Jinank Thakker
Machine Learning Engineer · LLMs & AI Agents · 10+ years software engineering
Machine Learning Engineer with 10+ years of software engineering experience and recent focus on LLMs, agent systems, and applied inference. MS in Data Science & Analytics from SUNY Polytechnic Institute (3.97 GPA, Machine Learning specialization).
At SUNY Poly, I build LLM-based NLP pipelines using Phi-3 and instruction-tuned transformers for financial NLP research on Russell 3000 earnings calls (NYBPC 2025). At Rethinksoft, I engineered an end-to-end ML prediction system for a Dubai-based client that drove $0 → $1M MRR in its first year, and designed conversational workflows with dialog state management and bot orchestration. Earlier, as a founding engineer at Orderhive (acquired by Cin7 for $45M), I scaled a multi-tenant SaaS to 1,500+ merchants.
Comfortable across the full stack - Python, TypeScript, REST APIs, SQL, and modern LLM tooling. Strongest where production reliability meets applied ML.
Exploring ML and applied AI engineering roles
Experience
Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant - ML/NLP
SUNY Poly - LLM-based NLP pipelines, Phi-3 + transformers, Russell 3000 earnings-call research
Senior Software Engineer
Rethinksoft - Conversational AI & ML prediction; drove $0 → $1M MRR for a Dubai-based client
Software Developer
Openxcell - Founding engineer @ Orderhive; scaled to 1,500+ merchants ($45M acquisition by Cin7)
Featured Projects
Browser-Based AI Agents
AI agents that automate authenticated browser workflows for QA, data extraction, and operations
GNSS Spoofing Detection
Transformer + LSTM time-series models for GPS spoofing detection
AI Job & Internship Assistant
Codex Creator Challenge - agentic workflows for application tracking and outreach
Certifications
DeepLearning.AI
Handshake AI
Education
- SUNY Polytechnic Institute - MS in Data Science & Analytics (Machine Learning), GPA 3.97/4.00, Aug 2024 – May 2026
- Gujarat Technological University (LDRP-ITR) - BE in Computer Engineering, GPA 3.76/4.00, 2009 – 2013
Awards
Outstanding Graduate Student Award – Data Science & Analytics
SUNY Polytechnic Institute · May 2026
Codex Creator Challenge - AI Job Assistant
Handshake AI · Apr 2026
Leadership
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Jinank's technical specialty?
Jinank specializes in the intersection of full-stack software engineering and machine learning. He is proficient in Python, TypeScript, and AWS, with a deep focus on MLOps, LLM orchestration (RAG, agents), and high-availability microservices design.
What experience does he have leading teams?
He has led programs like the NYBPC, managing 40+ teams and 100+ participants. Additionally, he has mentored 90+ students in data science and machine learning, defining technical roadmaps and excellence standards.