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Yashwant Gandham - Backend Engineer Intern in Boulder, CO

Yashwant Gandham

Junior Machine Learning & Backend Engineer specializing in LLM systems and ML infrastructure

NovaChat AIUniversity of Colorado BoulderBoulder, CO1 Years ExperienceJunior LevelWorks On-Site

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Built and deployed production RAG-based document search/Q&A systems (DocChat and an internship marketing RAG), using a React + FastAPI stack on GCP with docs stored in GCP buckets and retrieval via embeddings/vector DB. Emphasizes cost/performance tradeoffs (reported ~40% cost reduction) and ships via Docker (Railway), with load/API testing using JMeter and Swagger; regularly collaborates with a CEO stakeholder to iterate and push changes to production.

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Key Strengths

  • Built and deployed a full-stack RAG document search/Q&A system on GCP
  • Cost/performance optimization (reduced LLM cost ~40% by retrieving only relevant chunks)
  • Practical retrieval design using structured chunking (headings/subheadings) and chunk metadata
  • Production-minded deployment experience (Dockerized RAG system deployed on Railway)
  • Reliability/testing focus using JMeter for load testing and Swagger UI for API endpoint testing
  • Strong collaboration loop with non-technical stakeholder (CEO) to iterate, test, and ship to production

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Experience

Machine Learning Systems ResearcherBoulder AI & Infra Lab · Sep 2025 – Present
Backend Engineer InternNovaChat AI · Aug 2025 – Presentinternship
Research Assistant (AI & Robotics)HIRO Lab · Oct 2024 – Aug 2025

Education

University of Colorado Bouldermaster, Data Science (2026)
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological Universitybachelor, Electrical Engineering (2023)

Languages

English

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Yashwant GandhamJunior Machine Learning & Backend Engineer specializing in LLM systems and ML infrastructure