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Her strongest areas include backend and distributed systems, multimodal deep learning, LLM and retrieval\-augmented\-generation applications, cloud infrastructure, and scalable data pipelines\. At Penn State, Sneha leads multimodal machine\-learning research on more than 10,000 real\-world clinical records and medical\-imaging datasets, developing neurological risk\-stratification and lung\-nodule malignancy\-prediction models\. She improved F1 score by 15% through late\-fusion 3D CNN architectures, cross\-validation, and hyperparameter tuning, while building preprocessing pipelines that reduced analysis\-cycle time by 20% without data leakage\. Earlier, Sneha built AWS backend pipelines processing more than 1,000 daily interactions at IDP India and improved response latency by 35%\. She has also developed production ML pipelines, drift\-monitoring systems, RAG applications, and an Agentic Career Copilot using LangGraph, ChromaDB, FastAPI, Docker, and CI/CD\. Sneha is seeking full\-time software\-engineering and applied AI/ML roles where she can own reliable, high\-impact systems at scale\. ## Services - PostgreSQL - Redis - Distributed Systems - LangGraph - ChromaDB - Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery \(CI/CD\) - 3D CNN - SHAP - REST APIs - FastAPI - Model Monitoring - Scikit\-Learn - Retrieval\-Augmented Generation \(RAG\) - Large Language Models \(LLM\) - Application Programming Interfaces \(API\) - Docker - Artificial Intelligence \(AI\) - Data Structures - SQL - PyTorch - Multimodal Learning - Feature Engineering - Model Interpretability \(Grad\-Cam\) - Model Evaluation - Computer Vision - Deep Learning - Machine Learning - Natural Language Processing \(NLP\) - Amazon Web Services \(AWS\) - AWS Lambda ## Highlights - Leads multimodal machine\-learning research at Penn State under Dr\. Md Faisal Kabir, collaborating with Dr\. Tim Brearly of Penn State Health on more than 10,000 real\-world clinical records for neurological risk stratification\. - Built and optimized late\-fusion 3D CNN ResNet\-18 architectures that fuse ADNI MRI and LIDC\-IDRI CT imaging with structured clinical data, improving F1 score by 15% through cross\-validation and hyperparameter tuning\. - Engineered scalable preprocessing pipelines for heterogeneous healthcare datasets, reducing analysis\-cycle time by 20% with zero data leakage\. - Applied Grad\-CAM and SHAP to produce clinically meaningful, interpretable insights from model predictions\. - Led code reviews and rigorous validation to improve model generalization and reliability in Penn State research\. - Conducts research on multimodal architectures for neurological risk stratification and lung\-nodule malignancy prediction, with publications in progress\. - Designed and deployed end\-to\-end production ML pipelines for predictive analytics at Aeolus Engineering And Technologies Pvt\. Ltd\., improving decision\-making efficiency by 30%\. - Developed CNN and LSTM models for computer\-vision and temporal\-data tasks at Aeolus Engineering And Technologies Pvt\. Ltd\., with measurable accuracy and performance gains\. - Built model\-monitoring and drift\-detection pipelines in Python and C\+\+ at Aeolus Engineering And Technologies Pvt\. Ltd\., reducing mean time to resolution by 40% and processing delays by 20%\. - Contributed to code reviews, mentored teammates, and delivered technical solutions across cross\-functional engineering teams at Aeolus Engineering And Technologies Pvt\. Ltd\. - Built and deployed AWS S3 and Lambda backend data pipelines at IDP India that processed more than 1,000 daily interactions and reduced response latency by 35%\. - Designed and implemented a microservices\-based backend architecture at IDP India for reliable, scalable communication across distributed services\. - Used Python and SQL for feature engineering and ML\-driven scoring at IDP India, improving contextual relevance by 18%\. - Delivered more than five end\-to\-end production deployments at IDP India, including testing, debugging, and reliability improvements\. - Developed RAG pipelines at GAOTek Inc\. using FAISS vector databases and LLMs for context\-aware question answering\. - Built OpenAI API evaluation frameworks across more than 50 test cases and deployed FastAPI