Sai Kalvakolanu
Software Engineer, Machine Learning at Niantic, Inc.
Palo Alto, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSai Kalvakolanu is a software engineer and ML practitioner with 8 years of experience building production-grade, scalable systems and over 2 years focused on deep learning and generative AI. He has shipped high-impact ML products at Niantic and Tesla—finetuning large code models, building multimodal agents and RAG chatbots, and improving DAU and developer productivity through text-to-image/3D tools. Comfortable across the stack, Sai combines backend microservices, vector DBs, and cloud deployment with hands-on model work using PyTorch, Hugging Face, LangChain, and AWS. He holds an MS in Computer Software Engineering from ASU and brings a track record of squeezing high performance from infrastructure (e.g., migrating 30k+ records/min and handling million-device MQTT fleets). Based in Palo Alto, he blends product-focused engineering with research-grade ML tuning to move prototypes into scalable production.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Software Engineering, 4.0, Master of Science - MS, Computer Software Engineering, 4.0 at Arizona State UniversityBachelor of Engineering, Information Technology, 86.04%, Bachelor of Engineering, Information Technology, 86.04% at Osmania University
English, Hindi, Telugu, Japanese
Github Skills (22)
pytorch10
python10
machine-learning10
deep-learning10
natural-language-processing10
nlp10
react10
react-components9
javascript9
transformers9
typescript9
material-ui9
language-model9
bert9
tensorflow9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
kskd1804/dog_face_haar_cascade
Mar 2018 - Nov 2019
Contributions:4 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
kskd1804/HomeAutomation
Jul 2017 - Feb 2018
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 7 months
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