AI/ML Engineer with 4+ years of experience in Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Generative AI, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), building scalable production-grade solutions. Proficient in Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, and modern AI/ML tooling to deliver measurable improvements across fraud prevention, predictive accuracy, risk intelligence, and enterprise automation. Experienced in end-to-end GenAI/MLOps: designing vector search & hybrid retrieval systems, building citation-grounded RAG workflows, and deploying models on AWS EKS/Kubernetes with robust governance (RBAC, audit logging, PII detection). Delivered real-time analytics and NLP/LLM applications for banking and fintech use cases with strong compliance and operational efficiency focus.

Akhil KoliPaka

AI/ML Engineer with 4+ years of experience in Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Generative AI, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), building scalable production-grade solutions. Proficient in Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, and modern AI/ML tooling to deliver measurable improvements across fraud prevention, predictive accuracy, risk intelligence, and enterprise automation. Experienced in end-to-end GenAI/MLOps: designing vector search & hybrid retrieval systems, building citation-grounded RAG workflows, and deploying models on AWS EKS/Kubernetes with robust governance (RBAC, audit logging, PII detection). Delivered real-time analytics and NLP/LLM applications for banking and fintech use cases with strong compliance and operational efficiency focus.

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AI/ML Engineer with 4+ years of experience in Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Generative AI, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), building scalable production-grade solutions. Proficient in Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, and modern AI/ML tooling to deliver measurable improvements across fraud prevention, predictive accuracy, risk intelligence, and enterprise automation.

Experienced in end-to-end GenAI/MLOps: designing vector search & hybrid retrieval systems, building citation-grounded RAG workflows, and deploying models on AWS EKS/Kubernetes with robust governance (RBAC, audit logging, PII detection). Delivered real-time analytics and NLP/LLM applications for banking and fintech use cases with strong compliance and operational efficiency focus.

