Shikhar Gupta🇺🇸

About Shikhar Gupta

Senior Applied Scientist at Amazon

Hi there! I'm Shikhar, an Applied Scientist at Amazon with over 9 years of experience in machine learning, specializing in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Large Language Models (LLMs). I've worked extensively on developing innovative solutions that bridge the gap between human expertise and machine learning capabilities. Throughout my career, I've led projects involving LLM fine-tuning, active learning, and automated machine learning systems. I have hands-on experience mentoring others, including interns whose work has been recognized at major conferences like KDD, NeurIPS. I'm particularly passionate about making complex ML concepts accessible, which is reflected in my writing for Towards Data Science. I can mentor you in several areas:

Deep Learning and NLP: From practical implementation to cutting-edge techniques

Machine Learning Systems: Building scalable, production-ready ML solutions

Research & Development: Taking ideas from conception to publication

Technical Writing: Sharing complex ideas through clear, engaging content

Career Development: Navigating the ML industry and growing as an AI practitioner. Resume reviews/ Interview preparation

Expertise

What mentees say

“Shikhar gave me a outstanding review in my resume and overall path to my career. He gave me such much knowledge to the current field of industry.”

“Had a great session with Shikhar! He shared practical, actionable advice and was incredibly supportive throughout. Really appreciated his insights into the Data Science field and the possible next steps in my journey. Highly recommend connecting with him!”

“Sikhar is a great mentor. He clearly sets out personalized roadmap for getting a full time Data Scientist role. He is honest and straightforward with respect to what needs to be done and very much detail oriented as well. His in-depth knowledge in the subject matter makes it easy to approach him with technical questions.”