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Rashmi Shimpi

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Machine Learning Engineer | MLOps | FastAPI | AWS | Production ML Systems

India

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What I'm looking for

Looking for a role focused on scalable machine learning systems, MLOps workflows, deployment automation, and backend APIs. Interested in practical ML applications, real-time inference systems, and production-ready solutions within teams that value strong engineering culture, collaboration, and long-term growth.

Machine Learning and MLOps Engineer with 11 years of overall software engineering experience building backend systems, data-driven applications, and production ML solutions across healthcare, analytics, e-commerce, and influencer marketing domains.

Experienced in developing end-to-end ML workflows including feature engineering, model training, experiment tracking, deployment automation, monitoring, and scalable inference APIs using Python, FastAPI, MLflow, Airflow, Docker, and AWS.

Worked on production ML systems and real-time inference workflows, including Kafka-based streaming integrations and containerized deployments on AWS ECS to improve scalability, operational reliability, and deployment consistency.

Hands-on experience building practical AI applications including Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines, semantic search systems, document intelligence workflows, and contextual information retrieval using LangChain, Sentence Transformers, and Snowflake Cortex.

Strong engineering foundation in backend development, API design, deployment infrastructure, and scalable application architecture.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Lead Software Engineer

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Intuit

Supported and maintained legacy ML models in production, handling monitoring, bug fixes, logging, and issue resolution. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure reliable model operations and maintained CI/CD workflows for deployment pipeline enhancements.

Model Monitoring Logging CI Pipelines CI CD Cross Functional Collaboration

Senior Software Engineer - MLOps

Mobilution Systems Pvt. Ltd.

Apr 2024 - May 2025 (1 year 1 month)

Built and deployed multiple production ML models on structured datasets, improving model recall by ~28% through feature engineering and hyperparameter tuning. Designed end-to-end ML pipelines and reduced manual experimentation/rework by ~40%, while implementing MLflow model registry, real-time FastAPI inference with Kafka, and Dockerized deployment on AWS ECS for reliable scalability.

Feature Engineering Hyperparameter Tuning fastAPI Docker AWS ECS Model Promotion & Rollback

Senior Software Engineer

Datrux Systems Pvt. Ltd.

Oct 2023 - Feb 2024 (4 months)

Designed and implemented a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system for influencer marketing documents, building ingestion, chunking, and vector embedding pipelines using Sentence Transformers. Integrated vector retrieval into backend APIs, optimized performance with caching/query tuning (reducing API latency by ~25%), and managed CI/CD for ML/RAG service deployments using Jenkins and Docker.

RAG Systems Sentence Transformers Embeddings Snowflake Cortex Integration CI CD API Performance

IT Manager / Senior Backend Eng

Digivation Digital Solutions

May 2016 - Sep 2023 (7 years 4 months)

Led backend development for e-commerce and reporting platforms and applied ML techniques on customer interaction data to support sales optimization initiatives. Automated data ingestion and validation pipelines, improving data accuracy by ~50%, and served as a bridge between engineering, data, and business stakeholders.

Backend Engineering Data Pipelines Data Validation Stakeholder Management Pipeline Accuracy