Rachit Tayal
Staff Machine Learning Engineer at Zscaler
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Top SchoolRachit Tayal is a Staff Machine Learning Engineer based in Bengaluru with 8 years of experience building ML and computer vision solutions for consumer-facing enterprises like Target, Informatica, and Zscaler. He blends deep learning, image processing and systems-level expertise (including Linux kernel work) to deliver production-grade models for video analytics, NLP, and LLM-powered automation. At Informatica he led NLP initiatives deploying fine-tuned LLMs, RAG pipelines and Natural Language-to-SQL workflows, and at Target he shipped retail-focused computer vision systems for footfall, shelf compliance, and dwell analytics. Comfortable across Python, C++ and PHP, he pairs hands-on model development with tooling and deployment experience, making him effective at taking research into reliable production. A graduate of IIITDM Jabalpur, he quietly stands out for spanning low-level engineering and state-of-the-art ML in the same career arc.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, JabalpurHigh School, High School at Montfort School, Roorkee
English, Hindi, Japanese
Stackoverflow
1,250reputation
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40answers
17questions
python-requests
top-5%
curl
top-5%
Github Skills (15)
python-requests9
curl9
google7
machine-learning7
scheduling6
kernel6
wechat6
linux6
linux-kernel6
ai6
tensorflow6
python6
multithreading6
operating-system6
starvation6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
rktayal/custom_object_detection_train
Apr 2019 - Jan 2020
Contributions:14 commits, 21 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
rktayal/face_recognition_demo
Apr 2019 - Apr 2019
Contributions:10 commits, 26 pushes, 1 branch in 4 days
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