Sagar Soni

Principal Machine Learning Engineer - Head of AI & Software at AI Optics

Sunnyvale, California, United States

About

AI Scientist and Full stack Machine Learning Engineer with core expertise in Explainable AI, Deep Metric Learning, Generative AI, LLMs, VLMs, Few-Shot & Zero-shot Learning, and computer vision. • 3 FDA cleared products. • Comprehensive experience in the development and deployment of machine learning pipelines, from data collection to inference on the cloud and edge devices. • Implemented MLOps best practices to streamline the machine learning lifecycle, enhance automation, ensure reproducibility, and optimize data scientist collaboration. • Spearheaded the development of a pioneering medical image analysis product, marking the first company globally to secure FDA clearance. • Proven track record in delivering user-centric product insights, adept at navigating ambiguous scenarios, and seamless collaboration with cross-functional teams in dynamic settings. • Established experience collaborating with key opinion leaders and efficiently managing relationships with a broad spectrum of internal and external stakeholders. • Expertise in medical image processing, spanning semantic segmentation, object detection, image classification, and anomaly detection. • Innovated a groundbreaking non-invasive device for monitoring micro-vascular blood perfusion. • In-depth understanding of the full product lifecycle, from requirement analysis and prototyping to clinical validation and FDA applications. Skills: Python, C++, Pytorch, Tensorflow, Keras, TensorRT, CUDA, OpenCV, Docker, Kubernetes, Triton, AWS, Sagemaker, GCP, Azure. Contact: [email protected]

Experience

  • AI Optics (Full-time · 4 yrs 8 mos)
    • Principal Machine Learning Engineer
      May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

    • Sr. Staff Machine Learning Engineer
      Apr 2024 - Jul 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos

    • Sr. Machine Learning Engineer
      Nov 2021 - Apr 2024 · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • Computer Vision R&D Engineer at Koh Young America, Inc.
    Nov 2020 - Oct 2021 · 1 yr

  • Optovue (Fremont, CA)
    • Sr. Researcher - Computer Vision
      Feb 2018 - Nov 2020 · 2 yrs 10 mos

    • Researcher - Computer Vision
      Nov 2016 - Feb 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Research Assistant at Biomedical optics Lab, UT Arlington
    Dec 2014 - Nov 2016 · 2 yrs

    • Developed Diffused Correlation Spectroscopy (DCS), a novel medical device to get continuous non-invasive relative blood flow without the need of contrast agents. • Studying the effects of Transcranial Laser Stimulation (TLS) on the change of cerebral blood flow and cerebral metabolic rate (CMRO2) for healthy adults. • Observe, conduct and assist in experiments using brain imaging techniques like fNIRS. • Data processing using tools like MATLAB, LabVIEW and SAS.

  • Project Intern at AUM MEDITEC
    Aug 2013 - May 2014 · 10 mos

    • Developed a wearable mobile cardiac telemetry system, a wireless monitor used to detect and analyze cardiac arrhythmias. • Developed a low cost, one lead sensor system capable of continuously monitoring the electrophysiology of the heart. • Research about signal processing techniques to detect myocardial infarction (heart attacks).