He cites the work he did at Uber as having had the most impact, where he led the migration of hundreds of city-specific models for Uber Eats’ home feed ranking to a unified global two-tower model.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, February 08, 2024 /24-7PressRelease/ — Viman Deb has been included in Marquis Who’s Who. As in all Marquis Who’s Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
In a career marked by groundbreaking achievements, Mr. Deb stands out as a driving force behind the development of mission-critical systems for renowned technology giants. His unparalleled expertise spans the creation of cutting-edge machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) models, innovative ML modeling platforms, seamless frontend applications, and robust backend micro-services capable of scaling to unprecedented levels, exceeding 1 million queries per second. Moreover, he has played a pivotal role in architecting infrastructures and platforms that support and empower other engineering teams. Mr. Deb has also actively participated in committees dedicated to steering the technical trajectory of large organizations.
After receiving a Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology from the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Mr. Deb went on to apply his expertise at Yahoo, Directi, and Amazon before moving to the United States to join Google as a software engineer in 2012. Following his time at Google, he continued to use his skill set as a software engineer at various levels at other major companies of note, including LinkedIn for five years, and then Uber for several years, where he stepped into the role of technology lead for feature store and embeddings at Uber AI.
Reflecting on the highlights of his career, Mr. Deb cites the work he did at Uber as having had the most impact, where he led the migration of hundreds of city-specific models for Uber Eats’ home feed ranking to a unified global two-tower model, demonstrating his keen understanding of scalability and efficiency.
Alongside his direct contributions to various technology organizations, Mr. Deb holds four patents, some of which have been cited by other major companies of note, such as Bank of America and Salesforce. In spite of major impactful contributions to Uber, to date, he is most proud of his work at Kumo.AI. Since joining the organization in 2022 as a Founding Engineer, he has focused his efforts on building the foundation of Kumo, serving as an engineer leader for predictive query and product engineering.
In all he has pursued and accomplished, Mr. Deb is driven by a passion for continuous learning and attributes his success to his ability to keep pace with technological changes. Looking forward, his primary objective is to ensure that Kumo continues to grow to a significant extent, in a direction that results in a successful and profitable enterprise, while democratizing Machine Learning for everyone.
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