Lalit Jain
Staff Research Scientist at Google
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolLalit Jain is a Staff Research Scientist at Google with 11 years of experience applying rigorous math and machine learning to adaptive experimentation, recommendation, and preference learning. He co-created NextML, an open-source adaptive data collection engine used to accelerate labeling workflows and power crowdsourced projects like the New Yorker caption contest. Lalit combines deep theoretical expertise from a PhD in Mathematics and Computer Science with strong software engineering—Python, Java, C++, cloud and large-scale interactive ML systems—and a track record of shipping products as founder of mobile game studio Seventh Harmonic. His background spans academia and industry, including faculty and postdoc roles and applied work at Amazon and Intuit, reflecting a rare ability to move ideas from theory to production. Notably, his early Teach for America teaching experience informed data-driven educational tools and demonstrates sustained leadership and practical impact beyond research.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Mathematics and Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Mathematics and Computer Science at University of Wisconsin-MadisonBachelors of Mathematics Pure Mathematics, Bachelors of Mathematics Pure Mathematics at University of Waterloo
Github Skills (45)
apply10
active-learning10
siege9
python9
machine-learning9
docker-compose8
data-science8
docker-image7
wikipedia7
golang7
24-bit7
docker7
arduino-uno6
bit5
arduino-library5
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
lalitkumarj/lalitkumarj.github.io
Oct 2015 - Feb 2024
Lalit Jain's personal website
Contributions:110 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years 6 months
reactjavascriptjainreactjsnextjs
kgjamieson/NEXT-psych
Oct 2015 - Apr 2016
Contributions:97 commits, 63 pushes, 8 comments in 6 months
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