Muthu Palaniappan A.

Software Development Engineer Ii @Amazon

Sunnyvale, CA, US
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WORK HISTORY

Mar 2024 — Present

Software Development Engineer Ii @Amazon

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Palo Alto, CA, US

Optimized LLM inference for Amazon’s shopping assistant Rufus, increasing system throughput by 30%. • Maintained a high-availability inference stack handling ~1500 TPS, ensuring scalability and reliability. • Led a team to develop benchmarking tools, uncovering optimization opportunities for model deployments.

EDUCATION

2018 — 2020

University of Southern California

Master of Science - MS, Computer Science

2014 — 2018

College of Engineering, Guindy

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Information Technology

ABOUT MUTHU PALANIAPPAN A.

As an SDE at Amazon, I focus on optimizing Large Language Model (LLM) inference systems to ensure high throughput and low latency for Amazon\'s shopping assistant, Rufus. By employing advanced techniques such as continuous batching and streaming responses, our team has enhanced system scalability and reliability, supporting production-level traffic of approximately 1,500 TPS. Additionally, I have led efforts in developing benchmarking and profiling tools, identifying critical opportunities for performance gains in model and checkpoint deployments. I hold an MS in Computer Science from the University of Southern California and a BTech in Information Technology from the College of Engineering, Guindy. My expertise includes working with vLLM, AWS Neuron, and Approximate Nearest Neighbor (ANN) search. Passionate about solving complex technical challenges, I strive to contribute to advancements in LLM evaluation and deployment strategies to improve user experiences.

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