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Abhijay Sai Paladugu

Junior Data Scientist specializing in LLM agents, RAG, and reinforcement learning

McKinsey & CompanyCarnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA1 Years ExperienceJunior LevelWorks On-Site

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McKinsey practitioner who built and deployed production LLM systems for consultants/clients, including a Power BI-integrated multi-agent chatbot (RAG + text-to-SQL + formatting) with custom Python orchestration, verification loops, and a 100+ case eval set achieving ~95% consistency. Also delivered a taxonomy-mapper agent that standardized inconsistent labeling for C-suite stakeholders, cutting a process from >2 weeks to <30 minutes through demos and business-focused communication.

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Key Strengths

  • Built and deployed a Power BI-integrated multi-agent LLM chatbot in production at McKinsey
  • Designed hybrid agent architecture (RAG + text-to-SQL + dialogue/formatter) with deterministic routing and strict schemas
  • Implemented verification loops and execution-based checks to reduce hallucinations in high-stakes client decision contexts
  • Created and used a 100+ example curated evaluation set; achieved ~95% response consistency in eval and client tests
  • Hands-on orchestration experience (LangChain/LangGraph) plus custom Python orchestration for enterprise constraints
  • Strong measurement mindset: tracks accuracy, Pass@k, task success rate, SQL execution accuracy, latency, and cost
  • Effective collaboration with non-technical stakeholders; reframed technical work into business value and secured buy-in
  • Delivered major process improvement via taxonomy mapper: reduced standardization workflow from >2 weeks to <30 minutes

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Experience

Data Science and Research FellowMcKinsey & Company · Aug 2025 – Present
Machine Learning Research InternCarnegie Mellon University · Apr 2025 – Aug 2025internship
Data Science InternNow Analytics, LLC · May 2023 – Jan 2024internship

Education

Carnegie Mellon Universitymaster, Computational Data Science (2025)
Vellore Institute of Technologybachelor, Computer Science and Engineering (Data Science) (2024)

Languages

English

Certifications

Coursera Certificate (Credential ID: HPAJTRNYQCWT)

Publications

2 publications

Agentic searchReinforcement learning for LLMsSupervised fine-tuningEvaluation frameworks for deep research agents

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Abhijay Sai PaladuguJunior Data Scientist specializing in LLM agents, RAG, and reinforcement learning