Summary
Work History
Education
Skills
Timeline
Additional Information
Accomplishments
Overview
Sri Harsha Boda

Sri Harsha Boda

Sr. Tech Lead, Machine Learning
Hyderabad

Summary

Lead Machine Learning Engineer with 9+ years of experience in data platforms, distributed computing and machine learning. Proven leadership in driving innovation and efficiency through AI/ML solutions. Skilled in mentoring engineers, conducting technical bootcamps, and delivering industry presentations. Ready to transition into a managerial role to drive organizational growth and success.

Work History

Senior Tech Lead (ML)

Avalara
07.2023 - Current
  • AI/ML Extraction: Led a team of ML engineers at Avalara, driving innovation in tax research automation. Developed custom extraction solutions for Sales Tax Rates, Cross-Border Customs Duty, and EMEA VAT Returns, significantly improving efficiency within Avalara's Content Studio platform. Designed and implemented a continuous learning loop that utilizes researcher feedback to enhance the models.
  • Taxability Chatbot: Led a team in creating a sophisticated chatbot utilizing retrieval augmented generation (RAG). Provided customers with accurate answers regarding the taxability of products and services in the United States, leveraging advanced capabilities of large language models such as OpenAI GPT and Meta Llama.

Tech Lead

Avalara
03.2021 - 06.2023
  • In-house Product Data Consolidation: Led efforts to consolidate Avalara's diverse product data sources. Ensured seamless curation, enrichment, and searchability of Avalara's extensive product database comprising approximately 2 billion products with rich attributes.
  • Customer Catalog Enrichment: Designed and developed workflows for enriching customer product catalogs by integrating them with Avalara's catalog and public sources. Enhanced catalog completeness and accuracy, facilitating improved tax compliance for customers.

Senior Software Engineer

Avalara
02.2019 - 03.2021
  • HSCode Classification Automation: Contributed to building machine learning models for automating HS Code classification, replacing manual processes. Developed transformers-based Named Entity Recognition (NER) models to enhance classification accuracy and efficiency.

Software Engineer

Indix
08.2017 - 02.2019
  • Brand Dictionary Development: Played a key role in the development of the world's largest structured brand dictionary, containing 80K+ brands with various attributes like geography, category, and hierarchy.
  • Product Graph Development: Played a key role in setting up a distributed graph database, meticulously populated with high-quality product attributes. This initiative is aimed to significantly improve product searchability by effectively managing hundreds of millions of nodes and edges.
  • Kosmos Metadata Store: Contributed to developing a metadata management platform using event sourcing patterns, facilitating efficient metadata handling.

Software Engineer

Wipro
07.2014 - 08.2017
  • Big Data Ready Enterprise Platform: Led the development of a robust data platform designed for large-scale data ingestion and processing. Implemented abstractions to simplify working with diverse data sizes and formats.
  • Cross Region Data Replication: Created a Bi-directional Cross Region Data Replication tool for AWS S3 buckets. Utilized AWS services such as S3, SQS, Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, and Cloud Formation to implement serverless architecture.

Education

M.Tech - Ocean Engineering & Naval Architecture

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
06.2009 - 2014.06

GPA: 8.29/10

Skills

Generative AI

Timeline

Senior Tech Lead (ML) - Avalara
07.2023 - Current
Tech Lead - Avalara
03.2021 - 06.2023
Senior Software Engineer - Avalara
02.2019 - 03.2021
Software Engineer - Indix
08.2017 - 02.2019
Software Engineer - Wipro
07.2014 - 08.2017
Indian Institute of Technology - M.Tech, Ocean Engineering & Naval Architecture
06.2009 - 2014.06

Additional Information

  • Led and mentored cross-functional teams, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous learning.
  • Conducted ML bootcamps for new hires, equipping them with essential skills and knowledge to excel in their roles.
  • Presented at Big Data meetups in Kolkata (2015) and Kochi (2016), advocating for the adoption of Wipro's Big Data platform for enhanced enterprise data management and processing.
  • Delivered keynote presentation at Tech Summit Avalara 2024, sharing insights on architecting AI/ML extraction pipelines in Content Studio. Demonstrated expertise in leveraging cutting-edge technologies to drive innovation and efficiency.

Accomplishments

  • CyberSecurity Competition - Two time CTF Winner at Avalara (2021 & 2022)
  • Hackathon 2023 Winner at Avalara

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

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