Umeaiman Merchant
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Data Scientist with 4+ years of experience designing end-to-end AI solutions using Python, LangChain, MLflow, and AWS.
Skilled in LLM, data pipelines, and predictive analytics to drive revenue optimization and customer engagement.
Passionate about leveraging ML and GenAI model development, from data engineering to deployment and storytelling. EDUCATION
MS, Artificial Intelligence and Business Analytics (GPA:3.95) University of South Florida, Tampa, FL Aug 2024-May 2026 B Tech, Electronics Engineering (GPA:8.6)
Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune, MH Aug 2017-June 2021 CORE SKILLS
Programming Languages: Python, R, JavaScript, C#, C++ Web & UI: React, HTML, CSS, FastAPI, Streamlit, Flask Data Science Library: NumPy, Pandas, Scikit-learn, PyTorch, TensorFlow, PySpark, MLOps, MLflow GenAI & LLMs: LangChain, LlamaIndex, Prompt Engineering, RAG, Snowflake, AWS SageMaker, AWS Redshift NLP & AI Models: SpaCy, LightGBM, OpenAI, Gemini, LLaMA, GPT-4 AI Technology: Supervised & Unsupervised Learning, NLP, AI Agents ML Models: Bayesian Networks, Regression Analysis, SVMs, Random Forests, XGBoost Analysis: Data Wrangling & Cleaning, Feature Engineering, EDA, A/B Testing (Hypothesis Testing) Visualization: Matplotlib, Seaborn, Plotly, Tableau, Power BI, Data Storytelling Tools & Platforms: Git, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Docker, Jupyter Notebooks, VS Code, PyCharm, Kubernetes, Azure, CI/CD Databases: MySQL Workbench, Microsoft SQL Server (SQL), MongoDB (NoSQL), PostgreSQL, Spark PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCE
Data Science Intern Orlando, FL
Universal Destinations and Experiences Sept 2025-Present
Revenue Management: Built end-to-end data pipelines for ingestion, preprocessing, and model execution, enabling near real-time demand prediction and reducing manual analysis effort by ~40%.
Designed and implemented machine learning–driven pricing models using Python, Databricks, and Snowflake to optimize product revenue, driving multi-million-dollar revenue lift and improved customer satisfaction.
Refactored legacy codebases and documented end-to-end workflows, improving performance, maintainability, and cross-team adoption; delivered executive-level insights using Snowflake and visual analytics.
Developed business rules and evaluation frameworks to test pricing recommendations, balancing revenue uplift with customer sensitivity to price changes.
Data Science Project Lead Intern (Youtube Video) Jacksonville, FL FL-DSSG (University of North Florida) May 2025-Aug 2025
School-Level Recognition: Designed a clustering ML model, based school ranking system leveraging extended scoring rubrics across funding, governance, engagement, and quality dimensions to identify top 10 arts-focused schools.
Implemented a GenAI feedback engine implementing LLMs to automatically generate personalized principal reports, improving award decision- making while ensuring strong data security and privacy in alignment with privacy-preserving AI principles. Technology Consultant Mumbai, MH
EY LLP Oct 2023-Jul 2024
Prototype AI Chatbot: Designed and deployed a GenAI-powered Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) chatbot using LangChain, Python, FastAPI, and AWS (Lambda, S3), boosting user engagement by 35%.
Built vector-based semantic search pipelines with FAISS and OpenAI embeddings, improving contextual accuracy and minimizing hallucination errors in enterprise knowledge retrieval.
Cross-functional collaboration to define architecture, automate CI/CD with GitHub Actions, and containerize deployments using Docker for version control.
Senior Software Engineer Pune, MH
LTIMindtree Limited (Client: Citi Bank) Jul 2021-Oct 2023
Data Quality: Engineered ELT (Extract, Load, Transform) processes and Statistical Analysis adopting Oracle SQL, contributing to a 20% reduction in data-related issues by ensuring efficient data flow and integrity.
Coordinated with cross-functional teams to implemented Tableau dashboards for anomaly detection and used SQL and RPA (UiPath) for advanced data manipulation, leading to a 25% reduction in post-implementation defects. PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Research Project: GUI vs. CUI Exploring Conversational AI in Academia May 2025-Jul 2025
Engineered and evaluated an AI agent chatbot using LangChain, OpenAI embeddings, Docker, Streamlit, a vector database, and PostgreSQL to analyze how GUI and CUI designs impact user experience, uncovering key usability trade-offs. InterVista.ai: AI based Mock Interview Website Mar 2024-Aug 2024
Envisaged and deployed GenAI chatbot based mock interview platform with Audio capabilities leveraging Python, dataset annotation, fine tune AI ethics, and prompt engineering large language models (LLM) increasing participant confidence by 50%.