Mercor
ML engineer, freelance contract
Client work under a non-disclosure agreement.
About me
Ritwika Kancharla
I am an ML/AI engineer focused on large language models. I am interested in every part of the stack, from training and optimization to GPU kernel design and the agents built on top of the models.
My current research is on the ARC Prize 2026 benchmarks, where I pair an open 27B language model with software that verifies each of its hypotheses before acting on it.
I hold an M.S. in Computer Science from Purdue University and a B.Tech in Computer Science from IIT Madras. Previously I was a Software Development Engineer in Amazon's Supply Chain Optimization Technologies group.
I currently work as a freelance ML engineer on contract through Mercor. That work is covered by a non-disclosure agreement, so it is not described on this site.
Background
My interests developed from supply chain systems to learned optimization, and from there to reasoning agents and efficient model execution.
Purdue University
Computer Science
Coursework and projects in machine learning systems, distributed systems and high-performance computing.
Amazon
Software Development Engineer, SCOT
Supply Chain Optimization Technologies, working close to routing and middle-mile logistics.
IIT Madras
Computer Science
Foundations in algorithms, computer systems and mathematical optimization.