LLM\-inference REST APIs at GAOTek Inc\., improving reliability by 25% and reducing manual QA by approximately three hours per week\. - Designed GAOTek data\-preprocessing pipelines for datasets of more than 100,000 samples, improving training efficiency and downstream model performance\. - Partnered on testing and debugging at GAOTek Inc\. findings drove two model\-iteration cycles adopted across two teams\. - Performed end\-to\-end data analysis and predictive modeling on real\-world data at The Sparks Foundation, applying statistical analysis and visualization for actionable insights\. - Applied Apriori and FP\-Growth association\-rule mining to large\-scale retail data at EBIW Info Analytics Pvt ltd\. to identify high\-value customer purchasing patterns\. - Built predictive customer\-purchasing models, conducted feature engineering and preprocessing, and created stakeholder\-facing visualization dashboards at EBIW Info Analytics Pvt ltd\. - Supported Penn State courses in Data Structures, Data Management for Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Statistics, and Calculus II, grading and providing feedback to more than 100 students per semester\. - Built an Agentic Career Copilot using LangGraph, RAG, ChromaDB, FastAPI, Docker, and CI/CD, combining multi\-agent workflows with production software\-engineering practices\. - Built a distributed backend service with task queues, concurrent workers, failure recovery, and idempotent execution\. - Has hands\-on experience building FastAPI REST APIs, using PostgreSQL and Redis, and deploying with Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS\. ## Experience - **Graduate Research Assistant at Penn State University** (2025\-01\-01–present) — Led multimodal machine learning research under Dr\. • Md Faisal Kabir, collaborating with Dr\. • Tim Brearly \(Penn State Health\) on 10k\+ real\-world clinical records to build predictive models for neurological risk stratification\. • Built and optimized late\-fusion 3D CNN \(ResNet\-18\) architectures fusing MRI \(ADNI\) and CT \(LIDC\-IDRI\) imaging with structured clinical data, improving F1\-score 15% via cross\-validation and hyperparameter tuning\. • Engineered scalable preprocessing pipelines for heterogeneous healthcare datasets, cutting analysis cycle time 20% with zero data leakage\. • Applied interpretability techniques \(Grad\-CAM, SHAP\) to generate clinically meaningful insights and improve trust in model predictions\. • Led code reviews and rigorous validation to strengthen model generalization and reliability\. - **Artificial Intelligence Intern at GAOTek Inc\.** (2025\-06\-01–2025\-08\-01) — Developed retrieval\-augmented generation \(RAG\) pipelines integrating vector databases \(FAISS\) with LLMs to enable context\-aware question answering\. • Built evaluation frameworks for LLM systems \(OpenAI APIs\) across 50\+ test cases and deployed LLM inference behind REST APIs \(FastAPI\), improving reliability 25% and cutting manual QA ~3 hrs/week\. • Designed data preprocessing pipelines for large\-scale datasets \(100k\+ samples\), improving training efficiency and downstream model performance\. • Partnered with engineering on testing and debugging • findings drove two model\-iteration cycles adopted across two teams\. - **Graduate Teaching Assistant at Penn State University** (2024\-08\-01–2026\-05\-01) — Supported instruction and evaluation for core CS and data science courses including Data Structures, Data Management, Artificial Intelligence, Statistics, and Calculus\. • Graded and provided feedback for 100\+ students per semester, ensuring clarity in algorithmic, data\-driven, and analytical problem\-solving\. • Mentored students in data structures, SQL, and foundational AI concepts, strengthening computational thinking and practical understanding\. • Contributed across courses: CMPSC 132 \(Data Structures\), DS 220 \(Data Management for Data Science\), CMPSC 441 \(Artificial Intelligence\), STAT 200 \(Statistics\), MATH 141 \(Calculus II\) - **AI/ML Engineer at Aeolus Engineering And Technologies Pvt\. Ltd\.