Yashaswi Nayak
@yashaswinayak
I am a Senior MLOps Engineer specializing in scalable ML platforms, Vertex AI, and cost-optimized deployments.
What I'm looking for
Seasoned Senior MLOps Engineer with over 8 years of experience building and scaling robust machine learning pipelines across GCP, Azure, and AWS. I have a proven track record of designing AI governance frameworks and deploying agentic LLMs using Gemini and LangChain Agents to build production-ready conversational and recommendation systems.
My expertise includes driving significant performance and cost optimizations, such as modernizing data workflows through upgrades like Airflow v1 to v2. I have experience using Ray and Kueue for deploying ML and LLM models. I specialize in containerization, CI/CD, MLflow, and Kubernetes to build reliable, efficient, and automated ML platforms.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Senior MLOps Engineer
Mindvalley
Sep 2022 - Present (2 years 11 months)
Led AI governance policy and deployed an Agentic LLM using Gemini and LangChain Agents; designed load testing and migrated Kubeflow pipelines to Vertex AI yielding a projected USD 50,000 in operational savings.
MLOps Engineer
Fractal Analytics
Oct 2020 - Aug 2022 (1 year 10 months)
Designed and implemented scalable training pipelines for batch and streaming NLP models with MLflow tracking and automated deployment; scaled TensorFlow models on AWS EKS and automated model health and deployment via Ansible.
Senior Software Engineer
Mindtree Ltd.
Jan 2019 - Sep 2020 (1 year 8 months)
Led containerization and CI/CD automation for web apps and ML models using Docker and Jenkins, deploying to GCP Kubernetes; built Airflow ETL pipelines for large-scale stock market datasets and automated data evaluation workflows into PostgresDB.
Software Engineer
Mindtree Ltd.
Jul 2016 - Dec 2018 (2 years 5 months)
Developed user interfaces and backend APIs for an Airline Administration System (MEAN stack) and built Node.js APIs for an HR Management System to streamline data integration and functionality.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
deeplearning.ai
MLOps Specialization, MLOps
MLOps Specialization from deeplearning.ai focused on practices and tools for deploying and managing machine learning systems.
Bangalore University
Bachelor of Engineering, Information Science and Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering in Information Science and Engineering from Bangalore University.
Availability
Location
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Website
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