AI/ML Engineer with about 4 years of experience building and deploying deep learning, NLP/LLM, computer vision, and predictive modeling solutions. Experienced in production GenAI systems including RAG and agentic workflows using LangChain/LangGraph, vector databases, semantic search, tool calling, and LLM evaluation for retrieval quality, groundedness, and hallucination reduction. Built scalable data pipelines and MLOps infrastructure using Spark, Airflow, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, FastAPI, MLflow, and AWS SageMaker/CI-CD. Passionate about reliable, secure (HIPAA-compliant) enterprise AI deployments with strong evaluation, observability, and cost/latency optimization.

Phani KAI

AI/ML Engineer with about 4 years of experience building and deploying deep learning, NLP/LLM, computer vision, and predictive modeling solutions. Experienced in production GenAI systems including RAG and agentic workflows using LangChain/LangGraph, vector databases, semantic search, tool calling, and LLM evaluation for retrieval quality, groundedness, and hallucination reduction. Built scalable data pipelines and MLOps infrastructure using Spark, Airflow, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, FastAPI, MLflow, and AWS SageMaker/CI-CD. Passionate about reliable, secure (HIPAA-compliant) enterprise AI deployments with strong evaluation, observability, and cost/latency optimization.

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AI/ML Engineer with about 4 years of experience building and deploying deep learning, NLP/LLM, computer vision, and predictive modeling solutions. Experienced in production GenAI systems including RAG and agentic workflows using LangChain/LangGraph, vector databases, semantic search, tool calling, and LLM evaluation for retrieval quality, groundedness, and hallucination reduction.

Built scalable data pipelines and MLOps infrastructure using Spark, Airflow, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, FastAPI, MLflow, and AWS SageMaker/CI-CD. Passionate about reliable, secure (HIPAA-compliant) enterprise AI deployments with strong evaluation, observability, and cost/latency optimization.

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Language

English
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Work Experience

AI/ML Engineer at UnitedHealth Group
August 1, 2024 - Present
Improved oncology risk prediction accuracy by 50% through feature engineering and normalization in PyTorch time-series models; streamlined EMR + lab data ingestion with near real-time synchronization using Apache Spark and Airflow; deployed HIPAA-compliant FastAPI inference APIs on AWS SageMaker; architected enterprise GenAI solutions with RAG pipelines, vector databases, and semantic search; designed agentic AI systems to automate complex clinical workflows; established monitoring, governance, and CI/CD for production LLM deployments.
AI/ML Engineer at Infosys
May 1, 2021 - July 1, 2023
Improved SME loan default prediction accuracy by 35% using TensorFlow models and engineered transactional features; built Kafka real-time pipelines for credit card transactions to reduce fraud detection latency; fine-tuned LLMs with LoRA, knowledge distillation, and quantization to balance accuracy and inference cost; developed LLM pipelines with BLEU, ROUGE, and MMLU; automated KYC parsing with BERT-based NLP; orchestrated Azure Databricks pipelines and integrated multi-source datasets; implemented MLflow tracking and CI/CD on GCP AI Platform for model governance.

Education

Master of Science in Computer Science at Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, USA
January 11, 2030 - April 17, 2026
Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science at St. Martin’s Engineering College, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
January 11, 2030 - April 17, 2026
Master of Science in Computer Science at Indiana State University
January 11, 2030 - August 20, 2026
Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science at St. Martin’s Engineering College
January 11, 2030 - August 20, 2026
Master of Science in Computer Science at Indiana State University
January 11, 2030 - August 20, 2026
Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science at St. Martin’s Engineering College
January 11, 2030 - August 20, 2026

Qualifications

AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty
January 11, 2030 - April 17, 2026
AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty
January 11, 2030 - August 20, 2026
AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty
January 11, 2030 - August 20, 2026

Industry Experience

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