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Sairam Bodapothula

Mid-level AI/LLM Engineer specializing in generative AI and ML systems

NetflixMissouri University of Science and TechnologyRemote, USA4 Years ExperienceMid LevelWorks On-Site

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AI/LLM-focused engineer with hands-on experience building RAG pipelines, prompt engineering workflows, and multi-agent systems using tools like LangChain. Stands out for combining AI-assisted development with production-grade validation and for leading the architecture/orchestration of agent-based recommendation systems that improved response time, accuracy, and scalability.

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Key Strengths

  • Hands-on experience building RAG and LLM-based systems
  • Practical use of multi-agent architectures for AI workflows
  • Balances AI-assisted coding with rigorous validation and production standards
  • Designed agent orchestration, context sharing, and validation flows
  • Improved response time, accuracy, and scalability in a RAG recommendation system
  • Strong experimentation mindset with emerging AI models and frameworks
  • Owned end-to-end backend delivery (API design, Postgres schema, Redis caching, auth/logging, Dockerized AWS deployment)
  • Performance optimization improving API response times ~20–25%
  • Scaled Celery background processing under heavy load (concurrency tuning, broker optimization, batching)
  • Kubernetes production deployments with Helm and robust health checks (readiness/liveness, autoscaling, secrets/configmaps)
  • GitOps/ArgoCD automation enabling versioned, rollback-friendly, zero-downtime rollouts
  • Resolved ArgoCD/Helm drift issues via immutable image tags and automated tag updates
  • Planned/executed on-prem to AWS migration with phased cutover, CDC replication, and ALB traffic shifting
  • Built Kafka streaming pipeline and mitigated consumer lag + schema evolution via partition scaling and schema registry

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Experience

AI/LLM EngineerNetflix · May 2024 – Present
Software Engineer (AI/ML Focus)Cognizant · May 2019 – Aug 2022
Java Full-stack EngineerNetflix · May 2024 – Present
Java Full-stack EngineerCognizant · May 2019 – Aug 2022

Education

Missouri University of Science and Technologymaster, Computer Science (2024)
Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technologybachelor, Electronics and Communication Engineering (2021)

Languages

English

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Sairam BodapothulaMid-level AI/LLM Engineer specializing in generative AI and ML systems