# Ravi Nagda

> Software Engineer - AI/ML (NLP)

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/ravinagda

I'm a new grad from UCSD with a B.S. in Cognitive Science and a concentration in machine learning. I'm passionate about responsible use of AI, particularly in information and media applications. Natural Language Processing (NLP) specialist.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ TPMG Regional Genetics Lab
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | San Jose, California, United States
-Full stack web application development to facilitate the genetics lab operations using C# and SQL.
Created full stack .NET application to allow lab directors to modify genetic mutation tables, streamlining lab workflows and operations.
-Wrote Python utilities to protect patient PHI (Protected Health Information) compliant w/ HIPAA safe harbor standards. 
-Automation of NGS (Next-generation genetic sequencing) analysis using Python.
-Own my design and coding decisions, work with the lab users to get feedback and take responsibility for bug fixes, improvements, etc.
-Technologies used: C#, .NET Core, SQL, Python, JavaScript

### Machine Learning Engineer @ InfoPost
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | La Jolla, CA
InfoPost is a startup using AI to detect fake or misleading news and determine trust scores for news articles. My responsibilities included:
- managing a small team of NLP interns to contribute directly to production software (sentiment analysis, bias detection, web scraping)
- End to end ownership (training, testing, optimizing and deploying) of large scale language models to detect misleading headlines.
-Creating rich data sets for training and validating Transformer models using Prodigy and Python scripts. 
- Deploying models to GCP production systems processing over 1000 articles per day over last 6+ months. 
- Maintenance (code review, refactoring, integration) of AI backend (10k+ lines of code).
- Technologies Used: Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, transformer models (BERT, XLNet, etc.), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Spacy, NLTK, gensim, Flair.

### Deep Learning Intern @ Netradyne
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | La Jolla, CA
Analytics and Machine Learning/Computer Vision R&D. Worked closely with deep learning research scientists, creating datasets to optimize and train PyTorch models.

### Intern @ Laboratory for Race and Popular Culture
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | CU Boulder
Worked in a team with undergrad and graduate students to create a system of lesson plans and teaching modules to teach high school level English using music & popular culture.

### Energy Specialist @ Rising Sun Energy Center
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Pleasanton


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Cognitive Science
UC San Diego

### Foothill High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ravinagda

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Last updated: 2026-03-29