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Machine Learning Engineer | RAG Applications · Predictive Analytics · MLOps

I build deployable ML products end-to-end.

Data professional with logistics operations background and 1+ year of ML internship + project work. I build complete pipelines—from EDA and feature engineering to deployment—focused on practical impact.

About

Machine Learning Engineer with hands-on experience building end-to-end AI/ML solutions, from data preprocessing and feature engineering to model deployment. Skilled in Python, Scikit-learn, XGBoost, Pandas, Streamlit, and data visualization tools, with experience developing real-world predictive systems for logistics, restaurant analytics, CO₂ emission forecasting, and price prediction. Built and deployed multiple live ML applications on Hugging Face Spaces, including shipment delay prediction and recommendation systems. Previously worked in logistics and operations, bringing strong domain knowledge in supply chain workflows and data-driven decision-making. Passionate about solving business problems using machine learning, analytics, and scalable AI solutions.

What I do

  • End-to-end ML model development
  • Data analysis & feature engineering
  • Predictive analytics & forecasting
  • Model evaluation & optimization
  • Streamlit app development
  • ML deployment on cloud platforms

Focus areas

  • Logistics intelligence & operations analytics
  • Shipment delay prediction systems
  • Recommendation engines & analytics
  • Regression & classification modeling
  • Interactive AI-powered dashboards
  • Scalable ML workflows & deployment

Technical Arsenal

The tools I use to turn problems into products.

ML / AI

  • scikit-learn, XGBoost, H2O AutoML
  • TensorFlow (basic)
  • Classification, regression & recommendation systems
  • RAG pipelines & LLM applications (LangChain)
  • Feature engineering & model optimization

Data Engineering / Analytics

  • Python, Pandas, NumPy
  • SQL (basic)
  • Matplotlib, Seaborn
  • EDA & data preprocessing
  • Business analytics & predictive modeling

Deployment / MLOps

  • Streamlit & Hugging Face Spaces
  • FastAPI for model/LLM APIs
  • Git, GitHub Actions
  • ML pipeline deployment
  • MLflow experiment tracking
  • Model versioning & workflow automation
  • AWS, Azure ML, GCP (exposure)

Featured Projects

Selected end-to-end builds with live deployments.

Screenshot of RAGOps AI

RAGOps AI

RAG · LLMOps · FastAPI

Production-ready Retrieval-Augmented Generation system with monitoring, MLflow tracking, and CI/CD—built with FastAPI + LangChain and designed for maintainable LLM applications.

FastAPI LangChain MLflow
Screenshot of Ship CO₂ Emission Predictor

Ship CO₂ Emission Predictor

Regression · Pipeline-first

ColumnTransformer + Pipeline architecture for consistent preprocessing. Achieved R² 0.995 and RMSE ~1013. Resolved deployment issues including serialization errors, dependency conflicts, and artifact handling.

scikit-learn Pipelines Hugging Face
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Shipment Delay Predictor

Risk prediction · Streamlit

EDA on 10,999 shipments; engineered features from delay drivers. XGBoost reached 71.51% F1 and 75.29% AUC‑ROC, delivered in a dashboard with actionable recommendations.

Python XGBoost Streamlit
Screenshot of Restaurant Demand / Analytics ML Project

Restaurant Demand / Analytics ML Project

Recommenders · Geo analytics

Analyzed 9,551 restaurants across 15+ countries for rating prediction, cuisine classification, and personalized recommendations (TF‑IDF + cosine similarity). Built Folium maps and deployed the full Streamlit app.

TF‑IDF Folium Streamlit

Experience

Data Science Intern · Codec Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Aug 2025 – Nov 2025
Built end-to-end ML pipelines (preprocessing, feature engineering, training, evaluation) and documented workflows for reproducibility and stakeholder clarity.

ML Engineer Intern · Unified Mentor Pvt. Ltd.

Jan 2025 – Jul 2025
Supported regression and classification pipelines across 10K+ records; delivered EDA and visual storytelling, and helped present results to mentors and stakeholders.

Export Documentation Executive · Shipco IT Pvt. Ltd.

Sep 2019 – Feb 2023
Managed export documentation and international shipment coordination; achieved 98% on-time delivery and improved operational accuracy across major ports.

Open to ML Engineer Opportunities

Focused on building end-to-end AI systems—from data pipelines and model training to deployment and RAG-based applications. Open to Machine Learning Engineer roles and collaborations involving applied AI, MLOps, and analytics-driven solutions.