> ./hire_me.sh

I am Faiz Palwala, an AI/ML Engineer and former Senior Software Development Engineer currently pursuing an MSc in Advanced Computer Science (AI) at the University of Leeds. Leveraging 4+ years of industry experience at Deloitte architecting scalable cloud infrastructure and enterprise microservices, I am now specializing in Deep Learning, Computer Vision, and Autonomous AI Agents.

## Experience

Software Development Engineer 2 @ Deloitte

Apr 2023 - Sept 2024 | Bengaluru, IN

  • Enterprise Platform Stabilisation: Spearheaded pre-MVP stabilisation across 3 core healthcare products. Delivered 100+ end-to-end features and resolved 20 critical production incidents across 14 release cycles. Served as the sole Technical SME for the Benefit Determination platform.
  • Technical Leadership: Mentored and directed a 3-person agile engineering pod. Established secure coding standards and technical knowledge-sharing (KT) protocols, earning 2x Applause Awards for outstanding leadership.
  • Process Optimisation (TCH Bypass): Architected and deployed a Proof of Concept workflow enabling operators to bypass systemic TCH errors. Recovered 90%+ of unworkable claims and drove a 40% reduction in the pended claim backlog.
  • Automated Data Remediation: Engineered Python-based database utility scripts to automate the generation of data remediation queries. Successfully processed 3M+ inbound records and reconciled 1.6M+ historical data anomalies, significantly improving data integrity.

Software Development Engineer @ Deloitte

Jul 2020 - Apr 2023 | Bengaluru, IN

  • High-Scale Systems Development: Core engineer on the HCSC Claims Modernisation Platform, building distributed backend solutions to serve 23M+ members across 5 US states. Recognized with 4x Spot Awards and 2x Applause Awards for exceptional delivery.
  • Core Microservices: Architected and implemented critical business logic (adjustments, alternates, manual load, NSA) across 7 Spring Boot microservices.
  • Quality & Delivery: Shipped 120+ complex features and defect resolutions across 20+ sprint cycles. Enforced rigorous engineering standards, maintaining 90%+ code coverage through comprehensive JUnit testing suites.
  • DevOps & Reliability: Orchestrated CI/CD deployment pipelines using Jenkins across 4 major production releases. Acted as a first responder for production incidents, utilizing Dynatrace for deep log analysis and rapid hotfix deployment.

SDE Intern @ Deloitte

Jan 2020 - Jul 2020

  • Integrated into a high-velocity Agile engineering team, contributing to foundational reliability enhancements and bug fixes across core enterprise microservices.

Information Security Intern @ Gap Inc.

May 2019 - Jul 2019 | Hyderabad, IN

  • Workflow Automation: Identified critical inefficiencies in the Asset Management lifecycle and engineered an automated Configuration Management Database (CMDB) interface leveraging ReactJS and Elasticsearch.
  • Security & Compliance: Embedded within the Data Protection Team to execute security workflows, gaining applied expertise in Vulnerability Management and Enterprise Endpoint Security within Gap's global security stack.

## Education

MSc Advanced Computer Science (AI)

University of Leeds | 2025 - Present

Coursework: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Graph Theory, Algorithms.

B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering

VIT Vellore | 2016 - 2020

CGPA: 8.35. Coursework: AI, NLP, Parallel and Distributed Computing.

## Technical Arsenal

  • > Python / Java / Go / JS
  • > Spring Boot / Flask / Node.js
  • > PostgreSQL / MongoDB / Redis
  • > AWS / Docker / CI/CD
  • > RAG (Vertex AI) / Prompt Engineering

## Featured Work

Latest Project:

GraphContext MCP
PythonFastAPIMLXPyTorch GeometricTree-sitter