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Venkata Dhanush
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Building scalable backend systems, applied AI, and software that matters.

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About

Backend developer experienced in building scalable FastAPI systems that serve 5k+ users at 200ms latency while delivering up to 50% efficiency gains through LLM-powered PostgreSQL solutions. Led multiple high-impact ML club projects that achieved 90%+ accuracy in real-time computer vision and GAN-based image synthesis systems.

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Work Experience

Backend Developer

December 2025 - January 2026 · 1 mo
StudyCubs Remote - Pune, Maharashtra, India
  • Delivered a centralized analytics platform integrating Terra API data to enable real-time monitoring for 5k+ users
  • Built high-performance FastAPI pipelines that process 40+ days of historical and streaming data at 200ms latency
  • Modernized data access using PostgreSQL JSONB schemas and LLM-powered queries, reducing analysis effort by 50%
PythonFastAPISQLAlchemyPostgreSQLAlembicPostmanGitGitHub

Backend Developer

June 2025 - August 2025 · 3 mos
AK Capital Advisors Remote - Pune, Maharashtra, India
  • Developed secure backend systems that streamline digital credit card applications supporting 1k+ monthly submissions
  • Architected 30+ production-grade APIs with JWT authentication and rate limiting, reducing invalid requests by 40%
  • Designed a robust microservices architecture with PostgreSQL and Alembic migrations that improved deployment stability by 35%
PythonFastAPISQLAlchemyPostgreSQLAlembicSupabasePostmanGitGitHub

Projects

EduToolsHub

Workflow Automation Platform

  • Automated academic workflow management through task scheduling services to improve student productivity
  • Integrated external content APIs to aggregate learning resources, reducing manual research time by 40%
PythonDjangoREST APIsRequestsYouTube APIWikipedia API

SociaSphere

Social Media Platform Backend

  • Engineered scalable authentication and media services to support concurrent user activity on the platform
  • Optimized feed generation using indexed queries and caching strategies, cutting average response time by 30%
PythonDjangoPillowREST APIs

United

Real-Time Tournament Platform

  • Built a real-time tournament management system with secure authentication and live leaderboard synchronization
  • Developed a React single-page application with lazy-loaded routes and scalable competition workflows, reducing initial load time by 40%
ReactJavaScriptREST APIs

Skills

Languages

PythonJavaScriptJavaCC++SQL

Backend & Systems

FastAPIDjangoFlaskNode.jsREST APIsJSON Web Token (JWT)MicroservicesCaching

Databases & Cloud

PostgreSQLSupabaseFirebaseAmazon Web Services (AWS)Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)RenderQuery Optimization

Data & Machine Learning

PyTorchTensorFlowOpenCVScikit-LearnPandasNumPyMatplotlibMediaPipePillow

Generative AI

Generative AILangChainRetrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)Prompt EngineeringFine TuningAI AgentsVector Databases

Tools

SQLAlchemyAlembicGitGitHubPostmanJupyter

Certifications

Oracle

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2025 Certified Generative AI Professional July 2025

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NVIDIA

Building LLM Applications With Prompt Engineering April 2025

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Positions of Responsibility

Co-Lead of Deep Learning & Computer Vision Team

August 2025 – Present · 7 mos
The Machine Learning Club VIT-AP Onsite - Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, India
  • Coordinated a 12-member technical team and structured project delivery pipelines to improve execution efficiency
  • Directed development of GAN-based image synthesis systems, enabling automated sketch-to-image generation
PythonTensorFlowOpenCVGit

Member of Deep Learning Team

September 2024 – August 2025 · 1 yr
The Machine Learning Club VIT-AP Onsite - Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, India
  • Engineered a real-time computer vision pipeline using OpenCV and PyTorch, achieving 90%+ accuracy at 30 FPS
  • Improved model convergence by tuning non-convex optimization and gradient descent methods for stable training
PythonPyTorchOpenCVMediaPipeNumPyGit

Member of Research Team

October 2023 – September 2024 · 1 yr
The Machine Learning Club VIT-AP Onsite - Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, India
  • Built automated data preprocessing and feature engineering pipelines, improving dataset consistency by 20%
  • Optimized and benchmarked Scikit-Learn models to enable reliable performance comparison across experiments
PythonScikit-LearnPandasMatplotlibJupyterGit

Honors & Awards

Smart India Hackathon 2023 – National Round Qualifier (Team Leader) Issued by VIT-AP · Sep 2023
  • Led a 5-member team to develop a time-series weather forecasting system with a 7-day prediction horizon
  • Built an end-to-end pipeline processing 10k+ historical records from ingestion to web deployment, improving model accuracy by ~20% through feature engineering and hyperparameter tuning

Contact Me

I'm currently looking for Software Intern and Backend Developer opportunities. Feel free to reach out!

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