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title: "Raj Wankhede - Specialist - Cloud Engineering (Python developer - AI) in Maharashtra | Tal"
description: "Meet Raj Wankhede, Gen AI - Python developer || AWS Cloud based in Maharashtra."
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# Raj Wankhede on Tal

## Headline

Gen AI \- Python developer \|\| AWS Cloud

## About

Python Developer with 9\+ years of experience in IT and 4\+ years experience in building scalable backend systems and AI\-driven applications on AWS using LLMs\. Strong expertise in LLM integration, knowledge graphs \(Neo4j\), vector search, and AWS serverless architecture\. Experienced in designing production\-grade eventdriven systems with focus on scalability, security, and performance\.

## Location

Maharashtra

## Work experience

Specialist \- Cloud Engineering \(Python developer \- AI\) at LTM \(Previously LTIMindtree\), Feb 2024 \- Jun 2026 · 2 yrs 5 mos, Navi Mumbai, Client: Electronic Arts \(EA\) Title: Python developer • Designed and implemented a knowledge graph\-based architecture using Neo4j to model complex entity relationships across game assets, player profiles, and content metadata, enabling rich graph traversal queries that reduced lookup latency by 40%\. • Integrate LangChain to build production\-grade RAG pipelines, grounding AI responses strictly in internal knowledge bases to ensure accuracy and compliance\. • Designed and maintained Private REST APIs on Amazon API Gateway with resource\-level IAM authorization, API key management, and Authorizers \(Lambda/Cognito\) to control access across internal services and external game clients\. • Experience in AWS serverless patterns like API Gateway, AWS Lambda, and LangChain RAG pipelines, and Neo4j graph modeling\. • Worked on AI\-enabled backend systems on AWS integrating Lambda, API Gateway, RDS, S3, and Neo4j, supporting 10,000\+ daily active users across scalable knowledge\-driven applications

Cloud Engineer at Amazon Web Services \(AWS\), Sep 2021 \- Jun 2023 · 1 yr 10 mos, Bengaluru, • Designed and optimized production\-grade serverless architectures using Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, SNS, covering use cases from real\-time event processing to RESTful microservices\. • Developed reusable Python\-based Lambda function patterns and secure REST API templates adopted by multiple enterprise customers to accelerate their serverless migrations\. • Diagnosed and resolved complex cold start, timeout, and concurrency issues in Lambda workloads using CloudWatch Logs Insights, X\-Ray distributed tracing, and custom metrics\. • Resolved 130\+ high\-impact complex issues spanning Lambda, API Gateway, and IAM; maintained a 95%\+ CSAT rating through clear root\-cause analysis and actionable guidance\. • Created and delivered internal technical training modules on AWS serverless best practices, covering Lambda execution model, API Gateway stages, VPC integration, and cost optimization strategies\. • Evaluated and optimized Lambda\-based event\-driven pipelines for throughput, cost, and reliability — applying patterns such as SQS batching, Lambda Destinations, and provisioned concurrency to meet enterprisegrade SLAs\. • Built and demonstrated reference serverless architectures using Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, and EventBridge, serving as reusable blueprints that reduced customer time\-to\-production for new serverless workloads by 40%\. • Collaborated with AWS service teams to escalate and reproduce customer\-reported bugs, contributing to service improvements in Lambda and API Gateway\. • Authored internal runbooks and customer\-facing documentation for common serverless architecture patterns, reducing escalation rates for recurring issue categories by 30%\. • Mentored 5\+ junior engineers on AWS serverless debugging techniques, Lambda and API Gateway troubleshooting, helping them work independently within their first 60 days\.

Senior Tier 3 TAC Engineer at Ribbon Communications, May 2016 \- Sep 2021 · 5 yrs 5 mos, • Automated operational workflows using shell/bash/Python scripting, improving efficiency by 30%\. • Provided Tier 3 support for large\-scale production networking systems\. • Led troubleshooting and root cause analysis for mission\-critical systems\. • Automated operational workflows using Python and Shell scripting, reducing manual intervention by 30% and improving team throughput for routine network provisioning and maintenance tasks\. • Provided Tier 3 escalation support for large\-scale production networking systems, handling critical incidents with strict SLA adherence across global enterprise and carrier customers\. • Led root cause analysis \(RCA\) and post\-incident reviews for mission\-critical infrastructure, producing detailed reports and permanent fix recommendations to prevent recurrence\. • Developed and maintained internal Python tools for log parsing, alarm correlation, and diagnostic data collection, cutting average troubleshooting time by 25%\. • Collaborated with cross\-functional teams \(NOC, product engineering, QA\) to triage andresolve high\-severity bugs in Applications like EMS and NMS Management Systems\. • Monitored performance KPIs \(latency, jitter, etc\) using vendor NMS tools and custom dashboards, proactively identifying degradation before customer impact\. • Documented standard operating procedures \(SOPs\), troubleshooting guides, and knowledge base articles that reduced onboarding time for new engineers by 20%\. • Developed and maintained a troubleshooting knowledge base used by the broader support team, cutting average case resolution time and serving as a go\-to reference for NMS/EMS applications\. • Supported software upgrade planning and execution across a fleet of 10\+ customers, coordinating maintenance windows with customers and validating system health post\-upgrade\. • Informally mentored 5\+ network engineers on EMS/NMS troubleshooting methodologies, and log analysis techniques, reducing their dependency on senior escalations within 3 months\.

Project Intern at ECI Telecom, Aug 2015 \- Apr 2016 · 9 mos, Airoli, Navi Mumbai, Understanding service provider technologies, L2VPN, MPLS, WAN, LAN\.

## Education

Bachelor of Engineering \(BEng\), Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, K\. J\. Somaiya Institute of Technology

Intermediate, Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching, Sri chaitanya

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