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Hi, I’m Harshan Ashwad, an AI Engineer with a passion for turning ambitious ideas into reliable, production-ready AI systems. I design multi-step generation workflows, build robust validation loops, and deliver reusable components that scale across teams and use cases.
With a focus on prompt engineering, constraint handling, and explainable AI, I combine hands-on software development with pragmatic experimentation to produce real-world results that improve quality, cut costs, and boost user engagement.
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Software developer at IBM
November 30, 2023 - July 23, 2025Built and maintained the Quote to Cash application using Node.js and Vue.js, taking full ownership after 4 months and ensuring round-the-clock system reliability. Developed and deployed RESTful APIs in JavaScript and Node.js, addressing 20+ weekly user requests and integrating with IBM Sales Cloud backend services. Revamped frontend components using Vue.js and responsive design techniques to reduce UI bug incidence and improve user experience. Created an SMTP-based health alert system using Node.js and cron to reduce downtime by 25% through early anomaly detection. Engineered real-time webhook integrations to improve backend performance and optimized middleware and Vue.js rendering logic, reducing bug resolution time by 30%. Utilized AWS services (EC2, IAM, S3) for deployment and infrastructure management. Developed custom Python monitoring tools and implemented ML-based anomaly detection with Isolation Forest and ARIMA to flag spikes and forecast trends, enabling a 20% reduction in cl
AI Engineer Lead at AI Seer
July 1, 2025 - PresentLed backend development and enhanced Facticity (AI-powered fact-checking platform), expanding verification reach by 300% by integrating a Twitter bot, increasing user engagement from ~100 to 300+ daily interactions. Built automated lead scoring system by integrating third-party APIs for market intelligence, reducing invalid lead classifications by 25% and achieving 95% accuracy in lead qualification through ML-based criteria evaluation. Developed AI-driven automation agent for query handling and appointment scheduling, processing 150-200 requests daily with workflow automation, reducing manual intervention by 60% through intelligent follow-up actions. Optimized LLM orchestration layer by implementing Redis/TypeScript caching for embeddings, reducing OpenAI token costs by 40% and improving response time by 2.5x under load. Designed parallel search enrichment architecture in Facticity's pipeline with intent-aware retrieval, reducing query processing time by 60% and improving evidence div
Software Developer at IBM
January 1, 2022 - November 1, 2023Managed Quote to Cash application using Node.js and Vue.js, taking full ownership and developing 20+ RESTful APIs integrated with IBM Sales Cloud backend services. Created SMTP-based health monitoring system with Node.js cron jobs, reducing downtime by 25% through early anomaly detection and real-time webhook integrations. Developed custom Python monitoring tool with ML-based anomaly detection (Isolation Forest, ARIMA) to track AWS resource usage, achieving 20% reduction in cloud costs through automated remediation actions. Upgraded middleware and Vue.js rendering performance, cutting bug resolution time by 30% while managing AWS infrastructure (EC2, IAM, S3) for secure deployment.
Software Developer
January 1, 2022 - November 1, 2023Managed Quote-to-Cash application using Node.js and Vue.js, taking full ownership and developing 20+ RESTful APIs integrated with IBM Sales Cloud backend services. Created SMTP-based health monitoring system with Node.js cron jobs, reducing downtime by 25% through early anomaly detection and real-time webhook integrations. Developed Python monitoring tool with ML-based anomaly detection (Isolation Forest, ARIMA) to track AWS resource usage, achieving 20% reduction in cloud costs through automated remediation. Upgraded middleware and Vue.js rendering performance, reducing bug resolution time by 30% while managing AWS infrastructure (EC2, IAM, S3) for secure deployment.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering at Thiagarajar College of Engineering (TCE)
July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2022Master of Computing in Artificial Intelligence at National University of Singapore (NUS)
January 1, 2024 - June 1, 2025Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science at Thiagarajar College of Engineering (TCE)
July 1, 2018 - June 1, 2022Master of Computing in Artificial Intelligence at National University of Singapore (NUS)
January 1, 2024 - June 1, 2025Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science at Thiagarajar College of Engineering (TCE)
July 1, 2018 - June 1, 2022Master of Computing in Artificial Intelligence at National University of Singapore (NUS)
January 1, 2024 - June 1, 2025Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science at Thiagarajar College of Engineering (TCE)
July 1, 2018 - June 1, 2022Master of Computing in Artificial Intelligence at National University of Singapore (NUS)
January 1, 2024 - June 1, 2025Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science at Thiagarajar College of Engineering (TCE)
July 1, 2018 - June 1, 2022Qualifications
AWS certified Cloud Practitioner
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022Weights & Biases Building LLM-Powered Applications
January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025AlgoExpert certificate for completing 100 coding questions
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022Machine Learning A-Z: Hands on Python & R in Data Science
January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021Complete Python Developer course in ZeroToMastery.io
January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
January 1, 2022 - January 18, 2026Weights & Biases: Building LLM-Powered Applications
January 1, 2025 - January 18, 2026Algorithm Expert Certificate
January 1, 2022 - January 18, 2026Industry Experience
Software & Internet, Professional Services, Computers & Electronics, Media & Entertainment
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