Dhruva Kurra
Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Uber
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDhruva Kurra is a Senior Machine Learning Engineer based in Sunnyvale with a decade of experience building large-scale ML systems across recommendations, search, and ads. Currently at UberAI, he combines applied research and production engineering to deploy LLMs, NLP models, and deep learning pipelines in high-throughput environments. Previously he led applied research at GoDaddy and helped design billion-result personalized search and discovery systems at ThoughtWorks, showing a strong track record in product-impacting ML. His early research includes EEG-based brain-computer interfaces and cognitive experiments, reflecting a rare blend of academic rigor and practical systems work. Skilled in productionizing models on cloud-native stacks (Docker, GCP) and instrumenting ML infrastructure, he focuses on reliable, scalable model delivery rather than just prototyping. Colleagues describe him as a practitioner who bridges research and engineering to turn complex ML ideas into measurable business outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Master’s Degree at Arizona State UniversityBVRIT Hyderabad
English, Hindi, Telugu
Github Skills (22)
backend6
keras6
uniform6
nodejs5
simple-api5
machine-learning5
javascript4
pytorch4
inference4
datasets4
deep-learning4
tensorflow4
nlp4
react-modal4
bottom4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
IHOASU/IHOApp2018
Oct 2018 - Dec 2018
Contributions:22 PRs, 44 pushes, 5 branches in 2 months
tw-blr-iot-ants/adjuvant
Aug 2015 - Apr 2016
Node JS backend for KanJuice
Contributions:2 PRs, 78 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
node-jsjavascriptnodejsbackend
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