Deeksha Chugh
AI ML Engineering Leader at Apple
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDeeksha Chugh is an AI/ML engineering leader with 12–16 years of experience building and scaling data-driven teams and real-time ML systems across fintech and payments, currently leading AI strategy at Apple after executive leadership at OnePay. She brings hands-on expertise in generative AI, LLMs, deep learning, and production MLOps, with a track record of deploying real-time decisioning for credit and fraud, personalized marketing that drove double-digit acquisition gains, and recommender architectures used by millions of sellers. Known for turning cross-functional alignment into measurable revenue and efficiency outcomes, she has scaled teams from ground-up to 22+ engineers and led company-wide AI product launches (e.g., Square AI). Beyond technical delivery, she blends operator instincts with investor and founder experience—having co-founded a stealth AI startup and advised VCs—so she navigates both product strategy and board-level conversations. Based in San Francisco, she pairs academic rigor (MS in Data Science; MS in Math & CS from IIT Guwahati) with pragmatic execution in regulated, fast-scaling environments.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Mathematics and Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Mathematics and Computer Science at Indian Institute of Technology, GuwahatiMaster of Science - MS Data Science, Master of Science - MS Data Science at University of San Francisco
English, Hindi
Github Skills (5)
organize4
cloud-storage2
structured-data2
storage2
linux1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
deekshachugh/Distributed-Computing
Jan 2014 - Apr 2014
Contributions:6 commits in 3 months
deekshachugh/LinearRegression
Jan 2014 - Apr 2014
Contributions:2 commits in 3 months
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