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Amar Parsekar

Amar Parsekar

Tech Lead

Summary

11 Years Experience | GenAI Frameworks | Big Data Ecosystems

Strategic engineering leader bridging the gap between large-scale data engineering and Generative AI productionalization. Expert in architecting high-throughput inference pipelines and Agentic systems (LangGraph, MCP) powered by a deep foundation in distributed computing (Spark, Ray). Proven track record of optimizing multi-petabyte data platforms on AWS to drive AI-driven insights and operational efficiency.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Tech Lead

HERE
05.2023 - Current
  • Optimized Spark on EMR (partitioning, shuffle tuning, skew mitigation, caching) for large-scale distributed workloads
  • Improved performance via executor sizing, memory tuning, and parallelism optimization, reducing end-to-end job latency
  • Designed cost-efficient EMR clusters (Spot instances, auto-scaling, right-sizing) for high-throughput pipelines
  • Debugged and stabilized shuffle-heavy pipelines (skewed joins, resource bottlenecks, failures) improving reliability in production

GenAI, Agentic AI

Leading development of GenAI infrastructure and distributed inference systems for large scale data processing.

Key Contributions:

  • Architected GPU-based LLM inference platform capable of handling thousands of requests
  • Built distributed AI processing pipelines using Ray enabling parallel processing of large datasets
  • Developed LLM powered systems for business entity analysis and website intelligence
  • Designed scalable API-based LLM inference services deployed on AWS infrastructure
  • Implemented high-performance pipelines using asynchronous processing and batch inference
  • Designed production-grade monitoring and observability for AI systems

Tech Stack: Python, Ray, AWS, GPU inference, distributed systems, LLMs

Tech lead

Trinka.ai
07.2021 - 05.2023
  • Successfully scaled app from 100/s to 1000/s by identifying bottlenecks and implementing optimization strategies with AWS cloud and Auto Scaling Group (ASG)
  • Implemented best practices for machine learning operations (MLops) in data science environment, including infrastructure setup using Ray Framework and Docker, automation, and collaboration
  • Implementing ChatOps strategies to facilitate AWS monitoring and improve overall efficiency in cloud infrastructure management.
  • Tech stack - Vert.x, Apache Kafka, Kafka Streams, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Java, AngularJS, Spring Framework, Python

Senior Developer

BNP Paribas, Project: SLAB
03.2019 - 07.2021
  • Successfully migrated current version control tool from SVN to Git, including setup, migration and training team members.
  • Assisted in implementing CICD pipeline in the project, including setting up automation tools and integrating with other systems.
  • Created data warehouse to collect data from various systems to analyze patterns in security lending and borrowing utilizing SQL, including data cleaning, loading, and creating reports and visualizations.
  • Tech stack - SQL, Shell script, Java, Python, Tableau, AngularJs

Senior Developer

Active.ai, Project: Axis Bank AI chatbot
10.2018 - 03.2019
  • Understanding structure of user queries coming from bot, processing those queries and making them ready for training
  • Understanding the flow of the conversation, and differentiating between Good and destructive paths
  • Integrating AI systems with Enterprise applications
  • Understanding user stories and doing development by adhering to the SDLC cycle
  • Tech stack - Python, NLP, Data Analysis, Data cleaning, Java, AngularJs, Apache camel

Software Developer

Accion Labs Ltd, Project: HDFC netbanking
09.2017 - 10.2018
  • Developed application from scratch utilizing Java as backend and AngularJs as frontend, resulting in a robust and high-performing application.
  • Implemented a cost-effective custom XML based PDF generator framework, increasing efficiency and reducing costs.
  • Contributed to the development of features such as Nominee generation and Account statements, improving the application's functionality and usability.
  • Tech stack - Java 8, Spring 4, Hibernate 4, JIRA, Angular Js, Backbase, GitHub, Apache camel

Associate Software Engineer

Polaris consultancy Ltd, Poroject: CITI Risk Commercial - CITI Bank
08.2015 - 08.2017
  • To Develop new transactions based on FRD
  • To fix defects encountered in SIT/UAT
  • To prepare test cases for Unit testing
  • Discussing functional requirements with BA/Requirement team
  • Doing deployment using Jenkins, finding possible resolutions in case of exceptions
  • Giving testing team walkthrough of newly developed functionality
  • Preparing Change documents for Enhancements
  • Tech stack - Java 7/8, Spring 4, Hibernate 4, Service Now, GitHub

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Telecommunication

Shree L.R Tiwari College of Engineering
Mumbai
07-2015

Executive Post Graduate -

PGD in AI & ML
IIITB (UpGrad)
04-2021

Skills

  • Java and Python
  • Angular framework
  • Kafka and Spring Boot
  • WebSockets and Vertx
  • Apache Camel and Django
  • AWS cloud computing
  • Ray and MLOps
  • Docker containerization
  • Grafana and Prometheus monitoring
  • Datadog performance tracking

Timeline

Tech Lead

HERE
05.2023 - Current

Tech lead

Trinka.ai
07.2021 - 05.2023

Senior Developer

BNP Paribas, Project: SLAB
03.2019 - 07.2021

Senior Developer

Active.ai, Project: Axis Bank AI chatbot
10.2018 - 03.2019

Software Developer

Accion Labs Ltd, Project: HDFC netbanking
09.2017 - 10.2018

Associate Software Engineer

Polaris consultancy Ltd, Poroject: CITI Risk Commercial - CITI Bank
08.2015 - 08.2017

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Telecommunication

Shree L.R Tiwari College of Engineering

Executive Post Graduate -

PGD in AI & ML
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