Vachik Dave
Staff Data Scientist
Sunnyvale, California, United States
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Top SchoolVachik Dave is a Staff Data Scientist at Walmart Global Tech with 12 years of experience applying machine learning and graph mining to solve challenging e-commerce search problems. He progressed from graduate research in graph algorithms and neural networks at Purdue to senior roles at Walmart, bridging deep academic expertise with production ML for large-scale search relevance. Based in Sunnyvale, he combines a PhD-level foundation (3.83 GPA) with hands-on experience in Spark, Scala, and Python from earlier R&D internships and academia. Known for translating theoretical research into practical systems, he also has teaching experience in data structures and theory that informs clear technical leadership and mentoring.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Technology (MTech), Computer Science, Master of Technology (MTech), Computer Science at National Institute of Technology HamirpurDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer & Information Science, 3.83, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer & Information Science, 3.83 at Purdue UniversityBachelor of Engineering (BEng), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Computer Engineering at Dharmsinh Desai Institute of TechnologyProgramming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Contributions:14 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
Vachik-Dave/Data-Mining
Mar 2014 - Sep 2017
Contributions:18 commits, 1 push in 3 years 6 months
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