CHANDANA GUDIBANDI
********.**********@*****.*** • +1-301-***-**** • Herndon, Virginia
Summary
Software Developer experienced in building REST APIs and applying machine learning to message classification and clustering. Leverages data cleaning, exploratory analysis, and visualization to uncover actionable insights and enhance model performance. Delivers reliable, production-ready data solutions. Experience
Software Developer
VLINKED STC, Hyderabad, India
Apr 2018 - Feb 2021
Designed and implemented RESTful APIs in Python to enable scalable and efficient data processing workflows. Cleaned, transformed, and analyzed large datasets using EDA techniques to improve data quality and down- stream performance.
Built visualizations to communicate key insights and support data-driven decision-making. Leveraged clustering techniques to segment raw data and uncover hidden patterns. Partnered with engineering and data teams to deploy and integrate solutions into production environments. Education
B.Tech in Computer Science
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada Aug 2013 - Apr 2017
Skills
Languages
Python, SQL
Libraries
pandas, numpy, scikit-learn
Database
MySQL
Projects
Home Credit Default Risk
• Built an end-to-end machine learning pipeline to predict customer loan default risk, enabling data-driven credit lending decisions and reducing risk exposure.
• Engineered and preprocessed financial datasets, handling missing values and class imbalance to improve model performance and reliability.
• Trained and optimized ensemble models (XGBoost, LightGBM) for accurate and robust risk prediction.
• Created data visualizations to uncover key risk patterns and enhance model interpretability for stakeholders.