RR

About

Hello! I’m R. Raju, an AI/ML engineer with 8+ years of experience designing, building, and deploying machine learning models, generative AI applications, and scalable data pipelines. I thrive on turning complex data into practical, high-impact solutions and love collaborating with cross-functional teams to ship robust AI-powered products.

I’m proficient with Python, SQL, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face, OpenAI APIs, LangChain, and a broad MLOps toolkit. I enjoy optimizing models for performance and cost, crafting maintainable code, and exploring new AI methods to solve real-world problems in healthcare, manufacturing, and data engineering.

  • 8 years' experience
  • Joined June 2026

Industry experience

  • Healthcare
  • Manufacturing
  • Software & Internet
  • Professional Services

Work experience· 5 roles

AI/ML Engineer · OSF HealthcareJan 2026 – Present · 11 mos

Designed, developed, and deployed AI/ML models and pipelines for clinical predictive analytics and anomaly detection; built generative AI applications using LangChain and OpenAI APIs; fine-tuned LLMs using LoRA, QLoRA, and PEFT; developed multi-step clinical workflows with agent-based frameworks; wrote Python code for data ingestion, feature engineering, embeddings, and inference; built MLOps pipelines with MLflow and Kubeflow; created scalable data pipelines with PySpark and Spark SQL; built data lakes on AWS S3 and Delta Lake; developed REST APIs with FastAPI/Flask; implemented real-time streaming with Kafka and Spark Streaming; automated batch workflows with Airflow and AWS Glue; collaborated with Data Engineers, Analysts, and stakeholders in Agile/Scrum; implemented Redis caching and ELK observability.

ML Engineer · CumminsDec 2024 – Dec 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo

Designed, developed, and deployed ML models for manufacturing forecasting and anomaly detection; built NLP and generative AI capabilities using Hugging Face Transformers and LangChain; embeddings generation and RAG-based retrieval using Chroma and FAISS; fine-tuned models with LoRA and PEFT to customize for operational datasets; developed and operationalized ML Ops pipelines with MLflow and DVC; optimized vector store performance; performed hyperparameter tuning and model evaluation with metrics; implemented model monitoring and drift detection; deployed REST APIs using FastAPI/Flask; dashboards created in Power BI; built real-time and batch data processing pipelines with Kafka, Spark Streaming, Azure Data Factory, and Databricks; containerized applications with Docker; Redis for feature caching.

Data Engineer/Python Developer · Cybage Software Pvt. Ltd.Sep 2020 – Aug 2023 · 3 yrs

Designed, developed scalable Python applications and data processing modules; built ETL pipelines using PySpark, Hive, and Hadoop for analytics; developed REST APIs with FastAPI/Flask; wrote PyTest-based tests; built batch and streaming data ingestion with Sqoop, HDFS, Kafka; integrated relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB) and used Redis for caching; optimized Spark SQL and Hive queries; designed dimensional data models with slowly changing dimensions (SCD Type 1/2) and temporal mappings; built scalable data lake solutions on AWS S3 and EMR; containerized applications with Docker; participated in Agile/Scrum processes.

Associate Data Engineer · Grapesoft Solutions, Hyderabad, IndiaJan 2017 – Aug 2020 · 3 yrs 8 mos
Associate Data Engineer · Grapesoft SolutionsJan 2017 – Aug 2020 · 3 yrs 8 mos

Education

Masters in Information Technology · Franklin University2030 – 2025
Masters in Information Technology · Franklin University2030 – 2025
Masters in Information Technology · Franklin University2030 – 2025

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