Sr. AI Engineer | Researcher | IIT Bhubaneswar Alum
I am a Data Scientist and AI Engineer with 5 years of experience bridging the gap between academic research and production-grade systems. My work spans healthcare and e-commerce, focusing on LLMs, RAG, and Ranking Systems.
- 📍 Location: Bengaluru, India
- 🎓 Education: B.Tech (Hons) CSE, IIT Bhubaneswar (GPA: 9.28/10)
- 📫 Contact: rahulkr31.01@gmail.com | LinkedIn
Languages: Python, C++, JavaScript AI/ML: LLMs (Llama, GPT), RAG, Deep RL, Computer Vision (U-Net), LangChain, HuggingFace Infrastructure: Docker, Kubernetes, AWS (Sagemaker, EC2), MLFlow, Vector DBs (Chroma, Mongo)
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👨💻 For Engineering Managers (Industry Experience)
Current: Sr. AI Engineer @ Makro Pro
- Revenue Impact: Optimized search/carousel models delivering 31% revenue uplift and 56% increase in basket adds.
- GenAI at Scale: Led development of LLM-LightRanker, a multilingual reranking system reducing exposure bias by 42%.
- Pipeline: Built anomaly detection pipelines identifying 300+ customer and 90+ product anomalies.
Previous: Sr. AI Engineer @ GE HealthCare
- RAG Implementation: Designed a RAG + LLM stack for internal documentation, fine-tuning Llama-3 on 5k+ pairs to achieve 6x response efficiency.
- Optimization: Delivered 50% improvement in DL Recon CT workflow throughput via GPU optimization.
🔬 For Admissions & Research (Academic Profile)
Research Focus: Deep Learning, NLP, Anomaly Detection, and Reinforcement Learning.
Key Publications (8+ Total, 400+ Citations)
- 📄 LLM-LightRanker: Multi-Objective Reranking via LLM Distillation (ACM RecSys '25)
- 📄 Automated Pericardium-Segmentation using Attention-based CNN (SPIE Medical Imaging '24)
- 📄 Robust Adaptive Cloud Intrusion Detection System (11th SPACE 2020)
Patents
- Filed: A Lightweight, Language-Aware Phonetic BK-Tree for Multilingual Query Correction.
💡 For Founders & Innovators (Startup Projects)
Entrepreneurial Experience
- Founding Engineer, Vasitars Pvt. Ltd: Prototyped IoT LPG distribution systems; raised ₹7 Lakhs in initial funding.
- MoSahay Initiative: Built a web portal connecting migrant laborers with job seekers during critical shortages.
Awards & Honors
- 🏆 Winner: Grand India IoT Innovation Challenge (2018)
- 🏆 Gold Prize: Inter-IIT Techmeet (2019)
- 🏅 Recipient: NRDC Budding Innovators Award (2019)