Summary
Saumya Shah is a Machine Learning Engineer with nine years of experience building production ML and NLP systems, currently advancing Siri’s Text-to-Speech voice for Indian English at Apple. With an MS in Computational Linguistics from the University of Washington and a BE in Computer Engineering, she combines linguistic insight with engineering rigor to deliver end-to-end solutions from data collection to model deployment. Her background spans applied research in clinical information extraction, probabilistic record linkage, and voice/NLP features for consumer products, including internships that informed deployed Apple features. She has a track record of turning messy, real-world data into reliable models—evident from projects that automated qPCR report analysis and a Bayesian record-linkage system adopted by a startup. Comfortable across speech, NLP, and probabilistic ML, she focuses on practical systems that improve human–machine interaction.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computational Linguistics, 3.80, Master of Science - MS, Computational Linguistics, 3.80 at University of Washington
ICSE, 94%, ICSE, 94% at Hiranandani Foundation School, Powai
HSC, 90%, HSC, 90% at Pace Junior Science College, Powai
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Science at Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering
English, Hindi