Software Engineer | AI/ML Engineer | Full Stack Developer | Frontend Developer | Data Engineer | Data Analyst
- Software Engineer with strong experience building AI-powered and data-driven systems, along with end-to-end full-stack applications.
- Proficient in building secure, scalable web applications and analyzing complex datasets to derive actionable insights.
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- Hands-on experience with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), LLM evaluation & observability, and GraphRAG.
- Experienced in transforming raw data into analytics-ready datasets using modern data engineering practices.
- Skilled in Spring Boot, React, Python, SQL, and cloud platforms (Azure, AWS).
- Proven mentor and communicator with graduate teaching experience and published research.
- Passionate about production-aware AI systems and continuous learning.
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MS, Computer Science | Concentration in Artificial Intelligence (Aug 2023 – May 2025)
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC | GPA: 4.0/4.0 -
Bachelor’s, Computer Science | Specialization in Data Science (Aug 2019 – May 2023)
Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Guntur, India | GPA: 3.6/4.0
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AI/ML Intern | NextPhase.ai (Sep 2025)
Contributed to a client-facing RAG system by integrating Phoenix observability for tracing LLM behavior and hallucinations.
Implemented evaluation workflows using DeepEval and RAGAS to measure faithfulness, answer relevance, and context precision.
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Graduate Teaching Assistant | University of South Carolina (Aug 2023 – May 2025)
Mentored 60+ students in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, improving performance by ~20%.
Delivered hands-on labs on responsive UI, cross-browser compatibility, and software engineering best practices.
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Web Development Intern | Verzeo Edutech (Nov 2022 – Jan 2023)
Developed responsive React-based web applications using CSS and Bootstrap.
Built a Java Servlet-based e-Approval system with MySQL, reducing manual approval by ~90%. -
Data Science Intern | Yhills Edutech (Feb 2023 – Mar 2023)
Built regression and classification models with ~80%+ accuracy.
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Deloitte Data Analytics Simulation | Forage (Aug 2025)
Applied data visualization and business analysis using Tableau & Excel. GitHub: Link
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Courses & Certification Management Platform – React, Spring Boot, REST APIs, AI (RAG)
End-to-end platform for managing courses and certifications with secure authentication and role-based access.
Integrated AI-powered features using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to enhance search, recommendations, and knowledge retrieval.
Built scalable backend APIs with Spring Boot and a responsive React frontend for real-world usage.
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Multi-Agent AI Knowledge Assistant – Python, RAG, Multi-Agent Systems, Vector Search
Developed a multi-agent RAG-based knowledge assistant where specialized agents collaborate for retrieval, reasoning, and answer generation.
Implemented agent orchestration to improve answer quality, reduce hallucinations, and handle complex multi-step queries.
Experimented with different retrieval strategies and evaluation workflows to improve system reliability.
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RAG Evaluation & GraphRAG Projects – Python, FastAPI, React, FAISS, DeepEval, RAGAS, Neo4j, Phoenix
Built multiple RAG pipelines with document ingestion, retrieval, and answer generation.
Implemented LLM evaluation metrics and observability, tracing 100+ LLM conversations.
Integrated Neo4j to enable GraphRAG-based multi-hop retrieval, improving response quality and latency. GitHub- Analytics Engineering Pipeline (dbt & Snowflake) – dbt Core, Snowflake, SQL
Built modular ELT pipelines with star schema modeling (fact & dimension tables).
Implemented tests, snapshots, and documentation ensuring 99%+ data accuracy.GitHub
- Analytics Engineering Pipeline (dbt & Snowflake) – dbt Core, Snowflake, SQL
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E-Commerce Microservices Application – ReactJS, Spring Boot, Docker
Scalable microservices system with Eureka and API Gateway.
Containerized services using Docker and Docker Compose. GitHub -
User Management System with Enhanced Security – ReactJS, Spring Security, JWT
Role-based dashboards, secure authentication, optimized MySQL DB. GitHub -
Full-Stack MERN Weather App – ReactJS, Node.js, Express, MongoDB, OpenWeather API
Authentication, geolocation, search history. GitHub -
React Task Tracker App – React.js, Material UI, Framer Motion
Manage tasks with add/edit/delete, theme toggle, responsive animations. GitHub -
Certificate Management Web App (Certaethon) – Azure, JavaScript, REST APIs
Azure Blob & OCR integration, admin dashboard, automation. GitHub -
Hotel Booking Data Analysis – Python, Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, Seaborn
Explored booking/cancellation trends, room price variation, OTA analysis. GitHub -
COVID-19 Patient Precondition Analysis – Tableau
Interactive dashboard analyzing patient outcomes based on preconditions. GitHub
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- Microsoft Certifications: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900), Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900), Azure Data Fundamentals (DP-900)
- Cambridge English Certification (ESOL)
- Publications: Co-author, Performance of CNN for Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDS)
- Conference Presentation: Unsupervised Clustering Techniques (SmartCom 2023)
- Languages: Java, Python, JavaScript, C, R
- AI / ML: GenAI, RAG, LLM evaluation & observability, Prompt Engineering
- RAG Tooling: FAISS, Phoenix, RAGAS, DeepEval, Neo4j (GraphRAG)
- Data Engineering: dbt, Snowflake, SQL, ELT pipelines, Data Modeling
- Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Angular, Bootstrap
- Backend: Spring Boot, Spring Security, JWT, Node.js, Express, REST APIs, Microservices
- Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, H2
- Cloud & DevOps: Azure, AWS, Docker, GitHub Actions, CI/CD
- Tools: Git, GitHub, VS Code, Eclipse, Postman, Jira, Trello
- Email: [email protected]
- LinkedIn: Pranavi Kolipaka
- GitHub: Pranavi2002
