AI/ML Engineer — LLM, NLP & Deep Learning

Karan Khatavkar

Building LLM apps, agents, and ML models for clients.

About

Builds LLM systems for clients — agents, RAG pipelines, and fine-tuned NLP — backed by a deep-learning background in signals and imaging. Available for freelance and contract work.

Based in Pune, India· Available for freelance & contract work

Skills & Stack

LLM & GenAI

  • RAG
  • LangChain
  • LLMs (Llama, Mistral, GPT-4)
  • Hugging Face
  • Ollama
  • Claude Agent Skills
  • Prompt & context engineering
  • Gemini API
  • Chroma
  • FAISS

ML & Deep Learning

  • PyTorch
  • TensorFlow/Keras
  • Transformers
  • BERT/BioBERT
  • CNNs (ResNet)
  • VAEs
  • Attention (CBAM, self-attention)
  • Mixture Density Networks
  • scikit-learn
  • XGBoost
  • Random Forest
  • SHAP
  • Signal processing (CWT scalograms, PSD)
  • NumPy
  • Pandas

Serving & Infra

  • FastAPI
  • Streamlit
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Azure
  • GitHub Actions
  • Git
  • Jupyter

Databases

  • FAISS
  • Chroma
  • PostgreSQL
  • MongoDB
  • MySQL
  • InfluxDB (time-series)

Languages

  • Python
  • JavaScript (React/Node)
  • TypeScript
  • SQL
  • Java
  • Bash

Projects

Experience

Amdocs Development Centre

Aug 2022 – Jan 2025 · Pune

Software Developer

  • Built a LangChain RAG pipeline for technical-support queries; dynamic chunking cut token usage and improved accuracy on internal docs.
  • Fixed multi-turn context loss with a question-rephrasing step (rewrites follow-ups from history before FAISS retrieval); held up through UAT.
  • Built a dashboard to trace retrieval failures and tune BM25 hybrid-search weights, cutting hallucinated answers.

Sisai Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Mar–Jun 2021 & Oct 2021–May 2022 · Pune

Project Intern

  • InfluxDB pipeline ingesting real-time telemetry from 1,000+ industrial sensors.
  • Automated sensor-fault detection with Z-score anomaly detection.
  • React dashboard with role-based access for operational data and sensor health.

Education

M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences

Jan 2025 – Present · Bengaluru

M.Tech, AI & ML · GPA 9.4/10

Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University

Aug 2018 – Jul 2022 · Pune

B.Tech, Electronics & Communication · GPA 8.97/10

Certifications

Contact

Open to freelance and contract work in LLM, NLP, and ML. Reach out and let's talk.