AI / MACHINE LEARNING ENGINEER

I design production‑grade
AI systems with precision.

MS in Artificial Intelligence @ DePaul (GPA 3.8). I build end‑to‑end ML solutions — from data pipelines and model training to deployment, monitoring, and iteration.

Chicago, IL Open to AI/ML roles Focus: NLP · CV · MLOps
Kunal Tamhane
Recent work snapshot
OCR + RAG platform for enterprise documents
Automated analysis of high‑volume PDFs using OCR, vector search, and LLMs — reducing manual review time by ~60% and improving response quality for business users.
AWS · S3 · EC2 RAG pipelines LLM evaluation

// Profile & stack

What I bring to an AI team.

About

I work at the intersection of machine learning, software engineering, and cloud infrastructure — turning research ideas into reliable, production‑ready systems.

Recent projects include OCR‑driven RAG workflows at Aries View Inc., human activity recognition research at DePaul University, and custom vision‑language models for cross‑modal retrieval.

Technical stack

Languages

Python R C++ SQL NoSQL

ML / DL

PyTorch TensorFlow Keras Scikit‑learn Hugging Face

Cloud & MLOps

AWS GCP Azure Docker MLflow

AI focus

NLP Computer Vision LLMs RAG OCR

Data & vectors

ChromaDB Pinecone FAISS PostgreSQL MongoDB

Tools

LangChain LlamaIndex OpenCV Pandas NumPy

// Experience

Where I've applied this in practice.

AI Engineer Intern
Aries View Inc.
Jun 2024 – Sep 2024
  • Designed OCR + RAG workflows for document analysis, reducing manual review time by ~60%.
  • Built data pipelines on AWS (S3, EC2) to support training and deployment at scale.
  • Fine‑tuned and evaluated LLMs for enterprise use‑cases, improving predictive accuracy by 15%.
  • Shipped ML services with monitoring, logging, and rollback‑friendly deployment patterns.
Machine Learning Research Assistant
DePaul University · CS Dept.
Feb 2024 – Jun 2024
  • Developed computer vision models for human activity recognition from wearable sensor data.
  • Processed time‑series data from 120+ patients and engineered features for robust generalization.
  • Improved model accuracy by ~14% through custom interpolation and signal‑processing techniques.
  • Collaborated across CS and health research teams to prepare publications.
Software Developer Intern
Qube Cinema Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Jan 2022 – Jun 2022
  • Built Python automation tooling that cut repetitive workflows by ~40%.
  • Collaborated with engineering teams to deliver production‑quality features on schedule.
  • Helped implement CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployments.

// Selected projects

A sample of recent work.

Amazon Visual Language Model
Research

Built custom Vision and Text Transformers from scratch for cross‑modal retrieval between product images and descriptions. Implemented contrastive learning for image‑text matching.

PyTorch Transformers Computer Vision NLP
Cleantech Media Agentic AI
Production

Developed autonomous NLP system with vector‑based knowledge retrieval using RAG architecture. Implemented LangGraph for agentic workflows and ChromaDB for semantic search.

LangChain RAG ChromaDB LangGraph
Human Activity Recognition
Research

Research project using time‑series analysis and deep learning to classify activities from wearable sensors. Developed novel interpolation techniques improving accuracy by 14%.

Deep Learning Time‑series Signal processing
NLP Sentiment Analysis Pipeline
Academic

End‑to‑end sentiment analysis with BERT‑based models, extensive preprocessing, and comprehensive evaluation. Extended with NER and topic modeling capabilities.

BERT NLP Python

// Background

Academic context and credentials.

MS, Artificial Intelligence

DePaul University, Chicago
GPA: 3.8 / 4.0
Expected: June 2025
Focus: ML, NLP, Computer Vision

BE, Computer Engineering

Mumbai University, India
GPA: 3.7 / 4.0
Graduated: May 2023
First Class with Distinction

Certifications

AWS Certified AI Practitioner Stanford ML Specialty Deep Learning Specialization Pursuing: AWS ML Engineer

// Contact

Let's connect.

Get in touch

I'm currently open to full‑time opportunities in AI/ML Engineering, Research, and Data Science roles. For collaborations or research‑driven projects, email is best.