Summary
Cipta Herwana is a research engineer with 11 years of software and machine learning experience, currently working at Google DeepMind after leading ML platform efforts for Google Pay India. He progressed from frontend and backend roles in Google Display Ads to technical leadership building payment ML infrastructure, demonstrating an ability to move models from research to production at scale. His background blends academic rigor (MS in Data Science from NYU, BS in CS from Columbia) with practical engineering across serving systems, backend platforms, and applied research. Notably, he has experience designing gesture-annotation tooling during early research roles, hinting at a long-standing interest in computer vision and human-centered ML. Based in Singapore, Cipta combines hands-on coding with team leadership to deliver robust, production-ready ML systems in high-throughput environments. His trajectory shows consistent growth toward research-facing engineering roles that bridge cutting-edge ML and reliable platform delivery.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS) Data Science, Master of Science (MS) Data Science at New York University
Bachelor of Science Computer Science, Bachelor of Science Computer Science at Columbia Engineering