Mounisha Vanga

Mounisha Vanga

AI Application Engineer - GenAI, Application Development, DevOps & Cloud
USA
Contract Remote

نبذة عني

AI Application Engineer with 10+ years of software engineering experience building, deploying, and supporting production AI applications across cloud environments. Experienced in full-stack AI engineering, backend develo…

الخبرة

AI Engineer (LLMs & NLP)

Sanofi · Boston, Massachusetts
Apr 2024 - حتى الآن · 2 سنوات 6 أشهر

<p>Designed and deployed enterprise LLM applications that automated knowledge retrieval and reduced manual research effort by 40% across medical and business teams.</p><p> Built Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines using embedding models and vector databases including FAISS, Pinecone, and ChromaDB, reducing irrelevant AI-generated outputs by 35%.</p><p> Built agentic AI workflows in LangChain and LangGraph with tool calling, structured outputs, retries, and failure handling for multi-step enterprise tasks.</p><p> Built and deployed Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers exposing internal knowledge bases, vector stores, and enterprise APIs as standardized tools for LLM applications.</p><p> Implemented MCP clients and tool-calling workflows querying document repositories, SQL databases, and internal REST services with scoped access controls and audit logging.</p><p> Integrated AI APIs including Azure OpenAI and Anthropic Claude into enterprise applications through FastAPI backend services and REST APIs.</p><p> Engineered prompts, system instructions, and structured outputs that improved response consistency and reduced hallucination rates.</p><p> Fine-tuned open-source LLMs on domain-specific datasets to improve task performance and domain terminology understanding.</p><p> Developed document ingestion and semantic search pipelines for clinical reports, research papers, PDFs, and regulatory documents.</p><p> Developed NLP workflows for classification, entity extraction, summarization, and semantic search across 100K+ healthcare and research documents.</p><p> Deployed containerized AI services on Kubernetes with autoscaling, resource management, and controlled rollouts.</p><p> Built CI/CD pipelines automating build, test, evaluation gates, deployment, and rollback for AI applications and backend services.</p><p> Provisioned cloud infrastructure through Terraform and infrastructure-as-code, improving consistency across environments.</p><p> Implemented monitoring and observability across AI services covering logging, latency, errors, token usage, drift, and alerting.</p><p> Built automated evaluation frameworks measuring accuracy, relevance, latency, and factual consistency before each production release.</p><p> Performed static and dynamic code analysis using SonarQube, Pylint, and Bandit to detect vulnerabilities, code smells, and dependency risks before release.</p><p> Implemented AI governance including monitoring, access controls, security policies, and responsible AI validation.</p><p> Used Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor for AI-assisted development, refactoring, automated code review, unit test scaffolding, and documentation.</p><p> Optimized inference pipelines through batching, caching, and quantization, reducing LLM processing cost by 25% while maintaining performance.</p><p> Supported production AI applications through incident troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and reliability improvements.</p>

Machine Learning Engineer

United Services Automobile Association (USAA) · Dallas, Texas
Jan 2023 - Mar 2024 · 1 سنة 1 شهر

<p>Developed machine learning models for fraud detection, risk scoring, and customer behavior prediction, improving detection accuracy by 20%.</p><p> Designed and deployed production models and services on AWS SageMaker and Azure Machine Learning with managed endpoints and IAM-based access.</p><p> Developed REST APIs and containerized microservices delivering real-time predictions into enterprise banking and insurance applications.</p><p> Built automated CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins and GitLab CI to containerize, test, and deploy applications to Docker and Kubernetes with zero-downtime releases.</p><p> Managed infrastructure as code using Terraform and Helm to provision reproducible training and inference environments across development, staging, and production.</p><p> Established blue-green and canary deployment strategies with automated rollback and Prometheus/Grafana observability, reducing incident recovery time.</p><p> Embedded DevSecOps controls into delivery pipelines, integrating SAST, DAST, secret scanning, dependency checks, and container image scans using SonarQube, Snyk, and Trivy.</p><p> Automated secrets management and least-privilege access using HashiCorp Vault and IAM role-based policies, maintaining compliance with PCI-DSS and internal risk standards.</p><p> Built automated feature engineering pipelines processing millions of financial transactions to support real-time predictions.</p><p> Engineered streaming and batch data pipelines with Spark and Kafka feeding production services.</p><p> Automated model training and deployment workflows, reducing manual release cycles by 50%.</p><p> Implemented production monitoring tracking model drift, data quality, latency, and prediction performance with alerting.</p><p> Conducted A/B testing and statistical evaluation to measure solution effectiveness before full production rollout.</p><p> Troubleshot production incidents through root-cause analysis and resource tuning, improving reliability and latency.</p><p> Documented workflows, architecture, and validation results supporting governance and audit requirements.</p>

Senior Data Scientist

Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation · Jersey City, NJ
Sep 2020 - Dec 2022 · 2 سنوات 2 أشهر

