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Vikas Katuru

Junior Full-Stack AI Engineer specializing in GenAI and secure data systems

Community Dreams FoundationUniversity at Buffalo2 Years ExperienceJunior LevelWorks Remote

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Backend-leaning full-stack engineer who has built AI-powered analytics products from 0→1, including a predictive analytics dashboard and an AI orchestrator for natural-language-to-database querying. Particularly strong in making LLM systems production-safe through schema validation, self-healing retries, monitoring, and retrieval optimization, with quantified impact on cost, latency, and quality.

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Key Strengths

  • Built a predictive analytics dashboard end-to-end across frontend, backend, and data layer
  • Strong backend-for-frontend architecture using strict JSON schema validation to stabilize UI behavior
  • Performance optimization across API and database layers with Redis caching
  • React component architecture with container/presentational separation and disciplined memoization
  • 0→1 builder of an AI orchestrator at a startup
  • Reduced API costs by 80%
  • Cut manual setup time by 70%
  • Improved retrieval quality by 35% through semantic chunking and Cohere rerank
  • Reduced latency by 30% using semantic routing
  • Built self-healing retry mechanisms for unreliable LLM workflows
  • Production monitoring of AI systems using LangFuse with metrics like faithfulness, latency, and reliability
  • Testing discipline with 85% unit test coverage in prior work

Reference Highlights

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  • strong ownership of complex systems
  • trusted executor
  • secured cloud environment
  • delivered reliable AI search capability
  • security-first mindset
  • raised engineering standards
  • teaches team to build safe AI systems
  • clean, maintainable code
  • highly detailed documentation
  • enables team scalability and autonomy
  • practical product instincts
  • prioritizes safety and reliability
  • makes thoughtful tradeoffs
  • clear communicator
  • sets realistic expectations
  • strong follow-through
  • translates compliance needs into technical solutions
  • proactive problem solving
  • flawless execution
  • complete ownership of features from scratch
  • strong full-stack balance
  • builds lightweight frontends
  • builds secure and reliable backend services
  • delivers working, scalable features
  • trustworthy execution
  • improves team collaboration
  • raises engineering standards
  • reduces cross-team debugging
  • structured workflow approach
  • clear documentation
  • pragmatic engineering mindset
  • keeps codebase lightweight and maintainable
  • ensures frontend stability
  • safe refactoring approach
  • smart UX tradeoffs
  • prioritizes reliability and user trust
  • iterates based on real usage
  • fast, safe, reliable user experiences
  • excellent at translating business needs into systems
  • effective communication with non-technical teams
  • improved AI accuracy by 35%
  • cut manual setup time by 70%
  • reduced API costs by 80%

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Experience

AI Software EngineerCommunity Dreams Foundation · Mar 2025 – Present
AI/ML Engineer InternAppetit · Aug 2024 – Dec 2024internship
Software EngineerWipro · Feb 2022 – Jul 2023

Education

University at Buffalomaster, Artificial Intelligence (2025)

Languages

English

Certifications

AWS Certified Generative AI Developer - Professional

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