AI/ML Engineer with 5+ years of experience building production-scale machine learning, generative AI, and distributed data systems. Expertise in AI agents, LLM applications, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), MLOps, and cloud-native platforms, with a strong track record of delivering scalable, reliable, and cost-efficient AI solutions. Passionate about transforming complex data and AI challenges into impactful products that drive business value.

Tarunteja Obbina

AI/ML Engineer with 5+ years of experience building production-scale machine learning, generative AI, and distributed data systems. Expertise in AI agents, LLM applications, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), MLOps, and cloud-native platforms, with a strong track record of delivering scalable, reliable, and cost-efficient AI solutions. Passionate about transforming complex data and AI challenges into impactful products that drive business value.

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AI/ML Engineer with 5+ years of experience building production-scale machine learning, generative AI, and distributed data systems. Expertise in AI agents, LLM applications, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), MLOps, and cloud-native platforms, with a strong track record of delivering scalable, reliable, and cost-efficient AI solutions.

Passionate about transforming complex data and AI challenges into impactful products that drive business value.

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Work Experience

AI/ML Engineer at Databricks
September 1, 2025 - Present
Developed Python-based enterprise AI agents leveraging LangGraph, MLflow, Vector Search, and LLM orchestration serving 50,000+ business users across knowledge discovery, document intelligence, and workflow automation. Improved response accuracy by 32% using retrieval optimization, semantic chunking, embedding tuning, custom evaluation datasets, and automated feedback loops with MLflow evaluation and tracing. Reduced inference cost by 41% via dynamic model routing, prompt optimization, caching, and quality-cost tradeoff experiments across foundation model endpoints. Built multi-agent workflows in Python using LangGraph, LangChain, MCP, and tool-calling architectures. Designed and optimized RAG pipelines with Databricks Vector Search, Delta Lake, embeddings, and hybrid retrieval to improve contextual relevance and citation quality. Implemented MLflow-based evaluation frameworks (LLM-as-a-Judge), benchmarking, trace analysis, and hallucination detection for production reliability. Archite
AI/ML Engineer at Nvidia
March 1, 2024 - August 31, 2025
Built Python-based network intelligence services using PyTorch, XGBoost, and time-series forecasting to predict congestion patterns across AI fabrics supporting 100K+ GPU-scale training environments. Implemented telemetry-driven anomaly detection using Python, Kafka, Spark, and Prometheus, improving detection accuracy by 28%. Designed adaptive routing optimization using reinforcement learning and graph analytics, reducing packet congestion latency by 35% and improving distributed training throughput. Implemented distributed ML workflows with PyTorch Distributed, NCCL, Ray, and Kubernetes to improve collective communication efficiency by 22%. Engineered real-time telemetry scoring and analytics microservices with FastAPI, gRPC, Redis, and PostgreSQL. Developed BlueField DPU offload services with NVIDIA DOCA, RDMA, and RoCE to reduce inference communication overhead by 30%. Built cloud-native observability on AWS (EKS) using Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, and Kafka. Designed event-d
Machine Learning Engineer at Accenture
June 1, 2020 - June 30, 2023
Built Python and PySpark data pipelines on Databricks processing 50M+ records daily for predictive analytics workloads used by 120,000+ enterprise users. Developed XGBoost and LightGBM models with MLflow experiment tracking, improving prediction accuracy by 18% and reducing false-positive alerts by 27% via feature engineering. Optimized real-time inference using FastAPI, Docker, and Kubernetes, reducing latency by 42% and cloud costs by 31%. Designed scalable microservices architecture (Python, FastAPI, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm) enabling independent deployment and monitoring. Implemented end-to-end MLOps pipelines with MLflow, Azure ML, Azure DevOps, Git, and Terraform to automate training, validation, deployment, and governance. Engineered cloud-native data lake solutions on AWS (S3, EMR, Databricks, Delta Lake) for high-volume batch and streaming analytics. Built secure enterprise AI platforms using Azure/AWS services, Kafka, Spark Streaming, Prometheus/Grafana, SHAP, and RBAC-based

Education

Master of Science in Computer Science at University of Texas at Dallas
January 11, 2030 - August 20, 2026
Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science at IIIT Sri City
January 11, 2030 - August 20, 2026

Qualifications

Databricks Certified Generative AI Engineer Associate
January 11, 2030 - August 20, 2026
Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate (AI-102)
January 11, 2030 - August 20, 2026
AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate
January 11, 2030 - August 20, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Computers & Electronics, Professional Services