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Gaurav Chakravorty

Software Engineer (Leadership) @ Meta | Writing about recommender systems

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Gaurav Chakravorty is a seasoned software engineer with over 17 years of relevant experience. He is currently working as a Software Engineer (Leadership) at FB Video Recommendations in meta. Gaurav has a proven track record of entrepreneurship, applied machine learning, and user empathy. He is a team player and enjoys working with people to achieve common goals. Gaurav's education background includes a Master of Science (PhD Dropout) in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania, a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and schooling from St. Xavier's School Bokaro. His areas of expertise include algorithms, theoretical computer science, machine learning, and online convex optimization. In his current role at meta, Gaurav is working on FB video recommendations. Prior to this, he served as Head of Growth Machine Learning - Homefeed & Notifications at Discord, where he supported the Homefeed and Notifications ML team. His work at Discord involved connecting people to servers and friends they are looking for, helping people find valuable/delightful moments and content on communities, and reducing anxiety in delivering the right notifications at the right time to the right user. He also worked as an Advisor on Machine Learning for various companies. Gaurav's strengths include working with people, hard work, and the ability to learn with others. He has been trusted by his mentors and team, and he has trusted those whom he has worked with. His tech stack includes software engineering and machine learning. Overall, Gaurav Chakravorty is a skilled software engineer with a passion for working with people and a strong background in applied machine learning and user empathy.

Education

university of pennsylvania

iit kanpur indian institute of technology kanpur

st. xaviers school bokaro

Companies

meta

various companies

discord

google

qplum

circulum vite

tower research

tifr bombay

Experience

19.3 Years

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Experience

Software Engineer (FB Video Recs)

meta | Menlo Park, California, United States

2022 - Present

Advisor on Machine Learning

various companies | Remote

2021 - Present

Head of Growth Machine Learning - Homefeed & Notifications

discord | San Francisco Bay Area

2021 - 2022

Software Engineer, Mgr, Led personalized podcast recommendations

google | San Francisco Bay Area

2019 - 2021

Co-founder, CTO, CIO

qplum | Greater New York City Area

2015 - 2019

Co-founder, CEO, CTO, High Frequency Trading Portfolio Manager

circulum vite | Jersey CIty

2010 - 2015

Partner, Tech Lead Manager, High Frequency Trading Portfolio Manager

tower research | Greater New York City Area

2005 - 2010

Research Scholar

tifr bombay | Mumbai Area, India

2002 - 2002

Skills

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Algorithms

Applied Machine Learning

Artificial Intelligence

Big Data

C++

Career Management

Cloud Computing

Database Development

Databases

Deep Learning

Derivatives

Distributed Systems

Education

Electronic Trading

Empathy

Entrepreneurship

Equities

Equity Trading

Executive Leadership

F#

Financial Markets

Git

Hedge Funds

High Frequency Trading

Influence Others

Leadership

Linear Regression

Low Latency

Machine Learning

Machine Learning (ML)

Market Data

Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)

optimization

Portfolio Management

Principal Component Analysis

Programming Languages

Proprietary Trading

Python (Programming Language)

Quantitative Analytics

Quantitative Finance

R

Recommender Systems

recommender systems

Self-confidence

servers

Software Engineer

SQL

Statistics

Trading

Trading Strategies

Trading Systems

Contact Details

Email (Verified)

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Mobile Number

650XXXXX90

Education

university of pennsylvania

MS (PhD Dropout)

2003 - 2005

iit kanpur indian institute of technology kanpur

Bachelor of Technology - BTech

1999 - 2003

st. xaviers school bokaro

1987 - 1999

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Gaurav Chakravorty's role in his workplace is Software Engineer (FB Video Recs)

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