Ahsaas Bajaj is a machine learning leader who operates at the intersection of rigorous research and real-world impact. As Senior Machine Learning Engineer II on Instacart's Content AI team, he has built and scaled production ML systems that have generated over $17 million in incremental contribution profit and influenced more than $200 million in gross transaction value—impact significant enough to be referenced in Instacart's public shareholder communications. At Instacart, Ahsaas designed a real-time, multi-surface ranking system powering personalized product replacements across customer and shopper experiences, supporting over 300 million requests annually while maintaining 95%+ customer satisfaction. He has served as the de facto technical lead for replacements ML, defining roadmaps...