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Sai Venkata Sathwik Golla - Graduate Research Assistant in Palo Alto, CA

Sai Venkata Sathwik Golla

Mid-level Backend & Applied ML Engineer specializing in LLM systems and scalable APIs

University at BuffaloUniversity at BuffaloPalo Alto, CA3 Years ExperienceMid LevelWorks On-Site

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Backend engineer who significantly evolved an internal analytics/reporting platform (Python API + Postgres) powering self-service dashboards for product/business teams, focusing on reliability under heavy concurrent load and fast query performance. Demonstrates strong production engineering practices across API design (FastAPI), observability, incremental rollouts with feature flags, and data security using JWT/RBAC plus Postgres row-level security.

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Key Strengths

  • Evolved internal analytics/reporting backend to support self-service dashboards under high concurrent load
  • Balances performance improvements with simplicity by optimizing existing stack instead of over-engineering
  • API reliability practices: strict schemas/type validation, stateless endpoints, async patterns, background tasks
  • Production security implementation with JWT, RBAC, and PostgreSQL row-level security
  • Risk-managed refactors using incremental rollout, backward-compatible schema changes, and parallel run comparisons
  • Strong observability and rollback discipline: structured logging, metrics (latency/error rates), real-time monitoring, feature-flag rollbacks
  • Identified peak-load failure mode (duplicate requests causing DB timeouts) and mitigated via caching/deduplication and stricter timeouts

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Experience

Graduate Research AssistantUniversity at Buffalo, Connected-Autonomous Vehicle Lab · Mar 2025 – Dec 2025part-time
Software Development EngineerJio Platforms Limited · Jan 2022 – Aug 2024

Education

University at Buffalomaster, Computer Science - AI/ML (2025)
Vellore Institute of Technologybachelor, Computer Science - AI/ML (2023)

Languages

English

Certifications

Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer AssociateIBM Artificial Intelligence Professional Certificate

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Sai Venkata Sathwik GollaMid-level Backend & Applied ML Engineer specializing in LLM systems and scalable APIs