Shivani Bhakta
F-16 Integration Engineer
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolShivani Bhakta is an engineer who blends hands-on machine learning and AI expertise with real-world systems integration, currently serving as an F-16 Integration Engineer for the U.S. Air Force. With eight years of experience spanning a healthcare startup co-founder role, academic teaching at UCSD, and applied ML research in autonomous systems, she brings a rare mix of product-level thinking and technical rigor. Her startup background means she understands product-market fit, customer needs, and end-to-end development, not just model training. Shivani has navigated fast-paced environments—pivoting between research, consulting, and defense applications—demonstrating adaptability and operational discipline. She’s driven by using AI for social good and is actively transitioning that focus into large-scale, mission-critical systems. Open to full-time ML/AI or data science roles, she pairs entrepreneurial curiosity with the systems mindset required for deploying reliable solutions.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Bachelor of Science - BS at UC San Diego Jacobs School of EngineeringMaster of Science - MS, Master of Science - MS at University of California, San Diego - Jacobs School of EngineeringHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Bell High School
Spanish
Github Skills (5)
science9
data-science8
python8
tagging4
hosting1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
bhaktashivani/Goodreads-Data-Analysis
Nov 2019 - Jan 2023
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
bhaktashivani/bhaktashivani.github.io
May 2023 - May 2023
Contributions:14 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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