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Varun Kothapalli - AI / Machine Learning Engineer in Saint Louis, MO

Varun Kothapalli

Mid-level AI/Machine Learning Engineer specializing in Generative AI, NLP, and MLOps

EquifaxWebster UniversitySaint Louis, MO6 Years ExperienceMid LevelWorks On-Site

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Built a production LLM/RAG document analysis system for large financial documents (credit reports/PDFs) to help business analysts extract insights faster. Implemented end-to-end pipeline orchestration with LangChain, vector search (e.g., FAISS), and hallucination controls (context grounding, similarity thresholds, and no-answer fallback), delivered as a Dockerized Python API.

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Key Strengths

  • Built and deployed a production RAG system for financial document Q&A
  • Strong grounding approach to reduce hallucinations (context-only prompting + similarity thresholds + fallback when context missing)
  • Designs modular LLM workflows (ingestion, embeddings, retrieval, generation) with clear objectives
  • Evaluates LLM systems with measurable metrics (accuracy, latency, retrieval relevance, hallucination rate) and iterative prompt/retrieval tuning
  • Effective collaboration with non-technical business analysts via requirements translation, demos, and feedback loops
  • Delivered a containerized Python API service (Docker) for easier scaling/integration

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Experience

AI / Machine Learning EngineerEquifax · Mar 2025 – Present
Database Developer - Applied Machine Learning SystemsMedPlus Health Systems · Sep 2021 – Jul 2023
Software Engineer - Data PlatformsDXC Technologies · Mar 2019 – Aug 2021

Education

Webster Universitymaster, Information Technology (2024)
Loyola Academy Degree & PG Collegebachelor, Computer Science (2018)

Languages

English

Certifications

Machine Learning Specialization - CourseraDeep Learning Specialization - CourseraGenerative AI with Large Language Models - CourseraApplied Machine Learning with Python - CourseraMLOps Fundamentals - DataCamp

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Varun KothapalliMid-level AI/Machine Learning Engineer specializing in Generative AI, NLP, and MLOps