Manas M

About Manas M

Machine Learning Engineer building production systems for real-time inference and…

Experience

1. Machine Learning & Devops Engineer Financial Risk Analyst

   The Daily Targum

   Oct 2023 — Present · New Brunswick, NJ, US

   Built and deployed ML models to personalize content, which improved user engagement by 27% and reduced bounce rates by 18%.Containerized model workflows using Docker and deployed them via Kubernetes, cutting API response latency by 55%.Automated model retraining using MLFlow and Airflow, ensuring updates every 12 hours to reduce performance drift over time.Conducted infrastructure and deployment risk checks before app releases, helping avoid late-stage failures and improving reliability.Forecasted usage trends with time-series models to help infrastructure teams anticipate traffic spikes and avoid over-provisioning or slowdowns.Reduced AWS cloud expenses by 80% through tighter resource monitoring and lifecycle policies, helping stay within budget and avoid unnecessary cost risk.Worked with cross-functional teams to identify areas where inefficient cloud setups or late retraining could introduce operational or cost risks.Supported data pipeline checks and retraining triggers that helped detect early anomalies and maintain system performance without manual intervention.Helped convert technical model metrics into simple dashboards so stakeholders could understand when model decisions need review, reducing downstream risk to product teams.

Education

• University of Mumbai

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

• Rutgers University–New Brunswick

  Master of Science - MS, Data Science