I am a Senior AI/ML Engineer with 10+ years of hands-on experience delivering production-grade AI, ML, and LLM solutions across banking, telecom, and enterprise settings. I specialize in rapid design and deployment of LLM-based systems, retrieval-augmented generation, cloud-native ML platforms, high-throughput ETL pipelines, and GPU-optimized inference on AWS and Azure. I thrive in regulated environments, collaborating with engineering, security, and compliance teams to build secure, auditable AI workflows with strong governance. My work focuses on delivering measurable outcomes—faster investigations, improved fraud and risk analytics, reduced latency, and optimized costs—while minimizing hallucinations and maintaining reliability.

Vasantha Gopi Chintha

I am a Senior AI/ML Engineer with 10+ years of hands-on experience delivering production-grade AI, ML, and LLM solutions across banking, telecom, and enterprise settings. I specialize in rapid design and deployment of LLM-based systems, retrieval-augmented generation, cloud-native ML platforms, high-throughput ETL pipelines, and GPU-optimized inference on AWS and Azure. I thrive in regulated environments, collaborating with engineering, security, and compliance teams to build secure, auditable AI workflows with strong governance. My work focuses on delivering measurable outcomes—faster investigations, improved fraud and risk analytics, reduced latency, and optimized costs—while minimizing hallucinations and maintaining reliability.

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I am a Senior AI/ML Engineer with 10+ years of hands-on experience delivering production-grade AI, ML, and LLM solutions across banking, telecom, and enterprise settings. I specialize in rapid design and deployment of LLM-based systems, retrieval-augmented generation, cloud-native ML platforms, high-throughput ETL pipelines, and GPU-optimized inference on AWS and Azure.

I thrive in regulated environments, collaborating with engineering, security, and compliance teams to build secure, auditable AI workflows with strong governance. My work focuses on delivering measurable outcomes—faster investigations, improved fraud and risk analytics, reduced latency, and optimized costs—while minimizing hallucinations and maintaining reliability.

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Work Experience

Senior AI/ML Engineer at PNC Bank
July 1, 2023 - Present
Modernized fraud detection and risk analytics platforms using LLM-driven automation and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines. Built GPU-accelerated inference services and end-to-end MLOps enabling automated retraining, versioning, monitoring, and secure deployment compliant with SOX and PCI. Implemented workflow automation and analyst tooling to support high-volume financial operations, reducing investigation turnaround times by ~50%.
AI/ML Engineer at VERIZON
May 1, 2020 - June 1, 2023
Delivered LLM-powered search, ranking, and analytics across billions of telecom-scale events. Built semantic search with Transformer models, LangChain, LlamaIndex, and Pinecone, improving search precision and personalization; deployed real-time analytics pipelines and GPU-optimized inference to reduce costs and latency.
Data Scientist at GRUPO TECHNOLOGIES
August 1, 2016 - August 1, 2019
Developed predictive models for risk scoring, fraud detection, churn prediction, and customer segmentation; built multi-terabyte ETL pipelines; implemented document intelligence and semantic search workflows (FAISS, LangChain, LlamaIndex); established dashboards and self-service analytics; standardized model evaluation and productionization using MLflow.
Data Analyst at FLAIR NETWORK SYSTEMS
June 1, 2014 - July 1, 2016
Delivered foundational analytics, reporting, and data automation; built ETL pipelines with Spark, Databricks, and Airflow; developed anomaly detection and search capabilities; exposed model inference via RESTful APIs; supported governance and audit-ready documentation.

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Financial Services, Telecommunications, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Other