Kaushal Yagnik
Machine Learning Engineer at Reddit, Inc.
Sunnyvale, California, United States
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Top SchoolKaushal Yagnik is a machine learning engineer with over a decade of experience building production ML systems across advertising, search, and retrieval at companies including Reddit, Google, Microsoft, and Walmart Labs. He specializes in ads auction optimization, conversion and bidding models, computer vision, and information retrieval, with a track record of improving model efficiency and revenue outcomes at scale. Kaushal’s work ranges from Monte Carlo–based stochastic modeling for advertiser parameter prediction to retrieval improvements that boosted recall and attribute understanding in e-commerce search. He pairs applied research with pragmatic engineering—reducing memory footprints, automating model deployment, and turning data-driven insights into production gains. A UC Berkeley MEng alum working from Sunnyvale, he enjoys exploring new AI techniques and has repeatedly translated them into measurable business impact. Notably, his background blends deep academic training with hands-on ad-platform optimizations that led to internal recognition and tangible cost and performance wins.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Master of Engineering - MEng Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at University of California, BerkeleyBachelor of Technology - BTech Computer Science and Engineering, Bachelor of Technology - BTech Computer Science and Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, RoparHigh School, High School at St. Xavier's High School, Loyola Hall, Ahmedabad
English, Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi
Github Skills (1)
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
kbyagnik/kbyagnik.github.io
Dec 2017 - Nov 2020
Github Pages template for academic personal websites, forked from mmistakes/minimal-mistakes
Contributions:2 PRs, 19 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 10 months
templategithub-pages-templatemmistakesmistakesjekyll
kbyagnik/Amazon-PriceTracker
Feb 2015 - Mar 2019
Contributions:2 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 4 years 1 month
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