Viral Parikh

Background

About Viral Parikh

Engineering, Data & AI/ML leader with 17+ years of experience (of that last 10+ years in fintech) building products at scale leveraging Data, AI & ML and leading high-impact teams at Varo, Credit Karma, Match Group (Match.com, Tinder) and Motorola Mobility. Core Expertise: • Recommender Systems: Ads, Newsfeed, Email/Push, Paid Marketing • Fraud Detection & Lending UW ML & Decisioning Platforms • Real-Time ML Serving (FastAPI, Tensorflow Serving, Sagemaker), Decisioning & Event-Driven Systems • Distributed Data Systems & Scalable ML Infrastructure • Large-Scale Statistical Modeling, Machine Learning & Experimentation Platforms • Agentic copilots (leveraging AWS Bedrock agents, Open Search vector db) & GenAI powered analytics Leadership: Currently lead 30+ person org across engineering and science, including managers and principal-level ICs spread across geos. Skilled in building high-performance, autonomous teams while staying deeply technical. Business Impact Focus: Successfully applied AI & ML to unlock growth and operational efficiency across various internet business models - Ads, Subscriptions, Marketplace, Payments, Credit & Lending and Interchange businesses, with a focus on long-term platform leverage and regulatory rigor.