<p>Developed production backend services and batch processing components in Java, integrating machine learning outputs into enterprise risk, settlement, and reporting platforms.</p><p> Implemented TypeScript-based API clients and shared type definitions that standardized integration between data science services and enterprise web applications.</p><p> Built interactive analytics and model monitoring interfaces using JavaScript and TypeScript, enabling business users to explore risk metrics and model performance.</p><p> Led end-to-end machine learning projects from data exploration and feature engineering through deployment and business adoption.</p><p> Developed predictive models for risk analysis, anomaly detection, and operational forecasting, improving decision accuracy by 25%.</p><p> Built classification, regression, and time-series forecasting models using large-scale financial datasets.</p><p> Designed feature engineering strategies that improved model performance and reduced false positive rates.</p><p> Analyzed millions of financial records using Python, SQL, and Spark to uncover actionable insights.</p><p> Built distributed processing pipelines on Spark and Databricks with orchestration managed through Airflow.</p><p> Improved data quality through validation rules, cleansing workflows, and automated checks.</p><p> Collaborated with engineering teams to productionize machine learning models into enterprise systems.</p><p> Created automated dashboards and reporting solutions using Power BI and Tableau for executive decision-making.</p><p> Maintained model documentation, validation reports, and compliance artifacts for regulated environments.</p><p> Mentored junior data scientists on modeling approaches, data analysis techniques, and best practices.</p><p> Presented analytical findings and recommendations to senior leadership teams.</p>

Data Scientist

Quicken Loans · Detroit, MI
Jan 2019 - Aug 2020 · 1 سنة 7 أشهر

<p>Developed predictive models for loan approval, customer retention, and borrower risk analysis using historical lending data.</p><p> Built classification and regression models that improved customer targeting accuracy by 20%.</p><p> Performed exploratory data analysis on customer and financial datasets to identify business improvement opportunities.</p><p> Designed customer segmentation models supporting personalized marketing campaigns.</p><p> Applied feature engineering techniques to improve model accuracy and predictive performance.</p><p> Automated recurring business reports and data pipelines using SQL and Python, reducing manual reporting effort by 30%.</p><p> Developed C# and .NET Core services and ASP.NET Core Web APIs that exposed model scores to loan origination applications.</p><p> Integrated Python-trained models into .NET application workflows through REST endpoints and scheduled scoring services.</p><p> Collaborated with .NET application teams on data contracts, testing, and deployment of model-driven features into production.</p><p> Standardized reproducible training code with version control, environment management, and documented procedures.</p><p> Evaluated model performance using accuracy, precision, recall, and ROC analysis.</p><p> Created dashboards and analytical reports using Tableau and Power BI for business stakeholders.</p><p> Collaborated with business teams to translate analytical findings into actionable recommendations.</p><p> Documented analytical methodologies, assumptions, and model outcomes for future enhancements.</p>

Data Analyst

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories · India
Jun 2015 - Aug 2017 · 2 سنوات 2 أشهر

<p>Analyzed manufacturing and quality datasets to identify operational trends and improve production visibility.</p><p> Developed SQL queries for reporting, operational analysis, and business performance tracking.</p><p> Built Power BI and Tableau dashboards monitoring production KPIs, quality metrics, and inventory performance.</p><p> Automated recurring Excel reports using VBA, reducing manual reporting effort by 40%.</p><p> Performed statistical analysis to support quality investigations and manufacturing process improvements.</p><p> Improved data accuracy by validating and reconciling information across ERP and manufacturing systems.</p><p> Participated in the full SDLC for reporting and analytics applications, contributing to requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, and post-release support.</p><p> Authored functional and technical specification documents, source-to-target mappings, and test cases as formal SDLC deliverables for validated pharmaceutical systems.</p><p> Executed unit, integration, and user acceptance testing (UAT) for BI reports and data workflows, coordinating defect resolution with development teams.</p><p> Worked within Agile and Waterfall methodologies, participating in sprint planning, stand-ups, backlog grooming, and release readiness reviews.</p><p> Supported change control, version management, and release documentation in line with GxP and internal quality standards.</p>

المشاريع

Enterprise Medical Knowledge Discovery and AI Assistant

Sanofi
المدة : 01-Apr-2024 - 19-Oct-2026

<p> Designed, built, and deployed enterprise AI-enabled applications improving research workflows, medical knowledge discovery, and regulatory operations. Delivered LLM applications using RAG, agentic AI, AI APIs, and vector search, integrated into enterprise systems through backend services and APIs, and deployed through CI/CD on containerized cloud infrastructure with monitoring, security, and production support.</p>

المهارات

Java C# .NET Python SQL JavaScript TypeScript Bash Object-Oriented Programming Design Patterns Data Structures Algorithms .NET Core ASP.NET Core Web API FastAPI Microservices Architecture Event-Driven Design Authentication and Authorization LLMs OpenAI API Anthropic API (Claude) Azure OpenAI Amazon Bedrock GPT-4 Hugging Face Transformers LangChain LangGraph LlamaIndex Prompt Engineering System Instruction Design Structured Outputs Fine-Tuning LoRA PEFT Embedding Models Semantic Search Agentic AI Workflows Multi-Agent Orchestration Tool and Function Calling Model Context Protocol (MCP) Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Hybrid Retrieval Chunking Strategies Re-Ranking Citation Grounding Human-in-the-Loop Gates FAISS Pinecone ChromaDB Weaviate
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