Surya Alla - AI Software Engineer

Q: Where is Surya based?

Surya is based in Siegen, Germany .

Q: What languages does Surya speak?

Surya speaks the following languages: German (Advanced), English (Advanced) .

Q: How many years of experience does Surya have?

Surya has at least 5 years of experience. During this time, Surya has worked in at least 3 different roles and for 3 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 9 months . Note that Surya may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Surya's latest experience?

Surya's most recent position is AI Software Engineer at Fraunhofer FIT .

Q: What companies has Surya worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Surya has worked for Fraunhofer FIT and InnoSaddle GbR .

Q: Which industries is Surya most experienced in?

Surya is most experienced in industries like Information Technology (IT) .

Q: Which business areas is Surya most experienced in?

Surya is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology (IT) , Product Development , and Research and Development (R&D) . Surya also has some experience in Business Intelligence .

Q: What is Surya's education?

Surya holds a Master in Mechatronics from University of Siegen and a Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering from Osmania University .

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Siegen, Germany

Experience

Jan 2024 - Present

2 years 3 months

Hamm, Germany

AI Software Engineer

Fraunhofer FIT

Developed LLM-based automation utilities including structured reasoning pipelines, LLM-as-a-Judge evaluation tools, and multi-model comparison frameworks.
Built RAG pipelines for internal research workflows using LangChain, ChromaDB, and FastAPI, enabling semantic retrieval and multi-step reasoning.
Integrated LLM microservices into existing ML systems using Docker, FastAPI, and GitLab CI/CD with reproducible deployment workflows.
Designed inference APIs combining vision models and LLM reasoning for multimodal analytics and decision-making.
Optimized embedding-based retrieval using vector store pruning, improved chunking logic, and dynamic retriever selection.
Performed prompt engineering and system instruction tuning for consistency, robustness, and reasoning quality.
Built benchmarking suites to evaluate LLM latency, reasoning quality, retrieval accuracy, and robustness under different prompt templates.

Jul 2022 - Dec 2023

1 year 6 months

Siegen, Germany

Machine Learning Engineer & Technical Co-Founder

InnoSaddle GbR

Developed ML-driven geometry extraction and analysis workflows, integrating preprocessing, measurement logic, and prototype inference services.
Collaborated with technical and non-technical partners to translate ML insights into product features and user-facing tools.
Built reproducible experimentation pipelines and provided explainability reports for ML outputs.

Feb 2018 - Aug 2019

1 year 7 months

Hyderabad, India

Software Engineer (Data)

Wipro Technologies

Developed structured ETL workflows supporting downstream AI/analytics use-cases across Azure Data Lake, Databricks, and SQL systems.
Optimized data pipelines and improved monitoring reliability for production ingestion systems.

Industries Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology (5 years).

Information Technology

Business Areas Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology (5 years), Product Development (3.5 years), Research and Development (3.5 years), and Business Intelligence (1.5 years).

Information Technology

Product Development

Research and Development

Business Intelligence

Summary

GenAI Engineer with experience in designing LLM-based systems, RAG pipelines, multimodal AI workflows, and scalable inference services. Skilled in embeddings, vector databases, LLM orchestration, prompt engineering, API design, and optimizing model execution on GPU/edge devices. Blend of software engineering, ML engineering, and MLOps enables end-to-end ownership of GenAI products from prototype to production.

Skills

Languages: Python, C++, Bash
Llm Tooling: Langchain, Langgraph, Openai/anthropic Apis, Vllm, Huggingface, Transformers
Rag: Embeddings (Openai, Mpnet), Chromadb, Faiss, Vector Stores, Retrievers, Chunking
Genai: Prompt Engineering, Llm Evaluation, Multimodal Models, Tool-calling, Text+vision Pipelines
Mlops: Dvc, Mlflow, Gitlab Ci/cd, Docker, Kubernetes (Familiar)
Deployment: Fastapi Microservices, Onnx Runtime, Tensorrt, Gpu/jetson Systems
Cloud: Aws (S3, Ec2, Ecr), Container Deployment
Other: Numpy, Opencv, Open3d, Scipy, Linux

Languages

German

Advanced

English

Advanced

Education

Oct 2019 - Sep 2023

University of Siegen

M.Sc. Mechatronics, Specialization: Computer Vision, Deep Learning, C++ · Mechatronics · Siegen, Germany

Sep 2013 - Mar 2017

Osmania University

B.E. Mechanical Engineering · Mechanical Engineering · Hyderabad, India

Profile

Created

November 2025

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Where is Surya based?

Surya is based in Siegen, Germany.

What languages does Surya speak?

Surya speaks the following languages: German (Advanced), English (Advanced).

How many years of experience does Surya have?

Surya has at least 5 years of experience. During this time, Surya has worked in at least 3 different roles and for 3 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 9 months. Note that Surya may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Surya be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Surya would be well-suited for roles such as: AI Software Engineer, Machine Learning Engineer & Technical Co-Founder, Software Engineer (Data).

What is Surya's latest experience?

Surya's most recent position is AI Software Engineer at Fraunhofer FIT.

What companies has Surya worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Surya has worked for Fraunhofer FIT and InnoSaddle GbR.

Which industries is Surya most experienced in?

Surya is most experienced in industries like Information Technology (IT).

Which business areas is Surya most experienced in?

Surya is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology (IT), Product Development, and Research and Development (R&D). Surya also has some experience in Business Intelligence.

What is Surya's education?

Surya holds a Master in Mechatronics from University of Siegen and a Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering from Osmania University.

What is the availability of Surya?

Surya is immediately available for suitable projects.

What is the rate of Surya?

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