Shikha Srishti Thakur
SData Scientist at Gather Finance · PyTorch, Python
- Gather Finance
- New Delhi, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
- 5+ years experience
- VIT Vellore
- English, Hindi
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Overview
I work on recommendation systems at Gather Finance in New Delhi. Moved the homepage from rules to a learned ranker. Learning to sail.
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Skills
rankingrecommender systemsPythonSparkembeddingsPyTorch
Experience
- Data ScientistJan 2025 - PresentGather Finance · 1 yr 9 mo · Full-time · New Delhi, India
- Wrote the metric definitions the leadership team reviews every week.
- Shipped a ranking change that increased conversion 8.1%.
- Data AnalystApr 2022 - Jan 2025Kotak Mahindra Bank · 2 yr 9 mo · Full-time · New Delhi, India
- Moved the homepage from rules to a learned ranker.
Projects
Conference talk: lessons from recommendations
2024What went wrong and what worked while scaling recommendation systems.
Write-up: recommendation systems in practice
2024A long-form guide to recommendation systems for people starting out.
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Education
- VIT VelloreB.Tech, Economics2016 - 2020
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