Abhilash Awasthi is a Staff Machine Learning Engineer with a decade of experience building and scaling ML and data science solutions across consumer platforms and retail analytics. He has progressed from NLP research and data science roles to leadership positions at dunnhumby and Zomato, and currently drives ML initiatives at Instawork out of Bengaluru. With a strong mathematical foundation from IIT Delhi and Delhi University, he blends quantitative rigor with product-focused engineering to deliver production-grade models and data products. His background includes managing teams and embedding ML into high-throughput, user-facing systems, often translating research ideas into operational pipelines. Colleagues would note his pattern of stepping into roles that bridge research, engineering and business impact, and his career shows rapid moves into staff-level leadership across diverse domains.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi)
High School, High School at Joseph & Mary Public School
Contributions:28 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
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Abhilash Awasthi - Staff Machine Learning Engineer at Instawork