Biswajit Panda

Data Engineer
Bengaluru, IN.

About

Results-driven Data Engineer with 2+ years of experience in designing and optimizing scalable ETL pipelines and transforming complex unstructured data to power machine learning initiatives. Proficient in Python, SQL, and Azure, with expertise in NLP, feature engineering, and cloud-native data processing. Eager to transition into advanced AI/ML roles, leveraging a strong foundation in data engineering and applied machine learning to deliver innovative solutions.

Work

Tech Mahindra
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Associate Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Summary

As an Associate Software Engineer, led a team project on customer churn prediction, developing and deploying ML models with 87% accuracy from diverse data sources within the BFSI domain.

Highlights

Led a critical team project to predict customer churn, leveraging diverse structured and unstructured data sources within the BFSI domain.

Executed comprehensive data cleaning and feature engineering for ~50K customer interaction records (audio, text, demographic), enhancing dataset readiness for ML model training.

Performed NLP preprocessing on ~10K chat transcripts and extracted acoustic features from ~100+ call recordings, facilitating advanced textual and audio analysis for model development.

Developed and fine-tuned machine learning models using ensemble methods, achieving a predictive accuracy of ~87% in customer churn prediction.

Collaborated on the successful deployment of the final ML model prototype on Azure cloud, demonstrating its capabilities to key business stakeholders and enabling data-driven decision-making.

Gnanig Technologies
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Data Engineering Intern

Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Summary

As a Data Engineering Intern, designed and optimized ETL pipelines and Power BI dashboards, reducing manual reporting by 40% and improving ML data consistency by 25%.

Highlights

Engineered robust ETL pipelines using Pandas and SQL to process multi-source raw datasets, ensuring data readiness for both reporting and machine learning initiatives.

Created dynamic reports and dashboards in Power BI, resulting in a ~40% reduction in manual reporting effort and improved data accessibility for stakeholders.

Designed and implemented feature engineering pipelines that enhanced ML model input consistency by ~25%, optimizing data quality and model performance.

Facilitated REST API integration and backend data delivery, providing AI-ready data to power client-facing solutions and improve data-driven product functionality.

Education

Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology
Sambalpur, Odisha, India

Bachelor of Technology

Information Technology

Grade: CGPA: 8.54 out of 10

Languages

English

Certificates

Machine Learning Specialization

Issued By

Stanford Online

Azure AI Fundamentals (AI:900)

Issued By

Microsoft

Azure Fundamentals (AZ:900)

Issued By

Microsoft

Skills

Languages & Libraries

Python, Java, SQL, scikit-learn, XGBoost, Keras, TensorFlow, Pandas, NumPy.

AI/ML & Gen AI

NLP, Feature Engineering, RAG, Transformers, Model Evaluation, Prompt Engineering.

Data Engineering

ETL, Data Modeling, Data Warehousing, Data Pipelines, PySpark, Airflow.

Cloud and Tools

Git, Github, Maven, REST APIs, Docker, Azure.

ML Engineering

Model Deployment, Model Optimization.