Summary
Abhishek Bhandwaldar is a Research Software Engineer with a decade of experience focused on large language models and reinforcement learning, currently engineering at IBM with prior work at Red Hat and startups. Based in Cambridge, MA, he blends research rigor with production-grade software development, having built NLP systems for intent classification, dialogue state tracking, NER, and semantic similarity during early data-science roles. His background spans enterprise software delivery from Cognizant to cutting-edge AI research at IBM, and he pairs strong academic foundations with practical model deployment experience. Notably, he brings hands-on experience translating research into usable systems for conversational AI and has a proven track record of moving prototypes toward production in collaborative research-industrial settings.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science and Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering at Smt. Kashibai Navale College of Engineering (SKNCOE),
3.8, 3.8 at University of North Carolina at Charlotte