About

Utsaw Kumar is a Software Engineering Manager specializing in Machine Learning at Meta. With over 10 years of relevant experience, he has worked on a diverse set of product and research topics both in academics and industry. Utsaw is skilled in machine learning, data analysis, and large-scale systems. He has a strong educational background with a PhD in Electrical Engineering applying statistical optimization techniques to problems in communication and control theory and a Bachelor's degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. Utsaw is passionate about taking abstract ideas from literature and using them to solve product problems at scale. He is a collaborative team player who deeply cares about the people he works with. Utsaw's current role is as a Software Engineering Manager, Machine Learning at Instagram, where he supports the Instagram Graph Ranking team working on serving personalized account recommendations to users, helping them connect to their friends and things they love. His mission is to use Machine Learning to help grow and retain the Instagram user base. Utsaw and his team work on complex and interesting problems on Graph Learning, data mining, deep learning, and more. Utsaw has also worked as a Principal Software Engineer at Ruckus Networks, where he was part of the small cell team. He has also worked as a Research Scientist at Intel, where he worked on research, algorithm & IP development, and standardization of wireless communications, networking, and connectivity technologies. Utsaw is the author/co-author of 20+ invention disclosure filings, 10+ patent applications, 3 conference papers, 1 journal paper, and 1 book chapter while at Intel. Utsaw's tech stack includes ML, Senior Software Engineer, Research Scientist, Deep Learning, and Software Engineer. He is always looking for new challenges and opportunities to grow his skills. If you are interested in taking abstract ML ideas from literature and converting them to realized product impact, Utsaw would love to hear from you as his team is currently hiring.