Surya Kanoria
Staff Machine Learning Engineer at Spotify
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolSurya Kanoria is a Staff Machine Learning Engineer based in the San Francisco Bay Area with nine years of experience building scalable, production ML systems. He leads cross-team efforts at Spotify to design next-generation Generative Recommendation systems and previously architected the core recommendation engine for the AI DJ used by hundreds of millions of users. His work spans recommender systems, reinforcement learning for personalization, and end-to-end ML pipelines—skills honed through roles at Flipkart where he shipped large-scale personalization, real-time features, and performance-focused mobile frameworks. Surya combines deep engineering rigor with product-facing impact, having moved research ideas into flagship consumer experiences. He has a strong academic foundation from an MS in Computer Science (University of Colorado Boulder) and a B.E. from BITS Pilani, and an early background in quantitative modeling and trading systems that informs his data-driven approach.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Chemical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Chemical Engineering at BITS PilaniMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at University of Colorado BoulderBirla High School, Kolkata
English, Hindi
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Github Skills (24)
react-native-web10
ota-server10
listview10
codepush10
react-native9
ota9
recyclerview9
cross-platform8
react-native-paper6
circular-progress5
react-native-library5
marquee5
animated4
user-guide4
react-native-component4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Flipkart/DUS
Jan 2018 - Oct 2019
A differential download based Over The Air(OTA) Update system for React Native
Contributions:2 releases, 47 commits, 10 PRs in 1 year 10 months
react-nativeotaota-updateota-serverdus
surya-kanoria/DUS-Sample-App
Jan 2018 - Jan 2018
Contributions:18 commits, 15 pushes, 3 branches in 3 days
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