Data & AI Engineer. Co-Founder at Autostrata.ai. Royal Holloway MSc, Merit. Published researcher. Currently shipping ML and full-stack products for paid clients.
I started in Delhi, learning data and machine learning between IIT Madras and Jamia. I moved to London in 2023 for an MSc at Royal Holloway, and stayed to build.
Today I'm a Data & AI Engineer and Co-Founder of Autostrata.ai, a UK studio that ships marketplaces, payment infrastructure, and AI agents for founders and SMBs. I split my time between client delivery, original research (a published preprint on football sentiment analysis), and personal data stories that nobody asked for but I couldn't stop thinking about.
I'm looking for a UK-sponsored role as a Data Analyst, Data Scientist, or Data/AI Engineer where I can own both the analytics and the implementation. My Graduate visa runs until January 2027.
MSc Data Science & Analytics
Royal Holloway, University of London · Merit · 2024
Sponsor-friendly
UK Graduate Visa valid until Jan 2027. Open to Skilled Worker sponsorship. Will relocate within the UK; open to UAE, EU, or India as alternatives.
Real projects with real clients, paying real money. Every metric below comes from a live deployment, not a demo.
Paid client · via Autostrata
Face-verified, GPS-geofenced attendance for a 45-employee operation.
Paid client · via Autostrata
Voice-activated SOS app with on-device wake-word and speaker verification.
Paid client · via Autostrata
A custom Sharetribe Flex marketplace for designer outfit rentals.
MSc Dissertation · Royal Holloway, University of London
The model with the worst benchmark score succeeded where the best one failed.
Earlier client work
Gurucool XYZ Pvt Ltd
Hybrid recommendation engine that lifted engagement 50% and cut churn 40%.
Published research, personal data stories, and tools I built to solve problems I was experiencing. The work that doesn't fit on a CV bullet point.
“The model with the worst benchmark score succeeded where the best benchmark model failed. Because 79% of football tweets are actually neutral — and the binary classifier forced all of them into ‘positive’ or ‘negative’, burying the real signal.”
Personal research
Is the modern NBA really just more threes? The numbers say it's a structural shift.
Open-source tool
I built a tool to solve the problem I'm still living through.
Personal research · finance module spin-out
When you're not clear on the question, more metrics just add confusion.
BSc Final Project · Jamia Millia Islamia
Computer vision classifier on MRI imagery — 84% accuracy, F1 = 0.8.
No padding — these are the tools I've actually shipped with in the last twelve months. Daily-driver tools at the top of each group.
I'm available for full-time data, ML, or AI engineering roles in the UK (sponsor-licensed companies, please), and for freelance / contract work via Autostrata.
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