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AI/ML Engineer at Goldman Sachs Group
August 1, 2025 - Present
Architected an enterprise GenAI RAG platform using GPT-4, Llama 3, LangChain, Pinecone, and Bloomberg datasets, reducing financial research time by 68% across 15M+ documents. Engineered hybrid semantic retrieval pipelines with Pinecone, Elasticsearch vector search, FAISS, and query re-ranking, improving retrieval accuracy from 74% to 93%. Developed financial NLP models (PyTorch, Hugging Face, spaCy) for entity extraction and risk intelligence generation over 15M+ records. Implemented citation-grounded RAG workflows using OpenAI APIs, LlamaIndex, LangGraph, and contextual prompting, reducing hallucination rate by 40% during validation. Optimized inference pipelines on AWS EKS/Kubernetes, Docker, MLflow, and Databricks, reducing response latency by 45%. Governed AI compliance using guardrails, moderation, RBAC, vault/audit logging, and PII detection; reduced compliance review turnaround by 60%. Orchestrated end-to-end GenAI ops pipelines using Airflow, Kafka, Terraform, GitHub Actions, J
AI/ML Engineer at Goldman Sachs Group, USA
August 1, 2025 - Present
Architected an enterprise GenAI RAG platform using GPT-4, Llama 3, LangChain, Pinecone, and Bloomberg datasets, reducing financial research time by 68% across 15M+ documents. Engineered hybrid semantic retrieval pipelines with Pinecone, Elasticsearch vector search, FAISS, and query re-ranking, improving retrieval accuracy from 74% to 93%. Developed finance NLP models using PyTorch, Hugging Face, spaCy, and SEC EDGAR data to automate entity extraction and risk intelligence across 15M+ records. Implemented citation-grounded RAG workflows using OpenAI GPT-4, LlamaIndex, LangGraph, and contextual prompting, reducing hallucination rate by 40% during validation. Optimized enterprise-scale GenAI inference pipelines on AWS EKS, Kubernetes, Docker, MLflow, and Databricks, improving response latency by 45% for global banking users. Governed AI compliance with Guardrails AI, OpenAI moderation, RBAC, Vault, audit logging, and PII detection, reducing compliance review turnaround time by 60%. Orches
Machine Learning Engineer at Mphasis
January 1, 2021 - April 1, 2023
Built credit-risk models using XGBoost, LightGBM, and CatBoost with PySpark and AWS EMR, achieving 91% predictive accuracy and reducing defaults by 24%. Designed Spark-based feature engineering pipelines generating 500+ predictive attributes from UPI, GSTN, Account Aggregator, and banking datasets; increased underwriting automation by 82%. Optimized loan decisioning workflows using Logistic Regression, PCA, Optuna tuning, and MLflow, reducing approval turnaround from 48 hours to under 5 minutes. Developed real-time fraud detection models using XGBoost, Random Forest, Isolation Forest, and SHAP explainability; achieved 94% precision with 38% lower fraud losses. Implemented Kafka + Spark structured streaming scoring for 25M+ daily transactions with sub-200ms latency and reduced false-positive fraud alerts by 45%. Implemented DBSCAN, K-Means, One-Class SVM, and graph analytics for behavioral profiling and fraud ring identification; reduced investigation workload by 50%. Orchestrated MLOps
Machine Learning Engineer at Mphasis, India
January 1, 2021 - April 30, 2023
Engineered XGBoost, LightGBM, and CatBoost credit-risk models with PySpark and AWS EMR, improving prediction accuracy to 91% and reducing defaults by 24%. Designed Spark-based feature engineering pipelines generating 500+ predictive attributes from UPI, GSTN, account aggregator, and banking data, increasing underwriting automation by 82%. Optimized loan decisioning workflows using Logistic Regression, PCA, Optuna tuning, and MLflow, reducing approval turnaround time from 48 hours to under 5 minutes. Developed real-time fraud detection models using XGBoost, Random Forest, Isolation Forest, and SHAP explainability, achieving 94% precision and reducing fraud losses by 38%. Built Kafka and Spark structured streaming scoring pipelines processing 25M+ daily transactions while maintaining sub-200ms latency and reducing false-positive fraud alerts by 45%. Implemented DBSCAN, K-means, One-Class SVM, and graph analytics for behavioral profiling and fraud ring identification, reducing investigati
Data Scientist at Streebo Inc
January 1, 2020 - December 1, 2020
Analyzed 50M+ banking interaction records using Python, SQL, pandas, Spark, and EDA techniques, reducing customer churn by 21% via predictive behavioral modeling. Developed churn models using XGBoost, Random Forest, and Gradient Boosting with scikit-learn and Spark, increasing retention by 18% across digital banking channels. Built 300+ customer intelligence features from UPI, CRM, wallet, and banking datasets, improving campaign conversion rates by 30% through personalized recommendation analytics. Designed next-best-action recommendation models using customer segmentation, K-Means clustering, PCA, and statistical analysis, increasing digital banking adoption by 26%. Evaluated loan default risks using XGBoost, Logistic Regression, and Random Forest on 25M+ lending records, improving predictive accuracy to 89%. Engineered 400+ borrower-risk indicators using Python, Spark, PCA, and feature selection, reducing delinquency by 17% and underwriting effort by 45%. Delivered Tableau/Power BI
Data Scientist at Streebo Inc, India
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Analyzed 50M+ banking interaction records using Python, SQL, pandas, Spark, and EDA techniques, reducing customer churn by 21% via predictive behavioral modeling. Developed churn models using XGBoost, Random Forest, and Gradient Boosting with scikit-learn and Spark, increasing customer retention by 18% across digital banking channels. Built 300+ customer intelligence features from UPI, CRM, wallet, and banking datasets, improving campaign conversion rates by 30% through personalized recommendation analytics. Designed next-best-action recommendation models using customer segmentation, K-means clustering, PCA, and statistical analysis, increasing digital banking adoption by 26%. Evaluated loan default risks on 25M+ lending records using XGBoost, Logistic Regression, and Random Forest, improving prediction accuracy to 89%. Engineered 400+ borrower-risk indicators using Python, Spark, PCA, and feature selection, reducing delinquency rate by 17% and underwriting effort by 45%. Delivered Tab

Education

Master of Science in Information Systems at Indian a Tech University , USA
January 11, 2030 - March 20, 2025
Master of Science in Information Systems at Indian a Tech University
January 1, 2025 - July 23, 2026
Master of Science in Information Systems at Indian a Tech University , USA
January 11, 2030 - March 20, 2025

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Financial Services