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Hi, I'm Shikhar Johri. A Machine Learning Engineer based in New York.📍

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A Machine Learning Engineer building personalization & LLM systems 📍

I build production-grade ML systems across personalization, ranking, retrieval, and LLM-powered experiences. At Peloton, I work on agentic AI workflows, recommendation quality, and system reliability at scale. Previously, I focused on data quality, analytics automation, and NLP systems at Barclays and Tata Consultancy Services.

Experience

  1. Peloton Interactive, Inc.

    Machine Learning Engineer

      • Owned and productionized an agentic AI instructor using LangGraph, enabling multi-step, guardrailed LLM workflows for personalized training plan generation.
      • Shipped onboarding personalization using GPT-4 and XGBoost to capture user mood and intent, improving early-session engagement and reducing cold-start friction.
      • Improved ranking and retrieval quality via transformer-based candidate generation combined with Neo4j graph signals, driving measurable MAP@K gains.
      • Led a cross-service redesign of plan and insight invalidation pipelines (Kafka, DynamoDB, gRPC), improving data correctness, system reliability, and long-term maintainability.
      • Raised team velocity by standardizing evaluation, monitoring, and error-handling across personalization services, while also driving cloud cost savings through infra cleanup.
  2. Barclays

    Data Scientist Co-op

      • Automated quality validation for 10K+ datasets, improving efficiency.
      • Developed a LLaMA-based metadata analysis tool, ensuring $100K savings.
      • Streamlined Monthly Business Review process, reducing analyst effort by a week.
  3. Tata Consultancy Services

    AI Engineer

      • Accelerated blood sample analysis to 800ms using YOLOv4, saving $400K annually.
      • Developed catheter inspection system with Meta Detectron2, increasing precision by 25%.
      • Built tools to convert 2D CT scans into 3D visualizations, enhancing diagnostics.
  4. Data Engineer

      • Deployed a 40TB AWS data lake with ETL pipelines for Genentech.
      • Developed a sales analysis tool generating $2M+ in revenue within one quarter.
      • Reduced storage costs by 90% through tiered data distribution.
      • Led research in NLP-based report summarization and employee recommender systems.
  5. Thapar University

    Data Science Research Intern

      • Published Adaptive Ensemble Model for COVID-19 diagnosis with 98% accuracy.
      • Discovered genetic biomarkers for Multiple Sclerosis using feature analysis.
      • Introduced a TensoPIT Bloom Filter with Kalman forecasting for real-time data caching.
  6. NE Big Data Hub

    Graduate Student Assistant

      • Led the Covid Information Commons team on pandemic policy response inference.
      • Developed dashboards and visualizations to advance data science research.

Publications

Selected papers and publications

Two-Stage Semantic GAN for Image Super-Resolution

Computer Vision and Image Understanding • 2025
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Designed a GAN-based framework for semantic-aware image super-resolution.

TENSOPIT: Tensor-Structured Bloom Filters for Real-Time Data Caching

Under Review • 2024

Introduced a tensor-based Bloom Filter with Kalman forecasting for adaptive caching.

Machine Learning Framework for COVID-19 Auto-Detection

International Journal of Imaging Systems & Technology • 2021
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Proposed an adaptive ensemble learning framework for automated COVID-19 diagnosis from medical imaging.

Serum and CSF Cytokine Biomarkers for Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis

Mediators of Inflammation • 2020
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Identified predictive biomarker signatures using statistical modeling and feature analysis.

Portfolio

Each project is a unique piece of development 🧩

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Algorithmic ML Trading Strategy

  • Backtested a model achieving a 29.48% ROI for ETF stock prediction.
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Credit Card Fraud Detection

  • Explainable AI-based model using AutoML and NLP techniques.
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GenAIJudge

  • GPT-4 powered policy evaluation tool for sustainability efforts.
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MTA-Commute-Pal

  • Optimized travel with predictive modeling using NYC MTA data.
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Contact

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New York, NY

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