Mainak Chain

About Mainak Chain

I am a Software Engineer (Machine Learning) in the Google Assistant Team, contributing towards improving the Assistant to make lives of our users easier. Previously, I have been a Data Scientist (Research Engineer) in Ola Mobility Data Science Team, where I designed and implemented ML-driven solutions to challenging business and product problems, with the main focus being to improve the customer and partner experience in Ola Cabs App. Some of the projects that I worked on include building smarter cab allocations, adding semantic relationships to food search using NLP techniques (Ola foods), automating driver onboarding, minimising congestion with traffic lights optimisation and active learning-based use-case labelling pipeline.Before joining Ola, I finished my Dual-degree (B.Tech.+ M.Tech.) from IIT Kharagpur. My core interests focus on making Applied ML-driven scalable solutions to challenging real-life problems, impacting daily lives. I enjoy working on the intersection of AI and software to fuel the next-gen tech.I also love Kaggling and collaborating with other enthusiasts to solve large scale real-world problems.Contact: m••••••••@gmail.comWebsite: https://mainakchain.github.io

Experience

1. Senior Software Engineer

   Google DeepMind

   Oct 2025 — Present

Education

• Delhi Public School

  12th Board CBSE, Science

  2013 — 2015

• Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

  MSc. (Minor), Mathematics and Computing

  2015 — 2020

• De Nobili School, Sindri

  10th Board, ICSE

  2005 — 2013

• Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

  Dual Degree (BTech. + MTech.), Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

  2015 — 2020