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Hi, I'm Ram, an AI/ML engineer with 5+ years of experience building scalable ML systems for ecommerce and social platforms. I specialize in NLP, computer vision, deep learning, and predictive analytics, and I've led end-to-end pipelines, model optimization, and production-grade MLOps across fast-paced teams. I enjoy turning complex technical problems into practical, measurable AI solutions that enhance user experience and business outcomes. I'm collaborative, results-driven, and committed to responsible AI, explainability, and automation, with a track record of delivering impact through cross-functional partnerships.…Hi, I'm Ram, an AI/ML engineer with 5+ years of experience building scalable ML systems for ecommerce and social platforms. I specialize in NLP, computer vision, deep learning, and predictive analytics, and I've led end-to-end pipelines, model optimization, and production-grade MLOps across fast-paced teams. I enjoy turning complex technical problems into practical, measurable AI solutions that enhance user experience and business outcomes. I'm collaborative, results-driven, and committed to responsible AI, explainability, and automation, with a track record of delivering impact through cross-functional partnerships.

Ram Naresh Goud Balagani

AI Engineer, Data Scientist, Full Stack Developer, +4

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Hi, I'm Ram, an AI/ML engineer with 5+ years of experience building scalable ML systems for ecommerce and social platforms. I specialize in NLP, computer vision, deep learning, and predictive analytics, and I've led end-to-end pipelines, model optimization, and production-grade MLOps across fast-paced teams. I enjoy turning complex technical problems into practical, measurable AI solutions that enhance user experience and business outcomes. I'm collaborative, results-driven, and committed to responsible AI, explainability, and automation, with a track record of delivering impact through cross-functional partnerships.…Hi, I'm Ram, an AI/ML engineer with 5+ years of experience building scalable ML systems for ecommerce and social platforms. I specialize in NLP, computer vision, deep learning, and predictive analytics, and I've led end-to-end pipelines, model optimization, and production-grade MLOps across fast-paced teams. I enjoy turning complex technical problems into practical, measurable AI solutions that enhance user experience and business outcomes. I'm collaborative, results-driven, and committed to responsible AI, explainability, and automation, with a track record of delivering impact through cross-functional partnerships.

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Hi, I’m Ram, an AI/ML engineer with 5+ years of experience building scalable ML systems for ecommerce and social platforms. I specialize in NLP, computer vision, deep learning, and predictive analytics, and I’ve led end-to-end pipelines, model optimization, and production-grade MLOps across fast-paced teams.

I enjoy turning complex technical problems into practical, measurable AI solutions that enhance user experience and business outcomes. I’m collaborative, results-driven, and committed to responsible AI, explainability, and automation, with a track record of delivering impact through cross-functional partnerships.

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AI/ML Engineer at Shopify

December 1, 2023 - November 5, 2025

Contributed to AI-powered merchant tools (Shopify Magic & Sidekick) using PyTorch, LangChain, and Hugging Face; fine-tuned LLMs on internal datasets to enhance multilingual understanding and content accuracy for merchant-facing chat assistants. Built and deployed RESTful and GraphQL APIs with FastAPI/Flask to integrate ML models with React dashboards; implemented personalized product recommendations, fraud detection, and semantic search using state-of-the-art NLP and CV techniques. Established MLOps pipelines with MLflow, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS SageMaker; enabled real-time feature updates with Spark, Kafka, and Airflow; and created Looker dashboards to monitor model performance and business KPIs.

AI/ML Engineer at Meta

July 1, 2022 - July 1, 2022

Built and deployed deep learning models for News Feed and Reels recommendations, improving content personalization and user engagement. Developed real-time inference services with Flask, FastAPI, and ONNX Runtime; built CV models with Detectron2/OpenCV for content moderation; engineered NLP pipelines with BERT/XLM-R and spaCy for multilingual messaging; integrated models into React/GraphQL ecosystems; contributed to ad ranking and CTR prediction models; automated MLOps workflows with MLflow, Docker, Kubernetes, and TensorFlow Serving; designed scalable data pipelines with Spark, Hive, and Presto; conducted model validation with SHAP/LIME and drift monitoring via Looker dashboards.

AI/ML Engineer at Shopify

December 1, 2023 - November 17, 2025

Led the development of AI-powered merchant tools (Shopify Magic & Sidekick) using PyTorch, LangChain, and Hugging Face to enhance product descriptions and email generation for global merchants. Fine-tuned internal LLMs for multilingual understanding and content accuracy in merchant-facing chat assistants. Built RESTful and GraphQL APIs with FastAPI/Flask to integrate ML models with React + Polaris dashboards, improving system responsiveness. Implemented personalized product recommendations, fraud detection models (XGBoost, LightGBM), and semantic product search (BERT, FAISS). Established ML/Ops pipelines (MLflow, Docker, Kubernetes) for reproducible experiments and scalable deployments. Collaborated on ETL pipelines (Spark, Kafka, Airflow) and created Looker dashboards to monitor drift and KPIs.