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leela kanuri

@leelakanuri

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Senior Python developer and AWS data/DevOps engineer driving scalable, automated, production ML and data platforms.

India

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What I'm looking for

I seek senior cloud/data/ML roles where I can build scalable, secure, automated data and MLOps platforms, lead teams, and drive measurable performance gains.

I am a results-driven Senior Systems Engineer and Python developer with 6+ years building high-availability data and ML platforms on AWS. I design fault-tolerant architectures, implement IaC and CI/CD, and deliver production-ready MLOps and GenAI solutions that reduce latency and standardize infrastructure across teams.

As a pragmatic Agile leader and Scrum Master, I’ve led cross-functional teams to deploy petabyte-scale data stores, RAG pipelines, and reusable Terraform modules adopted org-wide. I prioritize automation, observability, security (least-privilege IAM), and continuous improvement to accelerate delivery and operational reliability.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Build Engineer

Current

EPAM Systems

Aug 2024 - Present (1 year 10 months)

Architected and operated a petabyte-scale tick history data store and built low-latency data access APIs and RAG pipelines, reducing query latency by 40% and enabling real-time semantic retrieval for analytics.

AWS Glue Apache Spark S3 Terraform OpenSearch Pinecone

Software Engineer III

Viasat

Jul 2023 - May 2024 (10 months)

Developed an onboard software configuration system for airline fleets enabling OTA updates and real-time ML deployments, designing fault-tolerant architectures to ensure high availability at scale.

Python AWS Lambda AWS Glue Sagemaker ECS Jenkins DynamoDB Terraform

Lead Developer

Prodapt Solutions

Feb 2022 - Jul 2023 (1 year 5 months)

Led DataHub and service monitoring projects consolidating telecom data into a serverless data lake, automated deployments with Terraform/EKS and improved observability and compliance as Scrum Master.

AWS Glue Terraform EKS ArgoCD Athena Lambda QuickSight Jenkins SQL

Developer

Softility

Jun 2021 - Nov 2021 (5 months)

Improved cloud and Kubernetes monitoring and reliability using Prometheus, ELK and automated infrastructure tasks with Ansible while implementing CI/CD for GKE deployments.

Prometheus Kubernetes GKE Ansible Jenkins ELK Helm Python

Developer

Reached IT Consulting Pvt. Ltd.

Jun 2018 - Jun 2021 (3 years)

Built scalable web applications including authentication, payments, and matching services using Django, Docker and Kubernetes, improving deployment reliability and feature delivery.

Django Docker Kubernetes Django REST Framework Travis CI Flask PostgreSQL CI CD