Hi, I'm Arbaaz Dharmavaram, a passionate Full Stack and AI/ML Engineer with over five years of experience developing machine learning and backend systems. I've had the opportunity to work with renowned institutions like the University of New Brunswick and Target, and I hold two U.S. patents along with multiple research publications. I'm very comfortable working with technologies including PyTorch, TensorFlow, and Kubernetes, and I love creating innovative solutions that solve real-world problems. Throughout my career, I've led significant projects such as AI-driven vulnerability management and automated self-checkout security systems, blending AI with software engineering to deliver impactful products. I enjoy staying at the forefront of AI research and development and continuously learning to enhance my skill set and contribute meaningfully to my field.

Arbaaz Dharmavaram

Hi, I'm Arbaaz Dharmavaram, a passionate Full Stack and AI/ML Engineer with over five years of experience developing machine learning and backend systems. I've had the opportunity to work with renowned institutions like the University of New Brunswick and Target, and I hold two U.S. patents along with multiple research publications. I'm very comfortable working with technologies including PyTorch, TensorFlow, and Kubernetes, and I love creating innovative solutions that solve real-world problems. Throughout my career, I've led significant projects such as AI-driven vulnerability management and automated self-checkout security systems, blending AI with software engineering to deliver impactful products. I enjoy staying at the forefront of AI research and development and continuously learning to enhance my skill set and contribute meaningfully to my field.

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Hi, I’m Arbaaz Dharmavaram, a passionate Full Stack and AI/ML Engineer with over five years of experience developing machine learning and backend systems. I’ve had the opportunity to work with renowned institutions like the University of New Brunswick and Target, and I hold two U.S. patents along with multiple research publications. I’m very comfortable working with technologies including PyTorch, TensorFlow, and Kubernetes, and I love creating innovative solutions that solve real-world problems.

Throughout my career, I’ve led significant projects such as AI-driven vulnerability management and automated self-checkout security systems, blending AI with software engineering to deliver impactful products. I enjoy staying at the forefront of AI research and development and continuously learning to enhance my skill set and contribute meaningfully to my field.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert

Language

English
Advanced

Work Experience

Software Engineer at Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity (University of New Brunswick)
December 1, 2023 - Present
Led AI-driven Vulnerability Management by automating the prioritization of risk mitigation. Integrated multiple data sources including the National Vulnerability Database, CVE.org, SHODAN, Exploit-DB, and web threat intelligence. Developed a threat intelligence pipeline leveraging Agentic AI and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to extract actionable insights, managed in PostgreSQL, and visualized through PowerBI dashboards.
Senior Engineer, Computer Vision and AI at Target Corporation
July 1, 2023 - August 23, 2025
Developed an automated self-checkout security system using OpenCV, FastAPI, image segmentation, and product embeddings to detect theft and miss-scans. Built a workload management system for orchestrating computer vision jobs across GPUs, on-premises and edge clusters, and handheld devices, automating deployment configurations. Created a real-time yard surveillance and alerting system to identify and flag OSHA violations at distribution centers through object detection and knowledge distillation.
Engineer, Computer Vision and AI at Target Corporation
June 1, 2022 - August 23, 2025
Fine-tuned convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for image classification on custom brand photoshoot datasets. Enabled text-to-image search and asset reuse via embedding clustering, cutting search time and saving the design team over $250,000 annually.
Research Assistant at Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (DRDO)
March 1, 2019 - August 23, 2025
Benchmarked classical machine learning and deep learning models such as Logistic Regression, SVM, Naive Bayes, LSTM, GRU, and Recursive Neural Tensor Networks for sentiment analysis tasks.

Education

Master of Computer Science at University of New Brunswick
August 1, 2023 - August 1, 2025
Bachelor of Engineering in Information Science and Engineering at PES University
August 1, 2015 - August 1, 2019

Qualifications

SAFETY COMPLIANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD Patent Publication
July 20, 2023 - August 23, 2025
IDENTIFYING BARCODE-TO-PRODUCT MISMATCH USING POINT-OF-SALE DEVICES Patent
October 24, 2023 - August 23, 2025
LOCALIZING PRODUCTS WITHIN IMAGES USING IMAGE SEGMENTATION Patent Publication
July 4, 2024 - August 23, 2025

Industry Experience

Education, Retail, Software & Internet, Government, Transportation & Logistics