Kartik Nighania

MLOps Engineer

Kartik Nighania is an accomplished professional in the field of AI with a strong focus on ML Ops. Currently serving as an ML Ops Engineer at Typewise, a leading AI writing solution provider for customer service and sales teams based in Europe, Kartik brings extensive expertise and a wealth of experience to the role. With over seven years of experience in the AI industry, Kartik has worked across diverse domains, including computer vision, reinforcement learning, NLP, and generative systems.

Before joining Typewise, Kartik held the position of Head of Engineering at Pibit.ai, a startup backed by YCombinator. At Pibit.ai, Kartik played a pivotal role in driving the company’s success in insurance automation using AI. He was responsible for scaling the infrastructure on the cloud, building a robust ML team, and implementing MLOps best practices. This involved leveraging his technical acumen to ensure smooth operations and efficient delivery of AI solutions.

Prior to their role at Pibit.ai, Kartik gained valuable experience in HSBC Technology’s global DevOps department. In this position, he focused on building and managing Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CICD) pipelines at scale for the bank. His work contributed to enhancing the efficiency and reliability of software delivery processes within the organization.

During his professional journey, Kartik also made significant contributions to the academic community. He published journal papers in the field of biometrics and developed a compact network that surpassed state-of-the-art CNNs in terms of both speed and accuracy for face super-resolution. Furthermore, he has worked on a project sponsored by the government’s Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), employing ML techniques for crop health detection using deep learning with live aerial drone imagery.

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