I want a Data Scientist job where in I can make autonomous decisions and have ownership of the product.
Pratik Karnik
@pratikskarnik
I build AI agents, RAG pipelines & knowledge graphs that actually work in production
What I'm looking for
Experience
Cognizant | AI Engineer
Healthcare RAG: Built a QA system (Python, LangChain, PGVector), cutting manual document processing by 90%.
Agentic Automation: Led a Vertex AI Agent Builder POC for 5,000 users, enabling an 80% reduction in team size.
Knowledge Graphs: Integrated FalkorDB & OpenAI into an agentic framework in 4 weeks, boosting dev efficiency by 80%.
Auto-Docs: Developed automated architecture & README generation from KGs within 2 weeks.
TCS | Data Scientist
Industrial ML: Optimized oil production via DBSCAN clustering, driving significant cost savings.
Automation: Engineered Python scripts for automated SQL generation.
Searce Inc. | ML Engineer
Infrastructure: Spearheaded Vertex AI pipelines for scalable model deployment.
Computer Vision: Built a deep learning background removal app with high evaluation metrics.
LTI | Consultant (2018–2021)
Managed JDE ERP security, compliance, and regulatory support.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Built a healthcare regulatory RAG chatbot over 72K documents and 1.2M vector chunks, reducing document processing time by 90%. Integrated FalkorDB knowledge graphs with OpenAI APIs in an agentic framework within 4 weeks, improving developer efficiency by 80%, and automated workflows for 5,000+ individuals via a Google ADK proof-of-concept.
- Deployed a predictive maintenance application on Azure Web Service for battery asset degradation using Python, Dash, Plotly, and Flask, generating $14 million in optimized maintenance cost savings
- Guided 129 participants in TCS Youth Employment Program as a Subject Matter Expert, enabling career transitions into data science
Built a PyTorch U-Net background removal app for 864x864 images, securing a $30,000 client project.
Consultant - Package Implementation
L&T Infotech
Aug 2018 - May 2021 (2 years 9 months)
Managed 500+ security and compliance requests in the JDE ERP system over two years while maintaining full audit readiness.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Liverpool John Moores University (upGrad)
Master of Science, Data Science
2021 - 2023
Master of Science in Data Science with Liverpool John Moores University and upGrad, completed from November 2021 to February 2023.
IIIT Bangalore (upGrad)
Post Graduate Diploma in Data Science, Data Science
2020 - 2021
Post Graduate Diploma in Data Science with IIIT Bangalore and upGrad, completed from October 2020 to November 2021.
Vidyavankar Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering
2014 - 2018
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering at Vidyalankar Institute of Technology in Mumbai, completed from August 2014 to July 2018.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Flask JSONDash
Microsoft Azure
Google Cloud Platform
GitHub
NumPy
Pandas
PostgreSQL
Gmail
.NET
Databricks
Neo4j
OpenCV
Python
Azure Machine Learning
TensorFlow
PyTorch
scikit-learn
Keras
Kubeflow
Streamlit
FastAPI
NLP Cloud
PythonAnywhere
Gemini
Azure SQL Database
Docker
Google BigQuery
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
SQL
Amazon SageMaker
LangChain
ChromaDB
Playwright
CrewAI
OpenAI API
Cursor
Groq
DeepEval
Ragas
pgvector
Agentic
Faiss
LangGraph
LangSmith
DeepSeek
GraphRAG
FalkorDB
Stack AI
Matter
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
Website
pratikskarnik.github.ioPortfolio
huggingface.co/pratikskarnikSalary expectations
Social media
Job categories
Skills
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