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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 MCPPythonFastAPIMLXPyTorch GeometricTree-sitter