Proxima Dasmohapatra
Staff Machine Learning Engineer at Salesforce
Berkeley, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolProxima Dasmohapatra is a Staff Machine Learning Engineer based in Berkeley with a decade of experience turning messy data into actionable products at scale. Currently leading ML efforts at Salesforce after progressing through data science and ML roles there and a brief data scientist stint at Apple, she blends randomized experiments, NLP, and recommender systems to drive customer adoption and retention. Her background spans production ML, data visualization, and ETL—skills honed earlier in analytics roles and during research at UC Berkeley extracting insights from “dark data.” She’s taught Python and guided graduate students, reflecting a knack for translating complex techniques into clear instruction and product-ready solutions. Known for combining rigorous experimentation with model interpretability (e.g., using LIME) she focuses on trust and measurability in ML-driven decisions.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Information Management and Systems (Data Science & Analytics), Master’s Degree, Information Management and Systems (Data Science & Analytics) at UC Berkeley School of InformationBachelor’s Degree, Information Technology, Bachelor’s Degree, Information Technology at College of Engineering and Technology, Bhubaneswar
Odia, English, Hindi, Spanish
Github Skills (18)
notebook10
python10
jupyter10
ipython10
data-science9
backend5
endpoints5
core-services4
server4
rest3
solaris3
jupyter-notebook3
rest-api3
bids2
health1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
BIDS-collaborative/save-seistool
Sep 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:29 commits, 28 pushes, 5 comments in 2 months
berkeleysolarispython
ProximaDas/python-bootcamp
Jul 2019 - Aug 2019
Repository for exercises & content taught in Python bootcamp
Contributions:29 commits, 10 PRs, 38 pushes in 9 days
pythonpython-bootcamp
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