About

Chintak Sheth is a highly skilled Software Engineer currently working at Facebook, where he is responsible for building large-scale machine learning systems to solve real-world problems. With a strong passion for fintech and algorithmic trading, Chintak is always looking for innovative ways to apply his expertise in AI and ML to new and exciting domains. As a Tech Lead of the Image Understanding Service at Facebook, Chintak is responsible for developing state-of-the-art classification models at Facebook scale. He works closely with research teams to bring the latest and greatest tech from research-to-production, providing key vision signals for Ads, Integrity, Feed, Search teams across Facebook. Prior to this, Chintak worked as a Ranking Engineer on modeling for the Value Optimization Ads Optimization Product at Facebook, where he developed a novel long attribution window modeling technique to better predict "value" over a longer time duration. Chintak's experience extends beyond Facebook, having previously worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant and Graduate Research Assistant at Stony Brook University Graduate School. During his time there, he worked with Prof. Steven Skiena on the CSE 373 Analysis of Algorithms course and with Prof. Annie Liu on DistAlgo. Chintak holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from Stony Brook University and a B.E. (Hons.) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science. He is highly skilled in software engineering, research, AI, ML, search, and senior software engineering, with over 7.69 years of relevant experience. Chintak is a highly motivated and dedicated professional who is passionate about using his skills to make a positive impact on the world. He is always looking for new challenges and opportunities to expand his knowledge and expertise.