Summary
Parul Maheshwari is a Staff ML Scientist with a decade of experience building machine learning and data-driven solutions across industry and academia, currently at PayPal. She blends deep research chops—a PhD in Physics from Penn State and an IIT Bombay engineering background—with hands-on expertise in computer vision, NLP, network science and deep learning. Her career spans roles at Meta, TripAdvisor and Wurl, where she moved models from research prototypes to product-facing systems and revenue-driving features. Parul’s graduate research on gene regulatory and complex network control translates to practical strengths in causal reasoning and interpretable ML for large systems. A fast learner and self-starter, she’s comfortable traversing algorithms, systems and applied data science to solve ambiguous problems. Based in State College, she brings a rare mix of theoretical rigor and product-focused execution.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Physics at Penn State University
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
English, Hindi