AI Backend Engineer · Production AI Systems

Building LLM & Agentic Systems
for production.

I design and ship production AI systems across agent orchestration, RAG, LLM evaluation, backend and distributed systems, real-time UX, and cloud infrastructure — from architecture and implementation through deployment, observability, and performance optimization.

3.3K+
Daily active users in the U.S. on a production Agentic LMS
25K+
Student submissions processed by an AI-assisted grading platform
40%
Inter-service latency reduction on latency-sensitive AI workflows
7×
Backend response improvement from ~8s to ~1.2s
From models to meaningful impact at scale.

My work sits at the intersection of AI engineering, backend systems, distributed infrastructure, and real-time product experience.

End-to-end ownership

I work across the complete lifecycle of production AI products: LLM benchmarking, HLD/LLD, system architecture, backend and agent implementation, RAG, evaluation, observability, deployment, latency optimization, and reliability.

Design Build Deploy Observe Optimize

Production AI, not prototype-only AI

I focus on the engineering problems that appear once LLM systems meet real users: agent orchestration, memory and state, tool integrations, retrieval quality, streaming, model routing, evaluation, observability, event-driven architecture, autoscaling, latency, cloud infrastructure, and resilient user experiences.

Agentic AI LLM Systems Backend Engineering Distributed Systems Cloud & Platform
Technical Skills

Production experience first. Research and model-internals topics are listed separately as active areas of exploration.

AI & Agentic Systems
LangGraph MCP LiteLLM RAG Hybrid Retrieval Vector Search BM25 RRF HITL Agent Orchestration Tool Use Context Engineering
LLM Evaluation & Observability
LangFuse RAGAS LLM-as-Judge Golden Datasets Regression Evaluation Prompt Management Model Benchmarking Provider Routing Latency / Cost Evaluation
Backend & Distributed Systems
Python FastAPI gRPC REST Microservices Event-Driven Architecture Async Python SSE GCP Pub/Sub Redis Streams
Data, Memory & Search
PostgreSQL Redis Vector DBs Conversation Memory Context Compaction Cache-Aside CDC / WAL Debezium Elasticsearch Liquibase
Cloud, Platform & DevOps
GCP Azure AKS Kubernetes HPA KEDA Docker GitHub Actions Jenkins GitOps Argo CD CI/CD
Frontend & AI UX
React Next.js TypeScript BFF Reusable Components Streaming UX Background SSE Real-Time Chat
Software Engineering
System Design HLD / LLD SOLID Clean Architecture Strategy Pattern Factory Pattern Observer Pattern TDD Performance Engineering
Enterprise Integrations
NetSuite Shopify UPS Avalara SaaS APIs PIM Workflows GenAI Assistants
Currently Exploring
A2A Interoperability PyTorch Neural Networks Transformers LLM Internals LoRA / QLoRA Fine-Tuning Model Efficiency
Experience

A progression from enterprise GenAI integrations and backend systems to owning production LLM workflows and large-scale agentic platforms.

Feb 2026 — Present
VassarDigital.ai
Hyderabad, India · Full-time
R&D Engineer I — Agentic LMS Platform

Designed and built major parts of a production Agentic LMS serving 10,000+ learners and 3,300+ daily active users in the U.S., spanning agent orchestration, backend architecture, retrieval, conversational state, streaming, observability, frontend integration, and production infrastructure.

  • Built LangGraph-based agent workflows connected to internal tools through MCP, with LiteLLM as the LLM/tool gateway and LangFuse for tracing, prompt management, and evaluation.
  • Designed conversational memory and state across PostgreSQL, Redis, Redis Streams, and vector retrieval, including token/message-aware summarization and context compaction for long-running conversations.
  • Implemented class-aware hybrid RAG over course materials using vector search, BM25, and RRF reranking; migrated latency-sensitive inter-service calls from REST to gRPC, reducing inter-service latency by ~40%.
  • Parallelized independent LangGraph operations and introduced Fast and Advanced modes; Fast mode typically responds in ~2–5 seconds while deeper academic workflows trade additional latency for stronger reasoning and tool execution.
  • Built SSE + Redis Streams based real-time and background execution so active agent workflows can continue while users navigate or start another conversation.
  • Contributed across React, Next.js, BFF patterns, and reusable components to deliver a seamless real-time teacher/student chat experience.
  • Deployed event-driven microservices across GCP and Azure/Kubernetes using Pub/Sub, HPA/KEDA, Docker, GitHub Actions, GitOps, and Argo CD.
LangGraph MCP LiteLLM Hybrid RAG LangFuse FastAPI gRPC PostgreSQL Redis Streams GCP Pub/Sub Kubernetes KEDA React Next.js
Aug 2025 — Jan 2026
VassarDigital.ai
Hyderabad, India · Full-time
R&D Engineer I — AI-Assisted Grading System

Designed and built a production AI-assisted grading platform that has processed 25,000+ student submissions, owning the system from multi-LLM benchmarking and HLD/LLD through implementation, evaluation, deployment, and production optimization.

