Khalil Mrini is a Principal Applied Scientist based in New York with 11 years of experience specializing in natural language processing and applied ML. He has moved between top research labs and product teams—Google Brain, Meta/Facebook AI, TikTok, Grammarly and now Oracle—bridging cutting-edge research with production deployments. His background includes a PhD in Computer Science from UC San Diego and hands-on internships at Amazon and Adobe, reflecting deep academic training paired with real-world system-building. At TikTok he led the Rephraser project as tech lead, demonstrating an ability to turn novel NLP models into user-facing features. Colleagues describe him as someone who navigates both research rigor and product constraints, often surfacing practical innovations from experimental work. He maintains an active professional presence through his website (drkhalil.ai) and a track record of cross-industry collaborations that drive language AI into production.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San Diego
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at EPFL
Study Abroad Program Computer Science, Study Abroad Program Computer Science at Nanyang Technological University Singapore
Contributions:2 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
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Khalil Mrini - Principal Applied Scientist at Oracle