Rishi Mehta is a machine learning and software engineer with 13 years of experience building production-ready systems for search, productivity, and cutting-edge AI research. After a dual BTech/MTech in Computer Science from IIT Kharagpur, he spent multiple roles at Google improving search ranking and Google Workspace, then moved into deep reinforcement learning as a Staff Research Engineer at Google DeepMind working on projects such as AlphaProof. He currently serves as a Member of Technical Staff at Anthropic, applying research-grade ML expertise to real-world safety and capability challenges. Rishi combines research rigor with product-focused engineering, bridging theory and deployment across large-scale systems. Colleagues describe him as someone who navigates both low-level engineering trade-offs and high-level ML research questions, a balance that’s enabled transitions between core product teams and frontier AI labs.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Jamnabai Narsee School
BTech and MTech (dual degree) Computer Science, BTech and MTech (dual degree) Computer Science at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
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