Summary
Chris Stucchio is a Staff ML Engineer with 11 years of experience building production autonomous decision systems—underwriting engines, fraud prevention, and ad targeting—while remaining deeply hands-on in architecture and code. He scales teams by turning engineers into production-ready data scientists, teaching statistical fundamentals alongside practical system design. His background spans fintech and product analytics leadership at Affirm, Simpl, and Wingify, where he designed low-delinquency credit models and marketer-friendly A/B testing frameworks. A former Ph.D. mathematician and ex-quant, he blends rigorous theoretical training with fast-moving engineering execution and an appetite for high-frequency decisioning. Based in Bengaluru, he also advises startups on data strategy, bringing both research-grade thinking and real-world production discipline.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. Mathematics Physics, B.S. Mathematics Physics at Stevens Institute of Technology
Ph.D. Mathematics, Ph.D. Mathematics at Rutgers University