Hi, I’m Saipriya Akula, a systems-oriented software engineer who loves turning complex infrastructure into reproducible, container-driven environments. I design tooling and pipelines that help teams move faster and ship with confidence. I specialize in Docker, Bash, CI/CD workflows, and data/AI workloads, delivering fast, reliable systems and scalable solutions. I’m known for solving tough issues quickly and building environments that teams can depend on as they grow.

Saipriya Akula

Hi, I’m Saipriya Akula, a systems-oriented software engineer who loves turning complex infrastructure into reproducible, container-driven environments. I design tooling and pipelines that help teams move faster and ship with confidence. I specialize in Docker, Bash, CI/CD workflows, and data/AI workloads, delivering fast, reliable systems and scalable solutions. I’m known for solving tough issues quickly and building environments that teams can depend on as they grow.

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Hi, I’m Saipriya Akula, a systems-oriented software engineer who loves turning complex infrastructure into reproducible, container-driven environments. I design tooling and pipelines that help teams move faster and ship with confidence.

I specialize in Docker, Bash, CI/CD workflows, and data/AI workloads, delivering fast, reliable systems and scalable solutions. I’m known for solving tough issues quickly and building environments that teams can depend on as they grow.

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Work Experience

AI/ML Developer Intern at Capital One
June 1, 2025 - November 27, 2025
Improved RAG retrieval accuracy by 32% and cut search latency by 45%, enabling faster and more reliable insights. Built large-scale pipelines processing 2.5B+ records, improving data quality and model performance end-to-end. Automated data labeling workflows, decreasing manual effort by 60% while maintaining high precision. Achieved 99.8% pipeline uptime and saved 8+ TB/month in storage through optimized curation and indexing. Accelerated experiment cycles 3× and supported 12+ ML teams with clean, production-ready datasets.
Data Engineer at Infosys (Client: Wells Fargo)
December 1, 2023 - December 1, 2023
Designed scalable data pipelines on AWS using Glue, Lambda, Step Functions, and S3 to support high volume ingestion and transformation across multiple business units. Developed optimized ELT workflows with Spark and Snowflake, improving query performance and reducing processing costs through clustering, materialized views, and task based scheduling. Built reusable data quality frameworks with Python, SQL, and PySpark to validate schema, lineage, and SLAs, increasing pipeline reliability and reducing production defects. Created near real time streaming pipelines with Kafka and Kinesis to support event driven applications and operational dashboards. Implemented CI and CD automation with GitHub Actions and Terraform to standardize infrastructure deployments and ensure consistent releases across staging and production. Collaborated with cross functional teams to translate data requirements into scalable models and governed datasets, enabling faster reporting and advanced analytics use case
Software Engineer at NTT Data
February 1, 2021 - February 1, 2021
Built real time ingestion pipelines with Kafka and Java to capture customer events from web and mobile systems. Developed PySpark and AWS Glue jobs to clean, enrich, and load data into Snowflake for analytics teams. Created Airflow workflows to automate streaming and batch processing with full dependency and SLA tracking. Implemented Python based data quality checks for schema validation and anomaly detection, cutting defects by over forty percent. Optimized Snowflake tables using clustering and materialized views to improve query speed and reduce compute cost. Strengthened compliance by implementing secure handling of PII data through encryption, IAM policies, and role based access in Snowflake. Created end to end documentation and runbooks for pipeline monitoring, debugging, and environment setup on Linux. Improved system reliability by adding automated alerts in CloudWatch and Airflow for pipeline failures and SLA breaches. Used GitHub Actions and Terraform for CI and CD to ensure c

Education

Master of Science, Computer Science at University of Central Missouri
January 1, 2024 - December 1, 2025

Qualifications

Gen AI Certified
January 11, 2030 - November 27, 2025
SnowPro Core Certified
January 11, 2030 - November 27, 2025

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services