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Sahil Gaba

Critic · DISC type C
Software Engineer at Google
📍 Seattle, Washington, United States

Sahil is a software engineer with experience at tech giants like Google and Amazon. An alumnus of IIT Delhi and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, his expertise lies in backend development and creating large-scale recommender systems for millions of products.

He is keenly interested in the latest AI developments, particularly the competition between Googles Bard and Microsofts ChatGPT. Sahil also engages with coding culture, discussing interview preparation tools and the nuances of the hiring process in the tech industry.

Unique fact: Sahil is a recipient of the prestigious Charpak Scholarship for academic exchange in France.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Software Engineer
Job Level
Middle
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States
Personality Overview

How Sahil shows up

Objective Thinker
Precise
ROI Driven

They enjoy working alone and do not rely on others very often. They prefer to do logical analysis and value evidence over emotions. They are quite likely to negotiate on pricing or other key terms.

Priorities

Topics Sahil cares about

Recommender Systems
At Amazon, he developed recommender algorithms using collaborative filtering and topic modeling to improve product discovery for millions of items.
AI Search Engines
He actively follows the "AI war," commenting on Google's integration of Bard and Microsoft's use of ChatGPT in their search engines.
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Career

Work history

4-2021
Software Engineer
Google
7-2019 - 4-2021
Software Engineer
Amazon
3-2017 - 6-2019
Software Engineer
FinTech
In the press

Media appearances

What to Know About Big Tech Interviews, From a Google Software Engineer (Sahil Gaba). Featured in Business Insider
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How an Engineer Got a Job at Google, Offers From Meta, Uber (Featuring Sahil Gaba). Featured in Entrepreneur
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Education
2014 - 2016
Master’s Degree
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2010 - 2014
Bachelor’s Degree
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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