Turing — Team Lead, Data Science
- Led a team of data scientists executing RLHF tasks; ensured quality via reviews and progress checkpoints.
Hello! I'm Vignesh but most people call me Ande
Once upon a time, I was a software engineer, slinging code like a digital cowboy. But the call of data was too strong, and now I’m a data scientist, chasing performance improvements like they’re the holy grail of machine learning. My time at Turing sharpened my skills in data analysis and model-building, turning me into a number-crunching, model-tuning wizard (minus the pointy hat, sadly). I’m endlessly curious, always hunting for the next AI breakthrough or science tidbit to geek out over—because who doesn’t love a good algorithm or a mind-blowing fact about the universe?
When I’m not wrestling with datasets or cursing Ferrari’s questionable F1 strategies (seriously, why do they always leave me crying into my pasta?), I’m out living life. You might catch me sinking jump shots on the basketball court, pretending I’m Messi on the football pitch, or blundering my queen in chess while claiming it was “strategic.” I’m a proud anime binge-watcher—give me epic battles and plot twists over reality TV any day. Sometimes, I ditch the screens entirely, plug in my earbuds, and wander aimlessly with some tunes, letting nature remind me there’s more to life than p-values and pit stops.
Python
Java
C/C++
JavaScript
R
SQL
Pandas • NumPy • scikit‑learn
TensorFlow • PyTorch
Django
Tableau
AWS • Azure
Docker
Elasticsearch
Work Experience
Turing — Data Scientist
- Developed Python evaluations for LLM efficiency and performance; ensured reliability of model functionality.
- Applied SFT and RLHF to optimize LLMs for complex tasks including AI/ML code generation.
- Created adversarial conversations; collaborated to improve UX and dialogue robustness.
Atlas Systems — Software Engineer (AInfinity)
- Full SDLC for in‑house AInfinity product using Django, Angular, ReactJS, AWS; delivered high‑quality enhancements.
- Managed Ansible and ELK; led CI/CD with Jenkins for automated build, test, and deployments.
- Integrated third‑party APIs/Webhooks; implemented regression testing with PyTest and Selenium.
- Optimized NoSQL (Elasticsearch, DynamoDB) and relational DBs (PostgreSQL); configured and maintained Nginx.
- Built AWS solutions with Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, SNS, S3; S3 lifecycle reduced storage cost by 10–15%.
- Applied multithreading, queues, WebSockets, schedulers; administered Linux (CentOS/Redhat/Ubuntu).
Atlas Systems — Software Engineer (PRIME)
- Modernized legacy ASP.NET; reduced load times by ~20% via refactoring and performance improvements.
- Contributed new public REST APIs for feature implementation.
Atlas Systems — Software Engineer (Quill Project - Warburg, Client)
- Back‑ and front‑end feature development using ReactJS and .NET; collaborated with clients under Agile/Scrum.
- Improved client relationships via proactive communication and tailored solutions.
Atlas Systems — ML Engineer (Contract)
- Built end‑to‑end ML pipeline for log anomaly detection; data collection, preprocessing, training, evaluation.
- Created embeddings with Word2Vec; trained CNNs achieving 80–85% accuracy through fine‑tuning.
Koyo Software Solutions — Machine Learning Intern
- Built OCR pipeline for invoices/receipts; preprocessing, thresholding, noise removal; produced JSON datasets.
Education
University of Southern California — M.S. Computer Science (Data Science)
University of Massachusetts Amherst — B.S. Computer Science & Mathematics
- Dean’s List.
Selected Projects
OrchardWatch — IoT + ML for Orchard Monitoring
Built a responsive site for Cold Spring Orchard with IoT telemetry (temperature, soil) and an image model to detect apple diseases; EC2 inference on recent S3 images; results and annotations stored in DynamoDB.
Contact Me
If my background aligns with your needs, I’d welcome a conversation.
Email
ande.roshan@gmail.com
LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/vigneshande
GitHub
github.com/andevsr
Kaggle
kaggle.com/andevsr