AI/ML Engineer with 4+ years of hands-on experience building production systems across ML, Generative AI, and LLM applications for clients in Australia, Canada, the USA, Nepal, Japan, and India, backed by 6+ years of software & data experience. Hands-on across the full GenAI stack—RAG, fine-tuning, and vector semantic search using LLMs, PyTorch, TensorFlow/Keras, Hugging Face Transformers, and LangChain—plus multi-agent systems and MCP servers with LangGraph and CrewAI, applying ReAct, self-reflection, and hierarchical delegation patterns for production-grade workflows.…

Sushmita Achaurasia

AI/ML Engineer with 4+ years of hands-on experience building production systems across ML, Generative AI, and LLM applications for clients in Australia, Canada, the USA, Nepal, Japan, and India, backed by 6+ years of software & data experience. Hands-on across the full GenAI stack—RAG, fine-tuning, and vector semantic search using LLMs, PyTorch, TensorFlow/Keras, Hugging Face Transformers, and LangChain—plus multi-agent systems and MCP servers with LangGraph and CrewAI, applying ReAct, self-reflection, and hierarchical delegation patterns for production-grade workflows.…

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AI/ML Engineer with 4+ years of hands-on experience building production systems across ML, Generative AI, and LLM applications for clients in Australia, Canada, the USA, Nepal, Japan, and India, backed by 6+ years of software & data experience.
Hands-on across the full GenAI stack—RAG, fine-tuning, and vector semantic search using LLMs, PyTorch, TensorFlow/Keras, Hugging Face Transformers, and LangChain—plus multi-agent systems and MCP servers with LangGraph and CrewAI, applying ReAct, self-reflection, and hierarchical delegation patterns for production-grade workflows.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert

Language

English
Fluent
Nepali
Advanced

Work Experience

Data Consultant (Part-time), AI and Data at Vivid Geeks Tech
July 1, 2026 - Present
Advises clients on generative AI and data strategy, translating business requirements into practical RAG/LLM and analytics solutions. Designs and prototypes RAG pipelines and AI-driven workflows using OpenAI API, LangChain, and vector databases tailored to client data and use cases. Provides hands-on data engineering support for structured and unstructured data processing, pipeline design, and AWS cloud architecture. Guides clients on MLOps/AIOps best practices including CI/CD, model evaluation, and model lifecycle management to move AI pilots into production; acts as technical point of contact translating AI concepts and trade-offs in business-friendly terms.
Data Consultant (Part-time) at Vivid Geeks Tech
July 1, 2026 - Present
Advises clients on Generative AI and data strategy, translating business requirements into practical RAG, LLM, and analytics solutions. Designs and prototypes RAG pipelines and AI-driven workflows using OpenAI API, LangChain, and vector databases tailored to client data and use cases. Provides data engineering support for structured and unstructured data processing, pipeline design, and AWS cloud architecture for client AI initiatives. Guides clients on MLOps/AIOps practices including CI/CD, model evaluation, and model lifecycle management to move AI pilots to production; acts as a technical point of contact for stakeholders.
Lecturer – MADT & Research Methodology (Part-Time) at School of Environmental Science and Management
January 1, 2025 - Present
Mentored students in building AI and machine learning projects from concept to deployment; supervised AI-driven capstone mobile applications; delivered Research Methodology courses covering data collection, analysis, and academic writing.
Project Lead, AI & Data Science at CloudMandap Pvt Ltd
January 1, 2024 - March 1, 2026
Led applied Generative AI consulting initiatives from scratch, leveraging OpenAI GPT models and open-source LLMs, owning technical scope, architecture decisions, and delivery across multiple datasets from prototype to production-grade systems. Designed and implemented multi-agent workflows and MCP servers using LangGraph, CrewAI, and Google ADK, applying ReAct, self-reflection, and hierarchical delegation patterns for reliable, production-grade agentic systems. Built RAG pipelines and embedding-based semantic search over proprietary datasets using OpenAI API and Hugging Face Transformers, tracking LLM-native performance metrics and tuning state management/tracking to keep pipelines accurate, safe, and within latency/cost targets. Fine-tuned and evaluated deep learning models with PyTorch and TensorFlow/Keras, and applied MLOps practices including CI/CD pipelines, model versioning, and performance monitoring on AWS to keep models production-ready and improve downstream insights quality
Data Scientist (Contract) at Cosmic Data Inc
January 1, 2024 - July 1, 2024
Built predictive models using PyTorch and classical ML techniques, deployed via CI/CD pipelines on AWS-hosted infrastructure with data pipelines sourced from distinct hospital datasets, ensuring data integrity for production decision-making. Conducted exploratory data analysis to identify trends and inform model design and feature selection. Partnered with cross-functional and clinical teams to translate business requirements into deployed, data-driven solutions.
Project Lead, AI & Data Science at CloudMandap Pvt Ltd.
January 1, 2024 - March 1, 2026
Led applied Generative AI consulting initiatives from scratch, leveraging OpenAI GPT models and open-source LLMs with ownership of technical scope, architecture decisions, and delivery across datasets. Designed and implemented multi-agent workflows and MCP servers using LangGraph, CrewAI, and Google ADK, applying ReAct, self-reflection, and hierarchical delegation patterns for reliable production-grade agentic systems. Built RAG pipelines and embedding-based semantic search over proprietary datasets using OpenAI API and Hugging Face Transformers, tracking LLM-native performance metrics and tuning state management/tracing to meet latency and cost targets. Fine-tuned and evaluated deep learning models using PyTorch and TensorFlow/Keras and applied MLOps practices including CI/CD, model versioning, and performance monitoring on AWS-hosted infrastructure to improve downstream insight quality by 15%. Instituted data quality, governance, model lifecycle management, and ethical-AI handling pr
Data Scientist (Contract) – Hospital Data Science Project at Cosmic Data Inc
January 1, 2024 - July 1, 2024
Built and championed predictive models on hospital data sets, significantly enhancing organizational decision-making; gathered and cleaned large, multi-source data sets ensuring data accuracy and integrity for ML workloads; conducted exploratory data analysis to uncover trends, patterns, and insights supporting model development; collaborated with cross-functional teams to translate business needs into data-driven ML solutions and presented findings to stakeholders.
Lead – AI & Data Science at CloudManda Pvt Ltd
January 1, 2024 - Present
Led end-to-end AI projects from concept to deployment, building pipelines powered by LLMs, RAG, vector databases, and LangChain; designed and integrated AI pipelines using OpenAI API and Ollama with prompt engineering and semantic search to improve AI-driven business insights; built NLP solutions leveraging Transformers, BERT, and embeddings for multi-country datasets; mentored cross-functional teams on AI agent design and pipeline workflows, managed project lifecycles with JIRA and Git (CI/CD); implemented data governance standards including metadata documentation, data quality assurance, and ethical data handling across AI initiatives; won ICT 2025 Award for AI & Data project.
Application Support Analyst (WMS Analyst) at Remco
July 1, 2022 - October 1, 2023
Supported and extended a production Warehouse Management System (SaaS) by maintaining stored procedures, CI/CD-driven deployment pipelines, and integrations to improve operational throughput. Debugged and resolved live system issues including EDI integration failures, working through sprint cycles and UAT to ship fixes into production. Designed SSR reporting on top of production data to provide stakeholders with real-time operational visibility.
Application Support Analyst – WMS / MIS at Remco
July 1, 2022 - October 1, 2023
Designed and maintained complex SQL stored procedures and SSRS reports to support warehouse and supply chain data requirements; managed data workflows within the WMS system ensuring data quality and operational continuity; participated in UAT testing, sprint reviews, and ED I-R A M P integrations; developed system documentation, policies, and procedures to support data governance.
Data Analyst Co-Op at Brillion Media Inc
January 1, 2021 - May 1, 2021
Designed and implemented ETL processes to load large data volumes into a centralized data warehouse; developed scalable data pipelines reducing data processing time; performed SQL query optimization for complex analytical reports; built data models aligned to business objectives through cross-functional collaboration.
Big Data Developer at Guru Technologies Pvt Ltd
July 1, 2018 - December 1, 2020
Designed, implemented, and maintained scalable data infrastructure on AWS using CI/CD pipelines to support advanced analytics, statistical modeling with PyTorch/TensorFlow, and data-driven decision-making. Built and optimized ETL pipelines transforming structured and unstructured data into analytics workflows, improving efficiency and accuracy of downstream data processing. Provided technical expertise to business teams, translating requirements into actionable data and analytics insights.
Big Data Software Developer at Guru Technologies Pvt Ltd
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2019
Designed, implemented, and maintained scalable data infrastructure to support advanced analytics and decision-making processes; leveraged diverse technical skills to drive data-driven decision-making and optimal data resource utilization; collaborated with cross-functional teams to design dashboards enabling rapid decisions based on near real-time insights; contributed to ETL pipeline development and optimization.
Associate Software Developer at Amnil Technologies Pvt Ltd
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2018
Developed ERP client-server systems using Agile methodology; built and optimized SQL database components and reporting tools for production use; delivered software solutions to meet business requirements.

