Deepak Sharma
Bengaluru
Summary
Lead AI / Staff Machine Learning Engineer with 8+ years of experience building and scaling production-grade ML and LLM systems. Founding ML engineer for a $10M ARR sales intelligence platform, owning AI architecture end-to-end from data pipelines and retrieval systems to LLM infrastructure, evaluation, and cost optimization. Proven track record of hiring and leading ML teams, driving ML strategy, and delivering measurable business impact at scale.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Founding Machine Learning Engineer
OrbitShift
Bengaluru
2022.11 - 2025.12
- Led AI based product development for a sales intelligence platform from 0→$10M ARR, serving large enterprise customers
- Designed and owned end-to-end AI architecture, including data pipelines, retrieval systems, model serving, and monitoring
- Built and led a team of 3 ML engineers, owning hiring, mentorship, technical direction, and execution
- Developed conversational AI, recommendation systems, and ranking algorithms powering customer-facing workflows
- Designed scalable RAG pipelines using Elasticsearch (keyword + vector search) for high-quality enterprise retrieval
- Optimized embedding models, improving retrieval accuracy by 6% on production datasets
- Built centralized LLM infrastructure with orchestration, RBAC, cost tracking, and token monitoring, reducing LLM spend
- Designed custom evaluation and drift monitoring frameworks to benchmark models and ensure production reliability
- Delivered LLM-powered agents for RFP automation and sales outreach, significantly improving sales efficiency
- Acted as primary AI stakeholder with product, engineering, and customers, translating business needs into ML systems
Data Scientist
ConcertAI
Bengaluru
2021.01 - 2022.11
- Built predictive ML models to improve patient outcomes using multi-source clinical data
- Designed robust feature engineering and preprocessing pipelines to ensure high-quality model inputs
- Built Dockerized ML pipelines and deployed MVPs using Flask and Streamlit
- Implemented MLflow-based experiment tracking and SHAP-based explainability for transparent predictions
Senior Research Analyst
Innoplexus Consulting Pvt. Ltd.
2019.06 - 2021.01
- Applied AI/ML solutions to enable real-time data access across the drug development lifecycle (discovery → commercialization) for the biotech industry
- Implemented a rule-based algorithm to predict disease-specific drug combinations, supporting optimized treatment strategies
- Developed an automated pipeline to identify surrogate biomarkers from scientific literature, improving speed and accuracy of biomarker discovery
- Collaborated on disease severity biomarker identification across specific therapeutic areas and indications, generating insights into disease progression and treatment efficacy
- Built an integrated gene–gene network database using sources like Wiki, Reactome, and KEGG, enabling exploration of gene interactions and pathways
- Demonstrated impact by leveraging AI/ML for innovation in drug discovery and development
Bioinformatics Engineer
Elucidata Consulting Pvt. Ltd.
New Delhi
2017.06 - 2019.04
- Developed Python packages for analysis and visualization of biological datasets and performed end-to-end biomedical data analysis, transforming raw data into actionable insights using statistical and computational techniques
- Built a Python package for automated testing of El-Maven outputs (including CLI), ensuring accuracy, reliability, and streamlined validation
- Owned development and maintenance of a Python application for CRISPR Therapeutics, supporting biomedical data management and analysis for a production client
- Collaborated with leading research labs and pharma companies, including Yale School of Medicine, Washington University, and Pfizer, on complex biomedical data analysis projects
Education
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) -
IIT Roorkee
07.2017
Skills
Core Expertise
- Large Language Models (LLMs), RAG Systems, Conversational AI
- ML System Design
- Ranking, Recommendation Systems, Information Retrieval
- Agentic Systems & Tool-Oriented AI
ML & Data
- PyTorch, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow
- Vector Search and Databases
- Feature Engineering, Model Explainability (SHAP)
Backend & MLOps
- FastAPI, Flask, Django
- Docker, MLflow
- AWS
- Python, PySpark
Timeline
Founding Machine Learning Engineer
OrbitShift
2022.11 - 2025.12
Data Scientist
ConcertAI
2021.01 - 2022.11
Senior Research Analyst
Innoplexus Consulting Pvt. Ltd.
2019.06 - 2021.01
Bioinformatics Engineer
Elucidata Consulting Pvt. Ltd.
2017.06 - 2019.04
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) -
IIT Roorkee