Sai Pichika
Senior Engineer I at American Express
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolSai Pichika is a Senior Engineer with a decade of experience building high-performance backend systems and scalable big data pipelines, currently advancing platform capabilities at American Express in New York. He focuses on turning complex, heterogeneous data into actionable insights through robust architecture, reliable data flows, and performance-conscious design. Sai’s background spans end-to-end ownership—from architecting backend services to contributing to frontend UX—giving him a product-first perspective on engineering tradeoffs. He progressed through multiple engineering levels at American Express, evidencing rapid impact and growing technical leadership within a large enterprise. Academically, he blends rigorous CS training from Georgia Tech (MS) and a BTech in Computer Science with a mathematics minor, plus research experience in lightweight CNNs and model pruning. Colleagues describe him as pragmatic and curious, comfortable bridging research ideas and production-grade systems.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Georgia Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Technology (BTech), Major in Computer Science and Engineering with Minor in Mathematics, Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Major in Computer Science and Engineering with Minor in Mathematics at Shiv Nadar University
English, Telugu, Hindi
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Github Skills (4)
breeze4
css3
react3
javascript2
Github contributions (5)
anuragsai97/Harry-Potter-Game
Nov 2016 - Mar 2017
Contributions:24 commits, 9 PRs, 24 pushes in 4 months
anuragsai97/Library-Token-Automation
Mar 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:9 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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