GSGowtham Sivam
@gowthamsivam
Software engineer specializing in distributed systems, ML, and production-scale AI.
IndiaWhat I'm looking for
I am a software engineer with strong experience building distributed systems and production ML applications, having delivered high-impact services at tier-1 tech companies. I have designed configuration and logging systems at scale, migrated services for performance gains, and developed retrieval-augmented and multimodal ML pipelines that serve millions of daily requests.
My work blends backend engineering (Java, Python, Go) with ML and NLP research, producing measurable results—reduced onboarding and query latencies, improved model relevance and catalog accuracy, and significant automation of manual processes. I prioritize scalable design, cross-team integration, and practical ML implementations that drive product value.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
UBSoftware Engineer
Uber
Oct 2024 - Present (1 year 3 months)
Built a global configuration tool powering 90%+ of configuration use cases and reducing onboarding time by 30%; optimized logging performance to cut query latency by 40% across 50M+ records and integrated services across multiple codebases to reduce cross-team delivery time by 20%.
AMMigrated Amazon Music services to ARM Graviton and upgraded JDKs for a 30% performance and cost improvement; built an artist disambiguation tool using entity resolution and audio metadata clustering that improved identification accuracy by 18%.
Software Engineer - ML Research
State Street
Jan 2022 - May 2024 (2 years 4 months)
Architected AI-driven financial applications using LangChain and scalable backends supporting 1M+ requests/day with 99.9% uptime; improved RAG retriever ranking to boost response relevance by 12% and reduced manual effort by 40% via NLP and computer vision tools.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
STSRM Institute of Science and Technology
Bachelor of Technology, Electronics and Communication Engineering
2018 - 2022
Grade: CGPA: 8.4 / 10
Completed a Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering with First Class with Distinction and a CGPA of 8.4/10.
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