Education
Academic foundation in Computer Science and AI
Master of Science in Computer Science
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Relevant Coursework:
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science
Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU)
Pune, India
Relevant Coursework:
Professional Experience
3+ years building production AI/ML systems and scalable backend infrastructure
Research Assistant & Lead AI Developer
University of Southern California
AI Grader System
Led end-to-end development of an Agentic AI grading portal used by 10+ instructors, automating creation and evaluation of polls for 400+ students.
- ▹Implemented Gemini 2.5 Pro, vector embeddings, and LangChain for multi-step, rubric-driven grading
- ▹Deployed on GCP Vertex AI with Postgres(PGVector) and Django, ensuring 99.9% uptime for 500+ users
- ▹Cut grading time per poll by 90% (2 hours → 10 minutes)
Mobile Games Backend
Engineered scalable backend services for Coaching Manager module, modeling schemas and REST APIs across 10K+ players.
- ▹Bridged research with production by integrating backend with Unity(C#)
- ▹Resolved CPU bottlenecks via multithreading and optimized dataflow, reducing latency by 30%
- ▹Refactored C# and Java modules using OOP design patterns (factory, observer)
Software Engineer (AI/ML, Backend & Data)
Persistent Systems
Agentic AI System
Contributed to an agentic AI system with LLM-based intent understanding, chain-of-thought reasoning, and multi-agent coordination.
- ▹Built unified orchestration pipeline for complex workflow automation
- ▹Implemented shared execution memory for multi-agent coordination
- ▹Achieved 60%+ productivity boost for developer workflows
GenAI Migration Service
Engineered a GenAI migration service to convert IBM Cognos analytics artifacts to Power BI.
- ▹Used semantic parsing, template-driven one-shot prompting, and chained inference
- ▹Saved $100K-$120K in annual operational costs
- ▹Reduced processing time from 5h to 1h for 20+ business units
Anomaly Detection System
Implemented hybrid unsupervised anomaly detection model combining Isolation Forest with DBSCAN clustering.
- ▹Achieved ~20% higher detection accuracy than standalone baselines
- ▹Processed 12K+ records for risk management
- ▹Enhanced fraud detection reliability
Document QA System
Built closed-domain document QA system using Hugging Face Transformers and fine-tuned RoBERTa model.
- ▹Fine-tuned RoBERTa QA model on 10K+ passages
- ▹Improved Exact Match (EM) and F1 by ~15%
- ▹Engineered hybrid retrieval layer (BM25 + dense vectors) increasing recall by ~25%
Data Pipeline & Migration
Led Denodo decommissioning and built high-throughput ETL pipelines.
- ▹Consolidated 3K+ views into 40 optimized Snowflake views, saving $250K annually
- ▹Migrated 50K+ insurance records/minute from SQL Server to Snowflake via AWS Lambda, Glue, Spark
- ▹Built Kafka-based validator processing 10K+ events/sec
- ▹Implemented CI/CD pipelines reducing QA workload by 50% (10 hours/week)
Skills & Expertise
Comprehensive technical skill set spanning AI/ML, Backend Systems, and Data Engineering
Languages
AI/ML & GenAI
Backend & Distributed Systems
Data Engineering
Cloud & DevOps
Data Analysis & Visualization
Certifications
Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
Databricks Lakehouse Fundamentals
SoftwareAG ARIS Mining Professional
Featured Projects
From intelligent AI systems to scalable backend solutions
Adaptive Query Reformulation
Implemented an adaptive query reformulation framework combining query quality classification and conditional rewriting to improve clarity and intent preservation for ambiguous natural-language queries.
- ▹Fine-tuned DistilRoBERTa classifier on Query Well-Formedness dataset
- ▹Trained T5-based rewriter on QReCC and CANARD for context-grounded reformulations
- ▹Evaluated with Accuracy, Precision, Recall, F1, and BLEU/ROUGE metrics
- ▹Human assessment confirmed improved query clarity and specificity
AI4Peace
Developed a multimodal video analysis system combining facial expressions, body posture recognition, weapons detection, audio sentiment analysis, and text analysis for timestamp-based conflict detection.
- ▹Simplified review of 200+ hours of bodycam footage with 70% precision
- ▹Enabled future real-time escalation prediction capabilities
- ▹Integrated multiple AI models for comprehensive video analysis
- ▹Deployed on GCP Vertex AI for scalable processing
Academic Portal
Built a unified academic management platform for educational institutions, supporting student and faculty workflows including announcements, assignments, and project management.
- ▹Adopted by 15+ institutes serving 50K students and 1K+ faculty
- ▹Implemented secure OAuth 2.0 + JWT authentication
- ▹Optimized REST API workflows improving latency by 35%
- ▹Built ML-driven attendance module using face detection with 90%+ accuracy
Payment Microservices Ecosystem
Built a scalable payment microservices system integrating multiple payment gateways to handle high-throughput daily transactions with reliable distributed transaction logic.
- ▹Handled 200K+ daily transactions with low latency
- ▹Integrated Stripe and Razorpay payment gateways
- ▹Implemented reliable distributed transaction logic (idempotency, retries, validation, reconciliation)
- ▹Tuned APIs and queries for high-throughput performance
Inventory Management System
Developed a full-stack platform for retail inventory tracking and billing automation with real-time inventory synchronization and analytics.
- ▹Reduced stockouts by 20%, saving $10,000 annually
- ▹Real-time inventory synchronization post-sale
- ▹Improved sales analytics visibility for business insights
- ▹Deployed on AWS EC2 with JWT authentication
More projects and contributions on GitHub
Let's Connect
Open to Summer/Fall 2026 internships and collaboration opportunities
I'm passionate about building systems that bridge low-level engineering with intelligent AI solutions. Whether it's optimizing database internals or architecting agentic AI systems, I love tackling complex technical challenges.