Summary
Janakiram Yellapu is a Senior Software Engineer with three years of hands-on experience building scalable GenAI and cloud-native systems, currently based in Visakhapatnam. He holds a Master's in Computer Science from IIT Madras and combines strong theoretical foundations with practical delivery from roles at VMware, Viva Labs (YC W22), and RZR. At Viva Labs he architected end-to-end GenAI pipelines—integrating GPT/Gemini, ElevenLabs, Heygen, Deepgram and serverless GPU infrastructure—to turn weeks of creative work into minutes and enable sub-1.5s voice-avatar interactions. His background spans full-stack system design, low-latency media pipelines, and production ML integrations, with a knack for turning research-grade models into user-facing features like a lip-synced video translation bot. Known for shipping pragmatic, latency-sensitive solutions, he brings both academic rigor and fast-paced startup execution to complex AI-driven products.
3 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Indian Institute of Technology Madras