Nithish Divakar
Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Google
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Top SchoolNithish Divakar is a Senior Machine Learning Engineer with a decade of experience building production-scale ML systems, currently working at Google after leading Trust AI efforts for content moderation at LinkedIn. His background blends industrial research and applied engineering, with multiple senior roles at Rakuten Institute of Technology and early computer vision work at IISc and startups. He specializes in content safety, video and image analytics, and bringing research prototypes into robust, scalable pipelines for large platforms. Nithish holds a master’s in Computational Science from IISc and began a PhD in Computer Vision, reflecting deep academic grounding even as he shifted to industry impact. Known for moving between research and production, he combines rigorous problem formulation with pragmatic deployment strategies that reduce false positives while preserving user experience. Based in Bengaluru, he brings both cross-cultural collaboration experience and a track record of shipping ML solutions in high-stakes moderation environments.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Computational Science, Master’s Degree, Computational Science at Indian Institute of Science (IISc)Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at Government Engineering College, Idukki
English, Hindi, Malayalam
Github Skills (44)
pytorch10
python10
data-science10
machine-learning10
google-scholar10
deep-learning10
tensorflow10
multibox9
parser9
neural-network9
detector9
jax9
generative-model8
generative8
speech7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
nithishdivakar/nithishdivakar.github.io
Nov 2015 - Nov 2024
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Contributions:10 PRs, 280 pushes, 3 branches in 9 years 1 month
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nithishdivakar/Latex-Book
Oct 2015 - Mar 2016
Contributions:8 commits, 14 pushes, 2 branches in 5 months
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