  • Built LLM workflows to parse student submissions, extract structured criteria from complex rubrics and documents, and perform rubric-grounded evaluation.
  • Designed adaptive decision flows based on rubric complexity, assignment type, document structure, and available grading context instead of relying on a single fixed prompting pipeline.
  • Implemented teacher feedback loops to better align AI-generated grading and feedback with individual evaluation styles, along with human-in-the-loop review for cases requiring validation.
  • Benchmarked Claude and Gemini across quality, consistency, latency, and cost using a provider-agnostic architecture.
  • Built golden-dataset and RAGAS-based evaluation/regression workflows to make model and prompt changes safer before production rollout.
LLM Benchmarking Claude Gemini RAGAS HITL Prompt Engineering FastAPI gRPC PostgreSQL Redis
Sep 2024 — Jul 2025
VassarDigital.ai
Hyderabad, India · Full-time
R&D Engineer I — Product Engineering

Designed and owned an end-to-end multi-LLM document extraction platform, converting complex unstructured documents into validated structured JSON for production use across internal products and client systems.

  • Built backend services using Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Redis, asynchronous processing, and microservice architectures.
  • Designed LLM-based extraction and decision pipelines capable of adapting processing strategies based on document structure, complexity, and extraction requirements.
  • Improved backend performance through PostgreSQL query optimization and Redis caching, reducing p95 latency by ~30% across latency-sensitive workflows.
  • Applied SOLID principles and reusable design patterns to improve maintainability, provider abstraction, testability, and extensibility.
  • Containerized and deployed services with Docker and Kubernetes on Azure/AKS, using Jenkins-based CI/CD and zero-downtime rollouts.
Multi-LLM Document AI Python FastAPI PostgreSQL Redis Docker AKS Jenkins System Design
Feb 2024 — Aug 2024
Vassar Labs
Hyderabad, India · Internship
R&D Engineer Intern — Wisteria E-commerce Client

Integrated enterprise SaaS systems into a production GenAI assistant, supporting workflows across an ecosystem of 50,000+ users.

  • Integrated NetSuite, Shopify, UPS, and Avalara into a GenAI assistant using intent classification, RAG, and backend orchestration.
  • Built workflows around product information, order status, availability, shipping, taxation, and related e-commerce operations.
  • Optimized high-latency NetSuite operations using asynchronous execution and Redis caching, reducing response time from ~8s to ~1.2s — approximately a 7× improvement.
NetSuite Shopify UPS Avalara RAG Intent Classification Redis Async Python
Systems that reached real users.

These are the systems that best represent how I approach production AI: architecture, model behavior, backend systems, UX, infrastructure, and measurable impact.

Production Agentic LMS
Flagship

A teacher/student AI platform combining LangGraph orchestration, MCP-based internal tools, class-aware RAG, stateful conversation memory, streaming, observability, and horizontally scalable backend services. The system supports both low-latency chat and deeper academic workflows through separate Fast and Advanced interaction modes.

3.3K+
Daily active users in the U.S.
10K+
Learners served
~2–5s
Typical Fast-mode response latency
~40%
Inter-service latency reduction
LangGraph MCP LiteLLM Hybrid RAG LangFuse PostgreSQL Redis Streams GCP Pub/Sub Kubernetes KEDA React Next.js
AI-Assisted Grading Platform
Production LLM System

An AI-assisted grading system that interprets configurable rubrics, extracts structured criteria from complex documents, evaluates student submissions with LLMs, incorporates teacher feedback, and routes uncertain cases through human-in-the-loop review.

25K+
Student submissions processed
Multi-LLM
Claude / Gemini benchmarking
HITL
Review paths for uncertain evaluations
Eval-driven
Golden datasets + regression testing
Claude Gemini RAGAS Prompt Engineering HITL FastAPI gRPC PostgreSQL Redis
Multi-LLM Document Extraction
Platform Engineering

A reusable document-processing platform for converting unstructured documents into validated structured JSON across internal products and client use cases, with model abstraction, adaptive decision flows, database optimization, caching, and production deployment.

~30%
p95 latency reduction
Reusable
Shared across products and clients
Multi-LLM Python FastAPI PostgreSQL Redis Docker AKS Jenkins
Enterprise GenAI Integrations
Backend + Integration

A GenAI assistant integrated with enterprise commerce systems for product, order, shipping, taxation, and PIM workflows. The work combined intent classification, RAG, enterprise APIs, asynchronous execution, caching, and backend performance optimization.

50K+
Users in the surrounding ecosystem
~7×
8s → 1.2s response improvement
NetSuite Shopify UPS Avalara RAG Intent Classification Redis Async Python
Personal Projects & Technical Exploration

Side projects are where I go deeper into protocols, distributed systems, neural networks, and model internals beyond day-to-day product work.

A2A Multi-Agent System
A2A

Explored agent-to-agent interoperability using Agent Cards, standard message contracts, task lifecycles, independently deployable agents, Redis Streams for lifecycle coordination, and SSE for last-mile delivery. Built around the distinction between agent orchestration, MCP tool use, and true inter-agent interoperability.

A2A LangGraph MCP Redis Streams SSE
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Real-Time CDC Search Pipeline
Data Infra

Built and documented a Change Data Capture pipeline using PostgreSQL WAL, Debezium, and Elasticsearch to propagate database changes into a search index in near real time. The same pattern can power conversation search, analytics, cache synchronization, and RAG knowledge pipelines.

PostgreSQL WAL Debezium Elasticsearch CDC
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Neural Intent Classification
Deep Learning

Neural intent classifier built with PyTorch on CLINC150, using a plug-and-play encoder architecture so embedding-based and future sequence models can share training, inference, and checkpointing infrastructure. Built to deepen my understanding of neural networks, optimization, NLP, and the foundations behind modern LLM systems.

PyTorch Neural Networks NLP CLINC150
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Let’s build production AI systems.

Open to high-impact AI Backend, Applied AI, LLM Systems, and AI Platform engineering opportunities — particularly remote teams solving complex production AI, backend, and distributed-systems problems.