Lavanya Govindaraju

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I am an AI Engineer with a pragmatic, execution-focused approach that balances rapid prototyping with scalable engineering and security best practices.

About

I am an AI Engineer with a pragmatic, execution-focused approach that balances rapid prototyping with scalable engineering and security best practices. I translate research frameworks into production pipelines across healthcare, document intelligence, and vision-language applications including image analysis and automated quality systems.

I am passionate about developing autonomous AI systems with a strong emphasis on robustness, scalability, and real-world impact. I am authorized to work in Germany and available to start immediately.

  • 5 years' experience
  • Joined January 2026

Languages

  • EnglishFluent
  • GermanBeginner

Industry experience

  • Software & Internet
  • Healthcare
  • Professional Services

Work experience· 6 roles

LLM Subject Matter Expert (Remote, Part-time) · Certiport, Pearson VUEMay 2025 – Dec 2025 · 8 mos

Developed 30+ psychometrically validated assessment items for professional LLM certification, covering advanced topics including parameter-efficient fine-tuning methodologies (LoRA, QLoRA), RLHF, and DPO. Conducted technical validation and peer review processes to ensure assessment alignment with production LLM workflows, encompassing deployment constraints, evaluation frameworks, benchmarking methodologies, and safety considerations.

AI Engineer · Stealth FemTech StartupApr 2025 – Present · 1 yr 8 mos

Architected AI system for women's health prediction combining LSTM-based time-series forecasting on synthetic dataset across 6 biomarkers with LLM-powered conversational interface and semantic RAG pipeline. Built end-to-end MVP with FastAPI backend, TypeScript frontend, and Weaviate vector database, implementing structured prompt engineering, multi-step agent workflows with LangChain, and Langfuse for continuous evaluation. Developed agent orchestration system coordinating prediction generation, knowledge retrieval, safety validation, and response synthesis, establishing modular architecture designed for future microservices scaling and regulatory compliance.

AI Research Assistant · German Research Centre for AI (DFKI GmbH)Aug 2023 – Mar 2025 · 1 yr 8 mos

Developed intelligent photo system with chat-based UI integrating vision-language models and LLM-based refinement through RAG architecture, achieving 43% caption quality improvement validated through user study across 1,000 images with 10 participants. Designed hybrid retrieval pipeline using LangChain, combining FAISS-indexed semantic search with GPT-4 and Llama contextual generation, implementing production Flask REST APIs with JavaScript frontend, Docker containerization, and CI/CD automation.

Data Science Intern · Freudenberg GroupApr 2023 – Jul 2023 · 4 mos
Research Assistant · ZeMA GmbHMar 2022 – Aug 2022 · 6 mos
Software Developer · DXC TechnologyOct 2018 – Jan 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos

Education

Master's degree in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence · Universität des Saarlandes (Saarland University)2020 – 2024
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Engineering · Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology2014 – 2018

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