Summary
Chinmay Yalameli is a Senior Data Scientist with 8 years of experience building production-grade ML systems, currently leading e-commerce recommendation efforts at Gap Inc. He specializes in hybrid recommendation models—combining collaborative filtering, content-based approaches and transformer architectures—to deliver real-time, inventory-aware personalization that has outperformed third-party vendors in A/B tests. Skilled across the full ML lifecycle, he engineers scalable pipelines with PySpark/Azure Databricks, CI/CD, and MLflow, and translates complex models into business-aligned features like pricing and inventory constraints. His background in genomics research and high-performance bioinformatics pipelines gives him a strong foundation in large-scale data engineering and experimental rigor. Driven by measurable impact, he balances cutting-edge modeling with practical deployment and experimentation to improve revenue, fulfillment, and customer experience.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Information management (Data Science), 3.9, Master of Science, Information management (Data Science), 3.9 at University of Washington
Deeplearning Specialization, Deep learning, 98%, Deeplearning Specialization, Deep learning, 98% at Coursera
Professional Certification in Deep learning, Deep learning, 98%, Professional Certification in Deep learning, Deep learning, 98% at edX
Bachelor of Engineering, Information Technology, 3.85, Bachelor of Engineering, Information Technology, 3.85 at Visvesvaraya Technological University
Preuniversity, Science, Preuniversity, Science at Sainik School, Bijapur