Work Experiences

Carousell, Singapore

Role: Data Scientist I
Duration: Aug 2025 - Present
Type: Full Time
Process: Cool discussions with the team, followed by an assignment.
I also did meet with my manager’s manager (skip manager) in BLR over coffee, insightful

What I Learned:

• Well I’ll update this section every 6months or so

Projects:

• Same as learnings, will update this section every 6months

Role: Data Science Intern
Duration: Jan 2025 - Jul 2025
Type: Internship
Process: Applied via Glassdoor, had 2 technical rounds focusing on ML/DL basics,
matrix based problem solving, and culture-fit

What I Learned:

• Search systems are fascinating and complex

• Long Tail distributions are more common that it seems haha

• Problem solutioning is an iterative process, balance between depth and delivery speed

Projects:

• Extend an TwoTower architechture for select markets, improving QUSVC latency by 90%

• (For internal use), flag username searches

• (For internal use), work on marketplace-health dashboards

Adizen, Bangalore

Role: Product Management Intern
Duration: May 2024 - Jul 2024
Type: Internship
Process: Strong referral, 2 technical interviews based on guesstimates and past projects

What I Learned:

• Clients vision for the end result is paramount

• Work can be very iterative

• Tres LeChes is an amazing dessert

Projects:

• ERP portal for a construction focused GCC

Talks & Events Attended

InMobi Encore 2025

Date: 12 September 2025

Type: Conference

Key Takeaways:

• Everyone uses TwoTowers, especially in search and reco space

• I won a bluetooth speaker for winning a Kahoot Quiz
  which was too big to fit in my luggage, gifted to friends as a housewarming gift.
  pretty warm journey taking this in a BMTC sarige bus to Indiranagar

• Going to a conference alone can be super overwhelming, especially when 50% of the crowd are employees