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Varun Rao

Junior Data Scientist specializing in generative AI and RAG systems

Guardian Airwaves LLCUC DavisSan Francisco, CA3 Years ExperienceJunior LevelWorks On-Site

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Data scientist at Guardian Airwaves building a RAG-powered quiz generator using Grok AI, with hands-on experience solving hard document-ingestion problems (PDFs with images/tables) via unstructured.io and LlamaIndex. Has deployed production systems on AWS EC2 and brings a pragmatic approach to agent reliability (human-in-the-loop, LLM-based eval, latency/cost metrics) while effectively translating RAG concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

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Key Strengths

  • Built a RAG-based quiz generation system using Grok AI
  • Handled complex PDF ingestion (text, images, tables) using unstructured.io/LlamaIndex instead of basic splitters
  • Practical deployment experience on AWS EC2
  • Designs agent workflows with human-in-the-loop checkpoints for reliability
  • Evaluates AI workflows using latency and cost-per-run metrics plus qualitative realism/authenticity checks
  • Communicates technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders using simple, concrete examples (RAG vs standard LLM hallucinations)

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Experience

Data ScientistGuardian Airwaves LLC · Sep 2025 – Present
AI Software Engineer InternGuardian Airwaves LLC · Jun 2025 – Aug 2025internship
Lead Data AnalystBroadVision Marketing · Aug 2024 – Jun 2025
Patent AnalystResearchwire Knowledge Solution Pvt.Ltd. · Sep 2023 – Aug 2024

Education

UC Davismaster, Business Analytics (2025)

Languages

English

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Varun RaoJunior Data Scientist specializing in generative AI and RAG systems