Software Engineer Computer Science

VENKATA KARTHIK VADLAMUDI

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EDUCATION

New York University - Tandon School of Engineering September 2023 - May 2025 Master of Science, Computer Science

Indian Institute of Technology, Dharwad August 2017 - May 2021 Bachelor of Science, Computer Science and Engineering WORK EXPERIENCE

Software Engineer June 2021 - May 2023

AirAsia SuperApp (now AirAsia MOVE) Bengaluru, India

• Developed and deployed many crucial features aiding in its recognition as Asia’s Best Travel Booking App 2023

• Optimized app load time by one third, through Redis caching, DB query optimization, and selective React lazy loading, also reducing bundle size by 25%, cutting drop-offs by 20% and raising user satisfaction by 40%+

• Led a team of 4 frontend developers to revamp the whole User Interface and Experience across Web and App platforms, for two different LOBs, achieving approximately 40% and 30% increase in Click-Through Rates respectively

• Helmed 5+ end-to-end feature rollouts across web and app, utilising strong foundations in Data Structures and Algorithms, directly contributing to 15%+ surge in user engagement and about 10% boost in feature adoption

• Implemented and maintained 20+ analytics events, enabling data-driven insights that improved feature targeting and increased conversion rates by at least 15%

• Resolved 50+ critical P0/P1 issues post-release, ensuring 99.9% uptime and rapid recovery during incidents

• Reviewed 10 to 15 pull requests every week, ensuring adherence to best practices and delivering clean, reliable merges

• Additional Responsibilities: Collaboration with cross-functional teams, Rigorous Testing, Quarter and Sprint Planning, Meticulous Documentation, Analytics Tracking, and Mentoring new recruits Software Development Intern Sept 2020 - Jan 2021

Blynkspeak Solutions: SeeTok Bengaluru, India

• Developed VoIP multitiered applications from scratch using Hybrid Mobile Frameworks like React Native and Flutter

• Integrated with AWS and Firebase cloud platforms for real-time communication, user authentication and data storage

• Integrated third-party APIs (e.g. Twilio) to enable calling features and offload backend load, improving scalability by 20% RELEVANT PROJECTS

Cloud Academic Paper Summarizer: (Github) AWS, LLMs, Flask, React

• Co led a team of 8 to build a cloud based summarization tool using a RAG pipeline with various LLMs and Pinecone for vector-based semantic retrieval, reducing query latency by 30% and achieving the best BERTScore of 0.89

• Built and deployed a scalable Flask backend with AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, and API Gateway, achieving 99.8% uptime and response times around 1.2s during peak loads of 10k concurrent users (5 baseline), with a user-friendly React UI Smart Workout Generator/Tracker: (Github) AWS, ML, Python, Django

• Managed a team of 5 to build an ML based workout generator and fitness tracker leveraging fitness device data and AWS tools like SageMaker, to produce personalized workout plans and track fitness data and goals, achieving 95% accuracy

• Developed and deployed a scalable frontend and backend architecture with an average of 120ms API response time Best Flight Predictor: (Backend) and (Frontend) ML, PySpark, ReactJS, Flask, Python

• Built a fully distributed system that predicts airline prices and delays using ML models trained on historical data by leveraging Big Data principles using Spark and MLlib

• Led a team of 3 to deliver a full stack web application: robust and interactive React frontend and a seamless Flask backend RELEVANT SKILLS

Languages/Databases Java, C, C++, Python, JavaScript, SQL, NoSQL (MongoDB, Redis, DynamoDB) Frameworks/Tools ReactJS, React Native, Node.js, Django, Flask, Flutter, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap Distributed Systems/Cloud AWS, System Design, Docker, Kubernetes, Hadoop, Apache Spark Advanced Technologies Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, LLMs, Machine Learning, Deep Learning LEADERSHIP AND RESPONSIBILITY

• Led the Technical team (5) of Career Development Cell, IIT Dharwad, and developed its placement/internship website

• Mentored 3 new developers at AirAsia, driving 40%+ improvement in their productivity and code quality in 3 months

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