Rishikesh Jha

Rishikesh Jha is a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Pinterest since January 2024, specializing in machine learning models for notification delivery and content optimization. Prior to this role, Rishikesh worked as a Senior Applied Scientist at Etsy, focusing on embedding-based retrieval systems for product search, and served as an Applied Scientist at Code for Science and Society, where Rishikesh designed a meta-learning solution for data-efficient deep learning in natural language understanding. Experience also includes a position as a Graduate Student Researcher at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where Rishikesh researched chaos in computer performance, and a Software Engineer role at Media.Net, where Rishikesh developed behavioral retargeting models. Rishikesh began the professional journey as a Software Engineering Intern at Directi, developing systems for targeted advertisement based on user search queries. Rishikesh holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra.