Jayesh Desai

Overview

I've spent 9 years on credit risk modelling - first at Myntra, now at Brightline Solutions. Took the risk models through 4 regulatory model reviews. Wrote the metric definitions the leadership team reviews every week. Before that: Intel and Zerodha.

Answers in batches on Fridays

Experience

1. Senior Data Scientist

   May 2025 - Present
   Brightline Solutions · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Ahmedabad, India
   • Built the scorecard that lifted approval rates by 8% at flat losses.
   • Replaced 33 hand-built dashboards with one metrics layer people trust.
   • Built the risk models now used in 9 product decisions a quarter.
2. Data Scientist

   Jul 2022 - Mar 2025
   Intel · 2 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Ahmedabad, India
   • Took the risk models through 3 regulatory model reviews.
   • Wrote the metric definitions the leadership team reviews every week.
3. Data Scientist

   May 2021 - Jul 2022
   Zerodha · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Ahmedabad, India
   • Wrote the metric definitions the leadership team reviews every week.
   • Took the risk models through 5 regulatory model reviews.
4. Data Analyst

   Sep 2019 - May 2021
   Kotak Mahindra Bank · 1 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Ahmedabad, India
   • Took the risk models through 5 regulatory model reviews.
5. Data Scientist

   Oct 2017 - Sep 2019
   Myntra · 1 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Ahmedabad, India
   • Replaced 118 hand-built dashboards with one metrics layer people trust.
   • Took the risk models through 2 regulatory model reviews.

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Education

1. St. Xavier's College, Mumbai

   B.A., Physics
   2013 - 2017