Srijan Rao

Https://www.linkedin.com/in/srijan-rao-363b95434 | Denton ,TX

Summary

Generative AI Engineer with handson experience building LLM powered applications, specializing in prompt engineering, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), semantic search, and conversational AI using OpenAI and Anthropic Claude APIs. Proficient in Python, Hugging Face Transformers, LangChain, and PyTorch, with a solid grounding in machine learning fundamentals. Experienced deploying GenAI solutions via FastAPI and REST APIs. Passionate about building scalable, production ready generative AI systems that bridge cutting edge research and real world application.

Overview

years of professional experience

Work History

Junior ML Engineer

Phoenix Global

Hyderabad, Telangana

05.2023 - 10.2023

Developed machine learning models for data analysis and prediction tasks.
Developed AI models to automate data processing tasks.
Implemented testing protocols to evaluate the accuracy of AI models.
Tested AI models on various datasets to evaluate performance and optimize results.

AI Engineering Intern

1stop.ai

Hyderabad, telangana

03.2022 - 08.2022

Developed systems for recognizing objects using convolutional neural network technology.
Created models for classifying handwritten digits using convolutional neural networks.
Developed systems for classifying news articles using natural language processing techniques.
Assisted in deploying NLP applications to production environments.

Education

Master of Science - Information Technology

University of North Texas

Denton, TX

05-2026

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Gandhi Institute of Technology And Management

Vishakapatanam

05-2024

Skills

AI/ML Frameworks & Libraries: Hugging Face Transformers, LangChain, scikit-learn, PyTorch, OpenAI API, Anthropic Claude API

NLP & LLM: Prompt Engineering, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Text Preprocessing & Tokenization, Embeddings & Semantic Search, Conversational AI/Chatbot Development

Programming Languages: Python (NumPy, Pandas), Java, JavaScript, SQL, C, C, C#, HTML, CSS

Backend & APIs: FastAPI, REST APIs, Nodejs, Expressjs, NET

Analytics & Methodologies: Tableau, MS Excel, Agile Development, SCRUM Environment

Affiliations

Diabetes Risk Prediction Chatbot:
Skills: Python, scikit-learn, JavaScript, Tableau
Engineered an ML-powered chatbot using Python to predict diabetes risk from 250K records, improving minority-class recall by 35% through SMOTE and ENN balancing techniques. Built and optimized classification models achieving 85% F1 score, implementing automated feature selection that reduced data dimensionality by 40% while maintaining prediction accuracy.
Image Text Recognition System:
Skills: Python, Tesseract OCR, OpenCV, NLTK/spaCy, NLP
Engineered an OCR-based text extraction pipeline using Python and Tesseract to convert scanned images/documents into machine-readable text, achieving 92% character-level accuracy across varied fonts and image qualities.
Applied NLP preprocessing techniques to clean extracted text, improving downstream text usability by reducing extraction errors by 30%.
Implemented image preprocessing using OpenCV to enhance OCR input quality, boosting recognition accuracy on low-resolution scans by 25%.

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