© 2025 Sanjay Karinje
Selected Projects
A curated list of my recent work.
iOS messaging app built for busy parents drowning in group chats. A unified AI agent automatically extracts calendar events, deadlines, RSVPs, and priority messages from conversations. Features conflict detection against device calendar and semantic search via RAG.
Real-time collaborative whiteboard with AI-powered canvas manipulation. Users can create and edit shapes via natural language commands through a LangGraph-based agent with 19 specialized tools. Supports 600+ objects at 60 FPS with sub-100ms sync.
Autonomous AI-powered game testing platform using browser automation and LLMs to evaluate browser-based games through a multi-phase pipeline: load validation, control discovery, gameplay exploration, and quality scoring.
AI math tutor that guides students through problems using the Socratic method, asking questions instead of giving answers. Integrates with GeoGebra canvas for visualizing geometry and functions through a 3-node agent architecture with 20 drawing tools.
Desktop video editor with screen recording, webcam capture, and Picture-in-Picture composition. Features multi-track timeline editing, professional keyboard shortcuts, and FFmpeg-powered export to MP4/WebM/MOV at up to 1080p.
Consent-aware financial education platform that syncs transaction data from banks, computes behavioral features, assigns user personas, and generates personalized education content. Multi-layer guardrails ensure recommendations are safe and appropriate.
Metriq
Cursor for data scientists and analysts
AI-native IDE built on JupyterLab with MCP tools and LangGraph agents. Integrates databases, dashboards, and external systems, eliminating fragmented context across tools and turning analyses into repeatable recipes with memory.
Experience
Founder / Software Engineer
Metriq • San Francisco, CA
- •Metriq: Cursor for Data. AI-native IDE (JupyterLab fork + MCP tools + LangGraph agents) that integrates databases, dashboards and external systems, turning analyses into repeatable recipes with memory.
Sr Data Scientist II, Membership Growth
Instacart • San Francisco, CA
- •Led Data Science for Instacart+ growth & retention: Partnered with PM/Eng to launch member benefits that drove >$300M incremental revenue.
- •Built incrementality framework for the membership program (long-term holdout + propensity score matching + regression), informing ~30% higher investment.
- •Diagnosed churn and recommended product fixes that improved member retention ~8%.
Data Science Lead, Alexa
Amazon • Seattle, WA
- •Designed experiments and developed ML models to improve quality of human generated labels that train Alexa's neural networks.
- •Developed tree ensemble/deep learning models to predict errors in human labeled transcriptions, achieving 20% quality improvement by reprocessing only 5% of utterances.
Data Analytics Manager
Amazon • Seattle, WA
- •Hired and managed a team of 15 analytics professionals focused on optimization of Amazon's outbound shipping cost, delivering >$70M/year cost savings.
- •Established metrics for 'Amazon Air' program during launch/incubation. Developed ML model that identified system misalignment, resulting in $25M/year savings.
Financial/Senior Financial Analyst, Retail
Amazon • Seattle, WA
- •Primary finance owner of Automotive product line with full P&L ownership (>$XB+ in Product Revenue).
- •Proposed inventory system changes that reduced inventory by ~4% across all product lines in the Hardlines vertical.
Design Engineer, Core Cell Libraries
Texas Instruments • Bangalore, India
- •Designed and optimized standard cell libraries for advanced CMOS process nodes.
Education
Gauntlet
Oct 2025 - Dec 2025Gauntlet AI Fellow
Highly selective program focused on production AI engineering: RAG pipelines, AI agents, multi-agent systems, fine-tuning, and RL.
Stanford University
2023 - 2024AI Graduate Certificate
CS231n, CS224n, CS229, CS224w • GRE 340/340
University of Florida
2010 - 2011Master of Business Administration
GPA 3.8/4.0 (top 10%)
PES Institute of Technology
2002 - 2006Bachelor of Engineering
Ranked 270/100k on entrance examination