Summary
Nilesh Patil is a Head of Artificial Intelligence with 12 years of experience building production-grade AI systems, currently focused on full-stack solutions for Indian investors and traders. He progressed through research and applied science roles at Dream11 to senior principal research scientist before taking on his current leadership role at DreamStreet. His background blends rigorous academic training in data science from the University of Rochester with hands-on ML and statistical work across domains including bio-imaging, forecasting, predictive maintenance, and high-stakes industrial research. Nilesh has implemented end-to-end pipelines, uncertainty-aware deep learning, 3D reconstruction workflows, and scalable Spark/Python analytics, demonstrating both research depth and product delivery. Based in Mumbai, he combines a metals-and-materials engineering foundation from IIT Roorkee with a track record of translating complex scientific methods into practical, user-facing AI products. Notably, his career shows a repeated pattern of moving advanced research into production at scale in both healthcare and consumer-facing fintech contexts.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Master of Science (M.S.), Data Science, Master of Science (M.S.), Data Science at University of Rochester
English, Hindi, Marathi