I am a passionate and results-driven AI/ML engineer with 8+ years of experience building innovative, scalable solutions across pharma, banking, and technology industries. I thrive at turning complex challenges into user-centric products, driving end-to-end product development, and collaborating with diverse teams to deliver measurable business outcomes. I am excited about solving meaningful problems, embracing new challenges, and contributing to forward-thinking organizations shaping the future through technology and innovation.

Apoorva Sunkara

I am a passionate and results-driven AI/ML engineer with 8+ years of experience building innovative, scalable solutions across pharma, banking, and technology industries. I thrive at turning complex challenges into user-centric products, driving end-to-end product development, and collaborating with diverse teams to deliver measurable business outcomes. I am excited about solving meaningful problems, embracing new challenges, and contributing to forward-thinking organizations shaping the future through technology and innovation.

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I am a passionate and results-driven AI/ML engineer with 8+ years of experience building innovative, scalable solutions across pharma, banking, and technology industries. I thrive at turning complex challenges into user-centric products, driving end-to-end product development, and collaborating with diverse teams to deliver measurable business outcomes.

I am excited about solving meaningful problems, embracing new challenges, and contributing to forward-thinking organizations shaping the future through technology and innovation.

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Language

English
Fluent
Hindi
Advanced
Telugu
Advanced
German
Intermediate

Work Experience

Lead AI Engineer at Teva Pharmaceuticals
January 10, 2026 - Present
Developed an enterprise-grade Multi-Agent RAG platform for pharmaceutical workflows using LangGraph, LangChain, Azure OpenAI, and GPT models, enabling conversational and voice-based access to enterprise knowledge sources. Built agentic workflows for query planning, retrieval, reasoning, summarization, validation, and response generation with dynamic routing, tool orchestration, memory management, and context-aware decision-making. Engineered scalable data pipelines using Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, PySpark, Azure Blob Storage, Azure AI Search, SQL, and Vector Databases for document ingestion, enrichment, chunking, embedding generation, and semantic/hybrid search. Developed FastAPI microservices for multi-agent orchestration, intelligent query routing, retrieval workflows, tool execution, and context aggregation. Implemented RAG, agent memory, prompt optimization, guardrails, hallucination mitigation, and evaluation frameworks to improve accuracy and reliability. Integrated Azure Speech Services for speech-to-text and text-to-speech capabilities, while following LLMOps and MLOps best practices to deliver a secure, scalable, cloud native AI platform with enterprise-grade observability and reliability.
Machine Learning Engineer at Inspire Brands
November 11, 2024 - January 5, 2026
Built a personalized recommendation engine using uplift modeling, causal inference, LangChain and Neo4j graphbased customer intelligence to identify customers most likely to respond to targeted offers. Designed scalable data pipelines with Azure Data Factory and implemented model training and inference on Databricks. Automated ML workflow deployment through Azure DevOps CI/CD, ensuring reliable and fast releases. Enhanced recommendation explainability and contextual personalization using graph relationships and agentic workflow orchestration. Conducted A/B testing for offer assignment to validate model effectiveness and optimize campaign performance. Leveraged Snowflake for largescale data processing, improving campaign conversion rates and ROI.
Machine Learning Engineer at Inspire Brands
November 11, 2024 - January 5, 2026
Developed an optimized machine learning model using Azure Machine Learning, Azure Databricks, and Azure Data Factory (ADF) to enhance labor management, demand forecasting, and inventory planning for restaurant stores. Data was ingested and transformed using ADF pipelines and processed with PySpark in Azure Databricks to handle large volumes of historical sales and workforce data. Applied advanced prompt engineering techniques to generate personalized, explainable investment recommendations. The model predicted store-level demand and recommended optimal staffing levels, improving operational efficiency by 80%.
Data Scientist at Development Bank Of Singapore
January 13, 2023 - November 14, 2024
Machine generated portfolio advices and solutions across broader set of asset classes with explainability - Matched to client specific objectives and house views (risk, needs & preferences, holdings, PAET etc) to formulate recommendations around products on a holistic portfolio view to maximize value to clients using generative AI. Integrated structured portfolio data with LLM outputs using RAG architecture and implemented hallucination mitigation strategies and output validation guardrails. Optimized prompts using evaluation frameworks and human feedback loops which improved client engagement through AI-generated tailored financial insights.
Data Scientist at Development Bank Of Singapore
January 3, 2022 - June 6, 2024
SAM is an intuitive,self-help tool to enable broader DBS staff to develop machine learning solutions.It automates the process of pre-process behavior data,train various machine learning models using pre-processed data and use this model to make predictions.
Software Engineer at Capgmenini India
June 13, 2018 - November 11, 2021
SWIFT For Corporates is cloud based single channel used by corporate customers to communicate mission-critical financial information and transaction data securely and reliably.

Education

Post-Graduate at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Hyderabad
March 20, 2020 - April 21, 2021
Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering at BVRIT Hyderabad College of Engineering
June 1, 2014 - May 1, 2018

Qualifications

Oracle Certified Associate, Java SE8 Programmer
July 1, 2018 - July 1, 2026
British English Certification (BEC) — Level 1 and Level 2
August 1, 2016 - July 1, 2026
AI-102 - Designing and Implementing a Microsoft Azure AI Solution
November 5, 2025 - July 1, 2026

Industry Experience

Life Sciences, Financial Services, Software & Internet, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Professional Services