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title: "Umesh Kumar Thatikonda - Data Science / Engineering in London Area | Tal"
description: "Meet Umesh Kumar Thatikonda, Data Science and Engineering at Meta | Ex: Google, Disney+ Hotstar, Mu Sigma based in London Area. AI stack includes cursor, opencode, and claudecode."
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# Umesh Kumar Thatikonda on Tal

## Headline

Data Science and Engineering at Meta \| Ex: Google, Disney\+ Hotstar, Mu Sigma

## About

\[Open for new opportunities \-> Data Science and Data Engineering\] I've spent 6\+ years building data systems for some of the largest internet products in the world : Meta, Google, Disney\+ India\. My work sits at the intersection of data engineering, analytics and product \- pipelines, experimentation frameworks, ML infrastructure, and self\-serve tooling that helps teams make faster, better decisions\. Most recently I've been at Meta on the Catalog Content Intelligence team, building scalable pipelines for ML model training and AI\-native analytics tools\. Before that, a year at Google in Trust & Safety \- working on abuse detection, enforcement systems, and account hijacking response at global scale\. That year taught me more about what really matters in data infrastructure than anything else in my career\. I'm drawn to roles where data work has real consequence \- where the pipeline you build or the dashboard you ship actually changes how a team operates or keeps a product safe\.

## Location

London Area

## AI stack

cursor

opencode

claudecode

## Work experience

Data Science / Engineering at Meta, Oct 2025 \- Present · 11 mos, London Area, United Kingdom

Data Science/Engineering \- Trust and Safety at Google, Oct 2024 \- Oct 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo, Hyderabad

Data Science/Engineering at Disney\+ Hotstar, Jan 2022 \- Jul 2024 · 2 yrs 7 mos, Karnataka, India

Data Scientist at Mu Sigma Inc\., Nov 2019 \- Jan 2022 · 2 yrs 3 mos, India

## Education

Technology Enterepreneurship Programme, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Indian School of Business

Bachelor of Technology, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, CVR College of Engineering, Hyderabad

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