Education

MicroMasters in Data Science and Machine Learning at MITx (edX)
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2022
Postgraduate Diploma in Cloud Computing for Big Data at Lambton College
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2021
Bachelor of Computer Engineering at Tribhuvan University
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2017
Micro Masters in Data Science and Machine Learning at MIT (edX), USA
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2022
Postgraduate (Master's-level) in Cloud Computing for Big Data (65 credits, 2-year program) at Lambton College of Applied Arts and Technology, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2021
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering at Tribhuvan University, IOE (Cambridge Courses), Kathmandu, Nepal
November 1, 2013 - November 1, 2017
MicroMasters in Data Science and Machine Learning at MIT (edX)
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2022
Postgraduate Degree (Master's-level) in Cloud Computing for Big data at Lambton College of Applied Arts and Technology
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2021
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering at Tribhuvan University (IOE, Cambridge Coursera)
November 1, 2013 - November 1, 2017

Qualifications

Azure Data Engineer Associate – DP-203
January 11, 2030 - July 1, 2026
Machine Learning with Python – MITx (From Linear Models to Deep Learning)
January 11, 2030 - July 1, 2026
Data Analysis: Statistical Modeling and Computation in Applications – MITx
January 11, 2030 - July 1, 2026
Fundamentals of Statistics – MITx
January 11, 2030 - July 1, 2026
Probability – The Science of Uncertainty and Data – MITx
January 11, 2030 - July 1, 2026
Machine Learning with Python - From Linear Models to Deep Learning (MIT x Micro Masters)
January 11, 2030 - August 17, 2026
Probability - The Science of Uncertainty and Data (MIT x Micro Masters)
January 11, 2030 - August 17, 2026
Data Analysis: Statistical Modeling and Computation in Applications (MIT x Micro Masters)
January 11, 2030 - August 17, 2026
Fundamentals of Statistics (MIT x Micro Masters)
January 11, 2030 - August 17, 2026
DP-203, Azure Data Engineer Associate
January 11, 2030 - August 17, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Healthcare, Professional Services, Education, Media & Entertainment, Other, Computers & Electronics, Financial Services