AI Enthusiast | Machine Learning Engineer | Open Source Contributor | Mentor to aspiring engineers
- 💻 I am a principal Machine Learning Engineer at Kayak.
- 🔭 I’m currently working at Kayak, where I build Generative AI and NLP solutions to improve travel search, personalization, and user experiences.
- 🥇 I mentor and guide aspiring engineers across the globe — feel free to reach out!
- 🌱 I’m currently learning Large Language Model Inference Optimization, AI safety and Advanced Recommendation System techniques.
- 👯 I’m looking to collaborate on any ML research project (especially LLMs and RecSys)
- 💬 Ask me about machine learning, deep learning, recommender systems and LLMs
- 📫 How to reach me: email me at
mrikram1989 at gmail.com
My open source contribution includes -
- Haystack (Contributor): Haystack is an end-to-end framework that enables you to build powerful and production-ready pipelines for different search use cases.
- Urduhack (Creator): Urduhack is a NLP library for urdu language. It comes with a lot of battery included features to help you process Urdu data in the easiest way possible.
- Ml-Notes (Creator): My ML notes from Study.
- 🌐 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akkefa/
- 📧 [email protected]





