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portfolio@balaji-koneti
visitor@portfolio:~$whoami

Machine Learning Engineer with 5+ years of experience delivering scalable AI/ML solutions deployed in production across financial and healthcare domains. Specialized in Generative AI (LLMs, RAG, Prompt Engineering, Agentic AI systems), Deep Learning, and Classic ML. Developed 5+ end-to-end ML pipelines and production LLM systems using Python and Hugging Face, improving automation efficiency by 40%. Skilled in data pre-processing, model optimization, and explainable AI (XAI) techniques including SHAP and LIME. Integrated AWS/GCP cloud infrastructure, containerized deployments using Docker/Kubernetes, and enabled real-time inference pipelines for production environments. Experienced in mentoring students and leading agile teams that deployed 4 scalable ML models across research and industry, reducing time-to-insight by 40%.

San Francisco, CA, USA
visitor@portfolio:~$> cat README.md

Machine Learning Engineer with 5+ years of experience delivering scalable AI/ML solutions deployed in production across financial and healthcare domains. Specialized in Generative AI (LLMs, RAG, Prompt Engineering, Agentic AI systems), Deep Learning, and Classic ML. Developed 5+ end-to-end ML pipelines and production LLM systems using Python and Hugging Face, improving automation efficiency by 40%. Skilled in data pre-processing, model optimization, and explainable AI (XAI) techniques including SHAP and LIME. Integrated AWS/GCP cloud infrastructure, containerized deployments using Docker/Kubernetes, and enabled real-time inference pipelines for production environments. Experienced in mentoring students and leading agile teams that deployed 4 scalable ML models across research and industry, reducing time-to-insight by 40%.

visitor@portfolio:~$> experience --list
Graduate Teaching Assistant@Northern Arizona University
Jun 2024 - Present[Flagstaff, AZ]
  • Led hands-on sessions on transformers, prompt engineering, and RAG pipelines using OpenAI, Hugging Face, and LangChain,
  • improved student task accuracy by 35% and course engagement by 40%.
  • Mentored 15 capstone teams on LLM fine-tuning and deployment strategies, increased project completion rates by 30% and
  • publication quality by 25%.
Senior Software Engineer@Infosys Ltd
Mar 2022 - Dec 2023[Bangalore, India]
  • Spearheaded migration from monolithic to microservices architecture and integrated machine learning–based fraud detection,
  • minimizing fraudulent activity by 25%. Championed an Agile transformation, improving team velocity and shortening release cycles.
  • Orchestrated ETL pipelines by using Python, SQL, Airflow processing 1M+ daily records, boosting data throughput by 30% and
  • doubling analytics speed.
  • Constructed claims automation system by integrating NLP chatbots, leading to a 35% increase in claims processed per employee,
  • solidifying the department as the top-performing vertical in the company.
  • Deployed and monitored TensorFlow models with real-time logging, achieving 98% uptime and improving model reliability by 20%.
Full Stack Developer@Nerds and Geeks Pvt Ltd
Jan 2021 - Feb 2022[Bangalore, India]
  • Designed and launched real-time recommendation APIs (Flask, TensorFlow), boosting user engagement by 20%.
  • Crafted interactive analytics dashboards (Tableau, Power BI) for three business units, accelerating reporting by 25%.
  • Streamlined MongoDB NoSQL performance for high-frequency tracking, cutting query latency by 40% and scaling capacity.
Software Engineer Intern@Nerds and Geeks Pvt Ltd
Dec 2019 - Dec 2020[Bangalore, India]
  • Engineered and implemented Python data cleaning pipelines with Pandas and NumPy, processing 1 million+ records monthly,
  • improving data quality scores by 40% and halving manual effort.
  • Led ML proof-of-concepts in fraud detection and customer segmentation, boosting anomaly detection accuracy by 22%.
  • Created internal dashboards, enabling three departments to accelerate decision-making and reduce report turnaround by 25%.
visitor@portfolio:~$> npm install --save-dev
+Programming Languages: Python
+Java
+SQL
+Machine Learning & AI: Regression
+Classification
+Clustering
+Reinforcement Learning
+Generative AI
+NLP
+Large Language
+Deep Learning Frameworks: TensorFlow
+PyTorch
+Keras
+Hugging Face Transformers
+OpenCV
+AI APIs & Tools: LangChain
+LangGraph
+OpenAI APIs
+Vector Databases (FAISS
+Pinecone)
+Sentence Transformers
+Computer Vision: YOLO
+Detectron2
+Image Classification
+Object Detection
+Segmentation
+OCR
+MLOps & Deployment: FastAPI
+Docker
+Kubernetes
+CI/CD
+Model Monitoring
+Jupyter Notebook
+Google Colab
+Data Engineering: Pandas
+NumPy
+Apache Airflow
+Apache Spark
+Kafka
+Hadoop
+Snowflake
+MongoDB
+NoSQL
+Data Analytics: Power BI
+Plotly
+Tableau
+Steamlit
+Matplotlib
+Seaborn
+Cloud Platforms: AWS (S3
+Lambda
+SageMaker)
+Azure (OpenAI Studio)
+GCP (Vertex AI
+BigQuery)
+Mathematics & Statistics: Linear Algebra
+Probability
+Optimization
visitor@portfolio:~$> cat /etc/education
Master of Science in Computer Science
Northern Arizona University
Jan 2024 - May 2025
Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Jun 2016 - Nov 2020
visitor@portfolio:~$echo "Thanks for visiting!"