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Saira Chawla. Machine learning engineer. Data Scientist. AI Engineer.
but, also a strategist... an observer... an advocate... a dreamer...

My clarity lives in data - but it's empowered by the stories that stay with me.

I got here by solving what others ignored - and asking what others feared to challenge.

Have you ever edited your ambition and passion to fit the room? Tell me.

This site is where I track the systems I'm building, the rules I'm breaking, and the chaos I'm embracing.

TLDR: How I Got Here

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The simple days. Not yet shaped by others. Unaware of the world's complexities, but curious about everything. It was easy to be brave because I didn't know what fear was. Hate was foreign. Love was instinctive. I now carry fear and understand hate - but neither changed me at my core.

Pennsylvania

2000-2008

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Beginning to learn with a purpose and to achieve my goals. Carrying the weight of expectations, but also the thrill of possibility. Where I first realized the tiny box they built and wanted me to stay in - and started breaking free. The beginning of my fight against conformity and the start of my self-discovery.

Georgia

2008-2018

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Where everything changed. Where doors began to open. The place where I learned to code, to analyze, to question. The memories still linger - the golden, the storm-gray, and everything in between. I graduated with a dual major Bachelor's in Data Science and Economics - but left with so much more than a degree.

UC Berkeley

2018-2022

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Worked hard, played hard. Jumping into adulthood head-first. My thesis utilized NLP to understand the beliefs across various demographics regarding women's rights. I completed 2 research assistant positions, self-taught and earned an AWS certification, lead a Cloud Computing lecture, and graduated my Master's with a 4.0 GPA.

Columbia University

2022-2023

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The world has always been my oyster, and it still is. Not because it handed me everything - but because I learned how to crack it open. I am 📍 currently a ML/AI Engineer at AXM where I am at the forefront of ethical innovation in the world of Marketing, ML, and AI. I've already achieved some dreams - but I'm not done dreaming.

NYC

2022-Now

Python                                           Git/Github                                           Machine Learning                                           Prompt Engineering                                           Docker/Podman                                           Infrastructure Ops: AWS & Anyscale                                           MLFlow                                           AI Agent Engineering                                           Bayesian Statistics                                           Open-Source Implementation                                           Java                                           Microsoft Office                                           AWS                                           SQL                                           Sigma                                           Grafana                                           R                                           Databricks                                           Data Analysis                                           Data Visualization                                           APIs                                           Postgres                                           Astro                                           Tailwind                                          

Proof of Thought

My work sits at the intersection of bayesian statistics and scalable
infrastructure - so I don't just understand what we do, but why we do it.

Coding is an art - but my code isn't clean because I want it to be pretty. It's clean because it's trusted. It's relied on.

I use Python and MLOps to move insights from experimentation to deployment.

The current product I am working on?

Agile Mixed Modeling (AMM)
our real time marketing optimization solution.

What else I can do?

Commit History

I build often, but I suck at committing often. This is me taking accountability.

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Recent Commits

I know commit messages are supposed to be impersonal. Mine sometimes aren't. Sometimes, they reveal more.

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My Voice, Unsmoothed

Writing is how I debug emotion - until the compiler outputs clarity.

I write to translate the unspoken into something that demands a response.

I write to deconstruct the frameworks that dismissed and simplified me - and honor the stories that made me seen.

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Work With Me

Let's work on something that actually matters.

I'm energized by problems that sit at the intersection of statistical rigor and real-world constraints — the kind that don't have clean solutions yet.

If you're building something at that edge, I'd love to hear about it. I bring ML engineering depth, a systems-level perspective, and the ability to move work from experiment to production without losing what made it interesting.

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ML Engineering
Production models, Bayesian experimentation, real-time decision systems. Code that's trusted because it's been tested.
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Data Infrastructure
Pipeline architecture, Databricks, PostgreSQL, MLFlow. Clean analytical foundations that actually scale.
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Technical Storytelling
Translating complexity for stakeholders. Systems thinking with a human voice — no jargon walls.
"I write to translate the unspoken into something that demands a response."
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