Durairaj Balasubramanian

Gen Ai Architect @Thinkbyte Consulting Inc. E-Verified

Austin, TX, US

Architected end-to-end Generative AI solutions using LLMs (e.g, GPT-4, Claude, LLaMA) for enterprise applications in domains like customer service, HR automation, and knowledge retrieval.Designed and deployed Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines leveraging LangChain, LlamaIndex, and vector databases (e.g, FAISS, Pinecone, Weaviate).Integrated GenAI APIs and services from platforms such as Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, and Google Vertex AI into scalable cloud-based systems.Led model selection and fine-tuning initiatives using LoRA, PEFT, and prompt engineering techniques for performance and cost optimization.Developed secure APIs and system interfaces to embed GenAI into mobile and web products, ensuring high availability and low-latency responses.Established data pipelines for ingestion, transformation, and embedding with strong focus on compliance, lineage tracking, and data governance.Collaborated with cross-functional teams (product, data science, cybersecurity, compliance) to ensure responsible and explainable AI implementations.Provided technical leadership, mentored engineering teams, and evaluated GenAI use cases to align with business goals and innovation roadmaps.Conducted benchmarking and evaluation of LLMs to ensure accuracy, bias mitigation, and scalability under real-world workloads.

Concordia University

Computer Science Major, Computer Science

St Josephs Matriculation HSC

Commerce computer science, Business/Commerce