Nikhil Vuradi
@nikhilvuradi
AI/ML engineer and technical leader driving scalable generative AI and ML solutions.
IndiaWhat I'm looking for
I am an accomplished AI/ML engineer and technical leader with deep experience building and deploying large-scale, production-grade generative AI, NLP, and recommender systems that deliver measurable business impact.
I have led cross-functional teams, mentored engineers, and architected scalable pipelines using PySpark, AWS EMR, Databricks, LangChain, and containerised deployments to enable robust MLOps and reduced development cycles.
Key achievements include building knowledge graphs and AI agents for healthcare insights, a large-scale HCP summarisation pipeline, high-precision BERT-based reranking for conference indication mapping, and recommendation systems that drove strong engagement uplifts.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Staff Deep Learning Engineer
H1 Life Sciences
Sep 2023 - Present (2 years 6 months)
Designed and deployed large-scale generative AI and deep learning solutions (RAG, LLMs, AI agents) for life sciences, improving summarisation relevance by 20% and reducing future development cycles by ~18 weeks. Led GenAI/ML projects, mentored engineers, and productionised scalable PySpark/AWS pipelines and containerised deployments.
Product Development Engineer III - AI/ML
Phenom
Dec 2021 - Aug 2023 (1 year 8 months)
Built and deployed ML-powered recommendation systems and large-scale pipelines (Snowflake, SageMaker, FastAPI) that increased job clicks by 40% and click-to-apply conversion by 20%; owned MLOps, continuous training, and A/B testing.
Senior Lead ML Engineer
Collins Aerospace
Dec 2017 - Dec 2021 (4 years)
Led cross-functional teams to design ML solutions for aerospace operations, delivering models for taxi time prediction and fault categorisation that replaced manual workloads and improved operational accuracy; served as Scrum Master for safety-critical projects.
Senior Software Engineer
Collins Aerospace
Dec 2011 - Dec 2014 (3 years)
Developed and redesigned Flight Management System modules and software systems, improving reliability and performance for avionics applications.
Software Engineer
Collins Aerospace
Mar 2009 - Dec 2011 (2 years 9 months)
Contributed to avionics software development and embedded systems engineering for aerospace products during early career stages.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
Post Graduate Certification, Artificial Intelligence
2019 - 2020
Post Graduate Certification in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning completed in 2019–2020.
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
Master of Science, Software Systems
2012 - 2014
Master of Science in Software Systems completed from 2012 to 2014.
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Hyderabad
Post Graduate Diploma, Embedded Systems
2009 -
Post Graduate Diploma in Embedded Systems completed in 2009.
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad
Bachelor of Technology, Electronics & Communications
2004 - 2008
Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communications completed from 2004 to 2008.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
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Skills
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