Summary
Raj Kumar is an engineering manager specializing in Data & ML Engineering with 11 years of experience building data products across microblogging, ad-tech, and e‑commerce. He leads personalization and recommendation initiatives at Koo, having shipped a “Recommended For You” feature and implemented a weighted PageRank for better user discovery. A statistician by training, Raj combines hands-on skills in Python/R, Spark, dbt, and cloud data platforms (AWS, GCP, Redshift, Snowflake) to transform billions of daily logs into actionable insights. He has a track record of operational impact—setting up self-serve analytics, GDPR tooling, and cost-optimizing routing models that tied directly to revenue and infra savings. Beyond production systems, he’s an award-winning creator of Gitdiscoverer (grand prize, RStudio Shiny contest) and has judged subsequent contests, showing a knack for turning MOOC learning into notable OSS projects. Based in Bengaluru, he blends statistical rigor with pragmatic engineering to turn complex data into business-facing solutions.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Data Science For Business With R, Data Science For Business With R at Business Science University
Master's degree Statistics, Master's degree Statistics at Hindu College, University of Delhi
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
BSc.(H) Statistics, BSc.(H) Statistics at Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi
English, Hindi, Punjabi