Chandana

I am a curious and ambitious AI professional, driven by a commitment to accountability and honesty in all my endeavors. My calm and thoughtful approach allows me to navigate complex challenges, always seeking pragmatic and empathetic solutions that deliver tangible impact.

Experience

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Generative AI Engineer

SDK Consulting Inc · Feb 2025 – Present

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• Engineered advanced RAG chatbot with Milvus vector database, achieving 10X token throughput using SGLang and asynchronous processing.
• Implemented agentic AI for intelligent metadata filtering and recursive retrieval to maximize context relevance.
• Reduced hallucinations through prompt engineering constrained to retrieved context, and built document summarization with pre-indexed Q&A capabilities.
• Deployed scalable architecture using Ray Serve for multi-client inference, LlamaIndex for rapid development and model flexibility, with containerized CUDA libraries for seamless deployment via Streamlit UI.

AI Engineer

SUNAYU · Sep 2021 – Jan 2025

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• Pioneered enterprise NLP capabilities by training domain-specific Named Entity Recognition using GLINER, accelerating development through synthetic data generation to address labeling constraints.
• Delivered end-to-end AI solutions for mission-critical applications: topic modeling, keyword extraction, summarization, and question answering powered by transformer models.
• Containerized with Docker, built user-friendly Streamlit interfaces, and contributed to ML community as conference speaker on RAG architectures, Transformers, and Data Lakes.

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Artificial Intelligence Intern

CODTECH IT Solutions · Jul 2024 – Sep 2024

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• Completed Artificial Intelligence Internship at CODTECH IT Solutions, focusing on machine learning models, natural language processing, AI automation, data preprocessing, and intelligent system development using Python and AI frameworks.

Data Science and AIML Intern

YBI Foundation · May 2024 – Jul 2024

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• Completed Data Science and AIML Internship at YBI Foundation, focusing on machine learning algorithms, data analysis, data visualization, predictive modeling, and AI-based solutions using Python libraries and real-world datasets.

Python Programming Intern

YBI Foundation · Mar 2024 – May 2024

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• Completed Python Programming Internship at YBI Foundation, focusing on data structures File handling, and automation scripts.

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Cyber Security Intern

Known Innovations Private Limited · Jan 2024 – Mar 2024

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• Completed a Cybersecurity at known Innovations, gaining the hands-on experience in network Security, threat analysis, and vulnerability assessment.

Solutions Architect

BigBear.ai · May 2019 – Sep 2021

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• Spearheaded enterprise lakehouse modernization, migrating terabytes from traditional warehouses to Databricks Delta Lake while architecting scalable Analytics Cloud infrastructure.
• Designed and implemented dimensional data models with robust governance for Enterprise Decision Support systems, integrated complex ERP data sources, and managed AWS environments for cloud development.
• Established Spark training program (NuWave) and architected production-grade ADSB track processing solution for commercial aerospace operations.

Cloud/Data Migration Consultant

FINRA · Aug 2018 – Feb 2019

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• Accelerated cloud transformation by replacing monolithic Oracle-based applications with scalable AWS Lambda microservices.
• Migrated complex stored procedures to RDS Postgres, built self-healing event-driven systems using SNS/SQS/DLQ, and established infrastructure-as-code with CloudFormation.
• Integrated enterprise observability through CloudWatch-Splunk and pioneered Apache NiFi data pipeline architecture.
• Earned runner-up recognition at FINRA's Createathon #MachineReady using K-means clustering for machine learning solutions.

Big Data Specialist

Oath · Jan 2018 – Jul 2018

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• Met critical EU GDPR regulatory deadline by rapidly delivering enterprise-scale data infrastructure.
• Processed terabytes of daily data through optimized ETL pipelines, built Spark Scala applications with HBase for compliant user data retrieval, and secured sensitive information using AWS IAM.
• Scaled Kafka producers to 1+ billion daily messages, reduced Spark pipeline costs by 50X, and deployed Datadog monitoring—all within tight project constraints.

Lead Data Engineer

FINRA · Dec 2015 – Dec 2017

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Software Contractor

AOL · Jun 2015 – Dec 2015

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Senior Software Engineer

Amtrak · May 2013 – May 2015

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Senior Software Engineer

Videology, Inc. · Oct 2012 – May 2013

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Senior Software Engineer

LucidMedia · Dec 2011 – Sep 2012

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Software Engineer

K12 · Apr 2007 – Nov 2011

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Programmer Analyst

US Courts · Jan 2005 – Jan 2007

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Software Programmer

Sipera Systems · Jan 2004 – Jan 2004

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