I’m Kaushik Bokka, an AI/ML practitioner who loves building end-to-end platforms that blend computer vision, language, and interactive user experiences. I enjoy leading cross-functional teams to ship production-grade ML systems and scalable pipelines, while mentoring engineers and collaborating with partners to push the boundaries of what’s possible with data and models. From open-source work to founding AI-powered entertainment products, I thrive on turning complex ideas into tangible products, designing user-centric experiences, and continuously improving both models and workflows. I’m always eager to learn, share knowledge, and help teams achieve impact at scale.

Kaushik Bokka

I’m Kaushik Bokka, an AI/ML practitioner who loves building end-to-end platforms that blend computer vision, language, and interactive user experiences. I enjoy leading cross-functional teams to ship production-grade ML systems and scalable pipelines, while mentoring engineers and collaborating with partners to push the boundaries of what’s possible with data and models. From open-source work to founding AI-powered entertainment products, I thrive on turning complex ideas into tangible products, designing user-centric experiences, and continuously improving both models and workflows. I’m always eager to learn, share knowledge, and help teams achieve impact at scale.

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I’m Kaushik Bokka, an AI/ML practitioner who loves building end-to-end platforms that blend computer vision, language, and interactive user experiences. I enjoy leading cross-functional teams to ship production-grade ML systems and scalable pipelines, while mentoring engineers and collaborating with partners to push the boundaries of what’s possible with data and models.

From open-source work to founding AI-powered entertainment products, I thrive on turning complex ideas into tangible products, designing user-centric experiences, and continuously improving both models and workflows. I’m always eager to learn, share knowledge, and help teams achieve impact at scale.

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Language

English
Fluent
Hindi
Advanced

Work Experience

ML Consultant / Advisor at Various Startups
December 1, 2024 - Present
Providing ML/AI strategy, evaluation, and RL system design for multi-modal AI products; focusing on long video understanding, agnostic pipelines, and RL-based evaluation. Collaborating with partners to drive product decisions and optimize performance across modalities.
Open Source Contributor at Ludwig / Deck.gl, Uber
April 1, 2019 - June 1, 2019
Contributed to high-performance ML tooling around Ludwig and Deck.gl; implemented features enabling easier training, testing, and integration with visualization pipelines. Improved documentation and onboarding for new contributors.
Open Source Contributor at Ludwig / Deck.gl, Uber
March 1, 2020 - May 1, 2020
Second engagement focusing on training flows, API ergonomics, and collaboration with the OSS community to advance multi-modal model workflows.
Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Fynd
August 1, 2019 - January 31, 2021
Built an end-to-end AI platform for productionized video and image processing; authored workflows and SDKs to empower CV model authors, implemented video inference pipelines, and built data pipelines for large-scale experimentation. Led a Sports Match Post Generator and other CV-related tooling.
Machine Learning Engineer at HealthifyMe
June 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018
Led a gamified fitness platform with 10M+ users; built a ML-driven nutrition system from food images, including a “Snap” nutrition platform and a Yoga Game computer-vision initiative, enabling scalable diet tracking and engagement.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering at University of Pune, India
June 1, 2014 - May 1, 2018
Accelerator Program at On Deck
April 1, 2023 - May 1, 2023
Reforge Program at Reforge
March 1, 2022 - April 1, 2022

Qualifications

IBM Quantum School course (Distinction)
January 11, 2030 - March 26, 2026
KubeCon Diversity Scholarship
January 11, 2030 - March 26, 2026

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Software & Internet, Gaming