TrueMLTalks #5 | Machine Learning @Simpl
TrueMLTalks #5 | Machine Learning @Simpl
Today’s episode of TrueMLTalks, we have with us Sheekha Verma, the Director of Data Science at Simpl, a key player in India's first tap-to-checkout network.
In our conversation with Sheekha, we covered the following aspects:
✅Use of data science for merchant offers at Simpl
✅Size and structure of the data science team at Simpl.
✅Organized fraud instances in India Vs other FinTech organizations across the world
✅Evolution of the tech stack, from experimentation to monitoring
✅Managing costs and provisioning of virtual machines for Simpl’s tech stack
✅Visibility of interaction between DevOps and data scientists at Simpl
✅Why Simpl runs separate training and inference pipelines
✅Using SageMaker, its challenges, and how team deals with them
✅Simpl’s use of LLM for customer support and its approach to open-source APIs
✅Importance of adhering to strict SLAs for real-time systems
✅Advice for FinTech companies on their ML journey
If you are a data scientist, you wouldn’t want to miss this episode!
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00:00 Start.
02:11 Simpl’s use of data science to enhance its merchant offers
06:53 Size and structure of the data science team at Simpl
09:32 How Data science Impacts collection process and other areas
11:44 Evolution of Simpl's tech stack, from experimentation to monitoring
18:12 Managing costs and provisioning of virtual machines
20:57 Why training pipeline runs separately from the comparative inference pipeline
25:52 Challenges that led to adoption of SageMaker
28:04 Plans and decisions to build a better version than SageMaker
31:42 Decision-making factors for ROI and their influence on data science process
35:18 Uses of data from collection process for credit underwriting models
37:26 Company's plans for LLMs and its approach to open-source APIs
38:42 Build Vs Buy in the ML operationalization space
40:44 Speed at which the data scientists can build models at Simpl
45:17 Advice for FinTech companies on their ML journey
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ABOUT OUR GUEST
Sheekha Verma, is Senior Director Data Science at Simpl, a key player in India's leading first tap-to-checkout network. Sheekha Dual Degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 2009. Post which she went on to work as an associate consultant at ZS Associates. More recently before joining Simpl she was a Data Science manager at Eko India.
⚡Reach out to Sheekha at the below link - / sheekha-verma-28365615
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ABOUT SIMPL
India’s leading 1-tap checkout network meant to make payments invisible and money intelligent. It offers a comprehensive suite of solutions to retailers, including buy-now-pay-later options, installment payment plans, and a variety of value-added services. The company has a significant presence in India and boasts an impressive clientele of over 26,000 merchants, including major names such as JIO platforms and Zomato, making them a critical component in the country's digital ecosystem.
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ABOUT OUR CHANNEL
TrueMLTalks is a video series in which we conduct interviews with machine learning industry professionals from companies such as Gong, StichFix, SalesForce, Facebook, Simpl, and more. We provide an insightful understanding of their experiences managing complicated ML pipelines and developing successful best practices, making it a valuable resource for professionals wishing to remain up to date on the newest advances in the field.
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