Rahil Merchant

Rahil Merchant - Senior Computer Vision Engineer - Ripik.ai | Himalayas RM Open to opportunities Rahil Merchant @rahilmerchant Machine Learning and Computer Vision Engineer delivering production-grade ML systems for real-time industrial and medical applications. What I'm looking for I seek roles where I can lead development of production ML/vision systems, optimize edge inference and ML‑ops, work cross-functionally, and deliver measurable business impact. I am a Machine Learning and Computer Vision Engineer with close to 5 years of experience building and shipping high-performance systems from concept to production, specializing in real-time image analysis, object detection, OCR and edge deployment. I've led cross-functional teams and delivered scalable solutions across industrial and healthcare domains — deploying real-time worker-safety monitoring, QA measurement systems, wagon tare validation, and smartphone-based diagnostic pipelines that processed hundreds of thousands of tests and video frames with high accuracy. I design and productionize robust ML/Ops pipelines, optimize models for low-latency edge inference, and define observability and deployment standards that improve stability and reduce incident response time; I hold a B.Tech (Hons) in Computer Science with a machine learning minor and an issued patent for fluid sample analysis. Experience Work history, roles, and key accomplishments RI Current Senior Computer Vision Engineer Current Ripik.ai Oct 2025 - Present (9 months) Owned end-to-end industrial computer vision systems, deploying real-time safety, QA, and monitoring solutions that improved detection accuracy and reduced manual inspection and reconciliation time by up to 60%. Standardized MLOps and observability, cutting model degradation response time to under 72 hours and reducing field failures ~40%. NH Founding Backend & Computer Vision Engineer Neodocs Healthcare Jul 2021 - Sep 2025 (4 years 2 months) As a