** (2023\-12\-01–2024\-07\-01) — Designed and deployed end\-to\-end ML pipelines for predictive analytics in production, improving decision\-making efficiency 30%\. • Developed deep\-learning models \(CNNs, LSTMs\) for computer vision and temporal\-data tasks, achieving measurable gains in accuracy and performance\. • Built model\-monitoring pipelines for drift detection in Python and C\+\+, cutting mean\-time\-to\-resolution 40% and reducing processing delays 20%\. • Contributed to code reviews and mentored teammates, delivering technical solutions across cross\-functional engineering teams\. - **Software Engineer at IDP India** (2022\-09\-01–2023\-12\-01) — Built and deployed AWS\-based backend data pipelines \(S3, Lambda\) processing 1,000\+ daily interactions, improving scalability and reducing response latency 35%\. • Designed and implemented a microservices\-based backend architecture, enabling reliable, scalable communication across distributed services\. • Wrote Python and SQL for feature engineering and ML\-driven scoring, improving contextual relevance 18%\. • Shipped 5\+ production deployments end to end , owning testing, debugging, and reliability improvements alongside senior engineers\. - **Data Science & Business Analytics intern at The Sparks Foundation** (2021\-07\-01–2021\-07\-01) — Performed end\-to\-end data analysis and predictive modeling on real\-world datasets using machine learning techniques\. • Applied statistical analysis and visualization to extract actionable insights, supporting data\-driven decision\-making\. - **Machine Learning Intern at EBIW Info Analytics Pvt ltd\.** (2021\-06\-01–2021\-08\-01) — Worked on large\-scale retail transaction datasets to perform market basket analysis, applying machine learning techniques to identify customer purchasing patterns • Built machine learning models on large\-scale retail datasets using association rule mining \(Apriori, FP\-Growth\) to uncover high\-value purchasing patterns and drive data\-driven business insights\. • Built predictive models to forecast customer purchasing behavior, improving business insights and strategic decision\-making\. • Conducted feature engineering and data preprocessing to improve model performance and analytical accuracy\. • Designed and developed data visualization dashboards to present insights to stakeholders, enabling data\-driven business decisions\. ## Education - Master of Science \- MS, Computer Science — Penn State University (2024\-08\-01–2026\-05\-01) - Bachelor of Technology \- BTech, Computer Science — SRM University (2019\-01\-01–2023\-01\-01) ## FAQ ### What does Sneha do? Sneha is a software engineer focused on backend engineering, applied AI/ML, data\-intensive systems, and cloud\-based infrastructure\. She is currently a Graduate Research Assistant at Penn State University and is seeking full\-time software engineering and applied AI/ML opportunities\. ### What are Sneha's core technical strengths? Sneha is strongest in Python backend development, distributed systems, REST APIs, AWS infrastructure, data pipelines, multimodal ML, deep learning, model monitoring, LLM applications, retrieval\-augmented generation, and agentic systems\. She also works with C\+\+, SQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, Kubernetes, FastAPI, CI/CD, PyTorch, and scikit\-learn\. ### Which programming languages does Sneha use? Sneha prefers Python for backend engineering and is also well versed in C\+\+ and SQL\. Her listed programming\-language experience includes Python, C\+\+, and C\. ### What does Sneha do as a Graduate Research Assistant at Penn State? Sneha leads multimodal machine\-learning research under Dr\. Md Faisal Kabir and collaborates with Dr\. Tim Brearly of Penn State Health\. Her work uses more than 10,000 real\-world clinical records to build predictive models for neurological risk stratification, and includes research on lung\-nodule malignancy prediction\. Publications from this work are in progress\. ### What are Sneha's key Penn State research accomplishments? Sneha built and optimized late\-fusion 3D CNN ResNet\-18 architectures that fuse MRI data from ADNI and CT data from LIDC\-IDRI with structured clinical data\. Through cross\-validation and hyperparameter tuning, she improved F1 score by 15%\. She also engineered scalable preprocessing for heterogeneous healthcare data, reducing analysis\-cycle time by 20% with zero data leakage, and used Grad\-CAM and SHAP to support clinically meaningful, interpretable model insights\. ### What did Sneha do as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Penn