योगः कर्मसु कौशलम्

Between data and divinity, I architect systems that think, learn, and serve.

KAUSHAL DABHI

Solutions Architect

Santander Bank · Cologne, Germany

Enter the Cosmos

The Profile

A curious learner passionate about making an impact through technology. From witnessing tech's evolution, Napster to LLMs, MySpace to Generative AI, I've been fascinated by how machines shape our world.

With a Master's in Big Data & AI from Berlin University of Technology, I now work as a Solutions Architect in the CTO department at Santander Bank. My thesis focused on building a Hybrid Recommendation System combining Content-Based, Collaborative Filtering, and SVD techniques.

Beyond work, I volunteer with NGOs, have explored 18+ countries, and love reading non-fiction, hiking, and discussing real-world solutions.

4+

Years Exp

Cologne, Germany
Berlin University of Technology
M.S in Big Data & AI
English, German, Hindi, Gujarati
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My Skills

Capabilities I design and ship - from GenAI systems to scalable cloud architecture

GenAI
GenAI / LLM Systems
RAG - agents/tools - function calling - guardrails - evals
Search
Vector Search & Databases
pgvector - Qdrant/Weaviate/Pinecone - hybrid search - reranking
Architecture
Solution Architecture
system design - event-driven - API design - IAM/security - HA/DR
Cloud
AWS Cloud
S3 - IAM - Lambda - API Gateway - ECS/EKS - CloudWatch
Data
Data Engineering
Spark/PySpark - ELT/ETL - data modeling - data quality - lakehouse
Streaming
Data Streaming
Kafka - Kafka Connect - schema registry - CDC - real-time pipelines
LLMOps
MLOps / LLMOps
CI/CD - model/prompt versioning - monitoring - deployment - testing
DevOps
DevOps & Platform
Docker - Kubernetes - Terraform - observability - secrets
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The Journey

2024

Solutions Architect

Santander Bank - CTO & IT Architecture, Dusseldorf

Designing enterprise architecture for banking systems. Leading solution design for CTO department initiatives.

2022

Data Scientist

Santander Bank, Dusseldorf

Spearheading hybrid recommendation engines. Implementing SVD and Neural Collaborative Filtering for user retention.

2021

Data Science Working Student

Volue, Norway (Remote)

Predictive models for energy markets. Automated data pipelines on Azure.

2020

R&D Intern

energenious.eu, Berlin

Research and development for energy optimization systems.

2019

M.S. in AI & Big Data

Berlin University of Applied Sciences

Computer Vision, NLP. Thesis on Hybrid Recommender Systems.

2017

Product Engineer

Sanctum Networks, Bengaluru

Network security product engineering and software development.

2013

B.Tech in Computer Engineering

Indus University, Ahmedabad

Foundation in computer science, algorithms, and software engineering.

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Selected Works

AI, data engineering, and machine learning projects

My Bookshelf

Books that shaped my thinking

Artificial Intelligence: A Modern ApproachRussell & Norvig
Pattern Recognition and Machine LearningChristopher Bishop
Deep LearningGoodfellow, Bengio, Courville
The InnovatorsWalter Isaacson
Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of AIMax Tegmark
AI SuperpowersKai-Fu Lee
The Singularity Is NearRay Kurzweil
Hands-On ML with Scikit-Learn, Keras, TFAurelien Geron
Elon MuskWalter Isaacson
Steve JobsWalter Isaacson
BuildTony Fadell
The Lean StartupEric Ries
Zero to OnePeter Thiel
The Hard Thing About Hard ThingsBen Horowitz
Good Strategy Bad StrategyRichard Rumelt
Measure What MattersJohn Doerr
HookedNir Eyal
Start with WhySimon Sinek
BlitzscalingReid Hoffman
Bhagavad GitaEknath Easwaran
Autobiography of a YogiParamahansa Yogananda
The Courage to Be DislikedKoga & Kishimi
Atomic HabitsJames Clear
The Power of NowEckhart Tolle
Can't Hurt MeDavid Goggins
MindsetCarol Dweck
MeditationsMarcus Aurelius
Man's Search for MeaningViktor Frankl
Who Moved My Cheese?Spencer Johnson

Favorite Collections

Content that inspires, entertains, and keeps me learning

Lex Fridman Podcast
The Tim Ferriss Show
Huberman Lab
How I Built This
ML Street Talk
The a16z Podcast
Acquired
My First Million
Interstellar
The Social Network
Inception
The Imitation Game
Ex Machina
The Matrix
A Beautiful Mind
Good Will Hunting
Silicon Valley
Black Mirror
The Office
Breaking Bad
Mr. Robot
Westworld
The Big Bang Theory
Halt and Catch Fire

Get in Touch

Have a project in mind or just want to say hello?

Let's Connect

I'm always open to discussing new projects, creative ideas, or opportunities to be part of your vision.

kaushalmdabhi@gmail.com
Germany