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Vidit Naik - Forward Deployed Engineer in San Francisco, CA

Vidit Naik

Junior AI/ML & Full-Stack Engineer specializing in LLMs and RAG systems

Checksum AIUC RiversideSan Francisco, CA2 Years ExperienceJunior LevelWorks On-Site

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Forward-deployed engineer who built a production AI drone-control chatbot that lets users fly a drone via natural language while viewing a real-time feed. Implemented RAG over drone SDK documentation (vector DB + top-k retrieval) and LoRA fine-tuning, with a focus on latency, token efficiency, and cost reduction, and regularly works with non-technical clients to integrate and explain AI system architecture.

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Key Strengths

  • Built and deployed an LLM-powered natural-language drone control system with real-time video/command loop
  • Applied RAG with a vector DB over drone SDK documentation to reduce token usage and cost
  • Experience addressing real-time latency constraints in AI-driven control workflows
  • Systematic model selection using benchmarks aligned to use case (e.g., coding-focused model for code understanding/writing)
  • Agent evaluation approach using a second LLM to critique and improve outputs
  • Strong client-facing execution as a forward-deployed engineer integrating AI products with customer systems

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Experience

Forward Deployed EngineerChecksum AI · Nov 2025 – Present
Software Engineer - AI/MLShifa Precision Inc. · Jul 2025 – Oct 2025
Student ResearcherCenter for Robotics and Intelligent Systems · Oct 2024 – Mar 2025part-time
Software EngineerStuDetails · Jul 2020 – Feb 2021

Education

UC Riversidemaster, Computer Science (2025)
Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennaibachelor, Computer Science and Engineering (2023)

Languages

English

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Vidit NaikJunior AI/ML & Full-Stack Engineer specializing in LLMs and RAG systems