State? As a Graduate Teaching Assistant, Sneha supported instruction and evaluation for Data Structures, Data Management for Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Statistics, and Calculus II\. She graded and provided feedback to more than 100 students per semester and mentored students in data structures, SQL, and foundational AI concepts\. Her course contributions included CMPSC 132, DS 220, CMPSC 441, STAT 200, and MATH 141\. ### What did Sneha accomplish at Aeolus Engineering And Technologies Pvt\. Ltd\.? At Aeolus Engineering And Technologies Pvt\. Ltd\., Sneha designed and deployed end\-to\-end production ML pipelines for predictive analytics, improving decision\-making efficiency by 30%\. She developed CNN and LSTM models for computer\-vision and temporal\-data tasks, built Python and C\+\+ drift\-monitoring pipelines that reduced mean time to resolution by 40% and processing delays by 20%, and contributed through code reviews, mentoring, and cross\-functional technical delivery\. ### What did Sneha accomplish at IDP India? At IDP India, Sneha built and deployed AWS backend data pipelines using S3 and Lambda to process more than 1,000 daily interactions, improving scalability and reducing response latency by 35%\. She designed a microservices\-based backend architecture, used Python and SQL for feature engineering and ML\-driven scoring that improved contextual relevance by 18%, and delivered more than five production deployments while owning testing, debugging, and reliability improvements alongside senior engineers\. ### What did Sneha do as an Artificial Intelligence Intern at GAOTek Inc\.? At GAOTek Inc\., Sneha developed retrieval\-augmented\-generation pipelines that combined FAISS vector databases with LLMs for context\-aware question answering\. She built OpenAI API evaluation frameworks across more than 50 test cases and deployed LLM inference through FastAPI REST APIs, improving reliability by 25% and reducing manual QA by about three hours per week\. She also designed preprocessing for datasets with more than 100,000 samples her testing and debugging findings informed two model\-iteration cycles adopted by two teams\. ### What did Sneha do at The Sparks Foundation? At The Sparks Foundation, Sneha performed end\-to\-end data analysis and predictive modeling on real\-world datasets\. She applied machine\-learning methods, statistical analysis, and visualization to extract actionable insights for data\-driven decision\-making\. ### What did Sneha do as a Machine Learning Intern at EBIW Info Analytics Pvt ltd\.? At EBIW Info Analytics Pvt ltd\., Sneha analyzed large\-scale retail transaction data using market\-basket analysis\. She used Apriori and FP\-Growth association\-rule mining to identify high\-value purchasing patterns, built predictive models for customer purchasing behavior, performed feature engineering and preprocessing, and developed stakeholder\-facing data\-visualization dashboards\. ### What is Sneha's Agentic Career Copilot project? Sneha built an Agentic Career Copilot independently\. The project combines multi\-agent workflows with production\-oriented engineering practices using LangGraph, retrieval\-augmented generation, ChromaDB, FastAPI, Docker, and CI/CD\. ### What distributed\-backend experience does Sneha have? Sneha built a distributed service from scratch with task queues, concurrent workers, failure\-recovery mechanisms, and idempotent execution\. She has experience building FastAPI REST APIs, working with PostgreSQL and Redis, and deploying systems with Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS\. ### What is Sneha's educational background? Sneha holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from Penn State University and a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from SRM University\. ### What is Sneha looking for in her next role? Sneha is early in her career and is looking for exposure, learning opportunities, ownership of backend systems, and a collaborative engineering team\. She values taking ownership of the systems she builds, technical growth, engineering craft, and meaningful work\. Although she has long aspired to work at a big technology company, she has not yet worked at one\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/sneha\-ghosh08