints\. I’ve worked on both classical machine learning and deep learning approaches, focusing on solutions that are reliable, scalable, and aligned with business needs\. Across roles, I’ve: Built end\-to\-end ML pipelines from experimentation to production Worked with messy, real\-world data at scale Collaborated closely with engineering and product teams to translate ambiguous problems into deployable ML solutions Balanced model performance with cost, latency, and maintainability considerations

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

antigravity

codex

claudecode

## Work experience

Data Scientist at Rakuten Symphony, Mar 2025 \- Present · 1 yr 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Data Scientist at Vola Finance, May 2023 \- Mar 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Built and deployed credit risk scoring models for short\-term lending using raw transaction data\. Engineered 50\+ behavioral and cash\-flow features, improving underwriting accuracy and portfolio quality\. Designed and productionized risk scorecards, reducing default rates by \~5%\. Developed fraud detection models to identify high\-risk and abusive borrowers\. Built income pattern and pay\-cycle models, reducing defaults by \~3% in income\-earning users\. Created loan amount recommendation logic \(ML \+ rules\) incorporating risk, repayment behavior, and income stability\. Deployed multiple FastAPI\-based ML services with Docker & Nginx; implemented model and data drift monitoring\. Developed a user\-level risk profiling and advisory framework using transaction data and loan history, generating GenAI\-assisted insights aligned with risk policies\.

Systems Engineer at Tata Consultancy Services, Dec 2021 \- May 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Assistant System Engineer\-Trainee at Tata Consultancy Services, Jul 2021 \- Nov 2021 · 5 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Machine Learning Intern at SoftSensor AI Labs, Aug 2020 \- Apr 2021 · 9 mos, Working on nuclei segmentation and metastasis detection and localization in whole slide images

Web Developer at webdevelopers kletech, 2018 \- Aug 2020 · 2 yrs 8 mos, KLE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HUBLI

## Education

Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, KLE Technological University \- Hubballi \(India\)

Pre University, Science, MES CHAITANYA PU COLLEGE SIRSI

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